Sadie Mae

Alas, we have added a new member to the family, and hopefully she is here to stay! We found an abandoned puppy on Wednesday and it was pretty much love at first sight, at least for us the parents. Unfortunately, Soto is kind of ticked off right now that someone is invading his space. We have consulted our dog trainer and she said that we need to give Soto quite a bit of time to acclamate. Shibas do not like to share - ANYTHING. We are optimistic however, that given enough time and space he will be ok. Shibas thrive best in a pack, and as soon as he can let her know he is the boss, he will get along famously with her. Right now we estimate that she, Sadie Mae, is only about 5-6 weeks old. We think she is a lab/jack russell terrier/ mutt of some kind. We are pretty excited to have her and are keeping our fingers crossed:)

Congratulations Jordan!!!

Ahhhh, we would just like to take a second and congratulate Jordan on his mission call! He is going to the Houston, Texas South Mission and will be speaking Spanish. He leaves Aug. 20th and we are so proud of him. We know you have waited a long time for your turn to go on your mission Jordan, and we know how incredible you will be. Lots of love - xoxo

things about jeff

well hello all! my name is Jeff, and i have the privilege of being married to hilarie the worlds greatest wife. and since this is our blog i thought it would be fun to put in my 2 cents.

10yrs ago i was walking the cold streets of Toronto Canada tying not to get frostbite while trackting. and on my free time trying to pull a better prank on my district then they could pull on me.

a to do list what an idea.

and my three bad habits. #1 i sometimes might leave my cups and soda cans around the house

#2 i should probably change shower day from one day a week to at least 2 or 3

#3 i tend to leave the house weather i match or not

and a list of all the places i have called home goes something like this buena park.ca,anaheim.ca,riverside.ca,longbeach.ca,south jordon.ut,toronto,westminister.ca,and placentia.ca

and last but no least a few things about me you might not know. i am an only child but i have had foster brothers. i have died my hair almost every color you can think of. i love to play music my fav. instrument is the trombone.my fav. music is jazz, folk , and ragga.
and for work i play with electricity.

Tagged...

Ok, so Amy did it and told everyone to do it, and I am going to try and comply- hopefully I can remember something!

A. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.

B. Each player answers the questions about themselves.

C. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 other people and posts their names.



What were you doing 10 years ago?

--Uhh, that is forever ago! I was 19, out of high school, and going to Cypress College. I was also working for the city of Cypress in the Park and Recreation Dept. and had just started my current job as an adapted physical education instructor(I am shocked every time I think about how long I have been at this job- time flies!!!) I was either teaching nursery in my home ward or I had started going to the singles ward and was teaching gospel doctrine. Tough either way.



5 things on my "to-do" list today:

--laundry(hopefully if I am motivated)

--make dinner

--take Soto for a walk

--drop stuff off at the post office(or make Jeff do it:)

--change the sheets



3 bad habits you have:

--not folding the laundry after I have washed and dried it- it likes to stay in the basket!

--apparently leaving the cap off the toothpaste, drives my husband crazy, I am still not sure I do it, but then who else would? :)

--sleeping til the last possible second and then waiting one more minute , not always a good idea



Places you have lived:

--Orem, Utah

--Torrance, CA

--Long Beach, CA

--Buena Park, CA

--Placentia, CA



Things most people don't know about me:

--Kind of a general question. Let's see...I have webbed toes(thank you dad!), I was born on Friday the 13th, I have been diabetic for 21 years, I have no sisters but always desperately wanted some(thankfully I now have 2 great sister-in-laws, and a gorgeous niece), I am pretty much obsessed with watching the food network and HGTV-my husband is gracious enough to indulge me...most of the time, I have been to Italy, the UK, Ireland, France, Belgium, and Canada, my favorite flower is a calla lilly and I don't like roses. Ohhh, and I have the most awful long term memory ever. Bummer.



I Tag: Aubrey dear, and anyone else who hasn't done this lately

This is Soto, our two year old shiba inu at his 2nd birthday party. And yes, I made him real people cupcakes. There is absolutely nothing this dog won't eat, and he definately prefers people food. He is pretty much spoiled. I admit it.

I just had to do it...

Ok, so after quite a few months of seeing lots of darling blogs, I finally had to give a whirl. Mind you, I am REALLY terrible at computer stuff so hopefully Jeff can help me with most of this! Let's see...where to start? Jeff and I just returned from an awesome weekend in San Diego where we went to celebrate our 2nd anniversary. We got away for a night and hung out at the Wild Animal Park. It was amazing! Not only were all of the animals out(except the tigers), but we had so much fun just being together. Even after two years of dating and two years of marriage, there is still no one on earth I would rather spend my time with! :) We loved seeing the lions, it was so cool that they came so close to us. I think Jeff's favorite part was feeding the lorikeets(see above pictures). I am happy to join the "world of blogging" and figure it is about time since I love reading all of my family and friends' blogs. It is a great way to keep up with everyone when you can't see them.