Monday, November 3, 2014

Month of Thanks Day 3

Today I would like to express how grateful I am for the amazing family I grew up in...

My mom is the most amazing person in the world! I really admire all that she has been through and the strength that she has to endure all her trials. I talk with my mom on a daily basis and she always knows what advice to give when I am having a hard day.

Cori is one of my best friends in all the world! She is the sweetest girl in all the world. I know that I can always count on her to be there for me. We grew up doing almost everything together and I am so thankful that I had a friend like her in my life!

Ammon always keeps life interesting. He has some of the most adorable kids!

Whitney is another one of my best friends. While she lives clear across the world I know I can always count on her as well. I love being able to facetime with her and her son.

Sunday, November 2, 2014

Month of Thanks Day 2

Today I want to express how thankful I am for my growing family.

Bostyn Tea joined our family in March of 2011. On the day that Eric proposed to me we decided we wanted to add a puppy to our family. She is definitely a "daddy's girl" and loves Eric more than anything. Her current hobbies include people watching out the kitchen window and sun bathing. She also loves being an aunt.

Salem Devlyn joined our family in November of 2011. We enjoyed having Bostyn so much that we decided we wanted another American Bulldog puppy. We found a breeder and fell in love with Salem. We adopted her when she was 3 months old. Salem is full of life and loves being around people. While she may look like a small horse and be a bit scary looking, she is the most loving dog in the world! On October 17th she became a momma of 10 puppies and is attempting to adjust to her new role...

Eric and I have decided that we are wanting to keep a couple of Salem's puppies... So now introducing the newest members of our family...

Ate' (pronounced Aw-Tay) Nemesis is Salem's second born puppy. When he was born he came out fighting. We fell in love with him from the moment we saw him and just knew we had to keep him. Out of all the puppies he looks the most like his mom. He loves to play with his siblings and wrestle around. When he wants something he goes for it, even if it means pushing the others out of his way.

Phalanx (Fay-links) Alcibiades is my little baby. He had an interesting birth. He is the fifth puppy born to Salem. After the first 4 were born there was a decent time that went by and Salem decided she needed to walk around. She came back into the bedroom and sat on the floor by the bed. I looked down and noticed a puppy was coming out breach. She realized something was going on and took off running down the hall with him attached and hanging out of her. He ended up being born in the hallway. He is the runt of the group. He loves to jump on his siblings and bite at their ears.



Saturday, November 1, 2014

Month of Thanks Day 1

With it being the month of November I have been doing a lot of thinking about what I am thankful for... While I think about this topic a lot, this month always really brings it out. I figured I would write a post each day about something I am thankful for.

Today I am going to write about how thankful I am for my amazing husband Eric. Eric and I are complete opposites and he challenges me every day. While some days these challenges aren't always the best, I love him more than anything.

Eric has been extremely supportive of my decision to go back to school and he does his best to keep me from going crazy while getting my papers done. He is always there to discuss my work and give me pointers to help me do better.

Eric recently dropped out of this semester of school so that he could work full time to help us out financially. I am extremely grateful for this sacrifice.

One of his biggest passions is shooting. This is something that I do struggle with since I am terrified of guns, however he has been amazing with me. He takes me shooting with him all the time hoping to get me use to being around guns, and I am sure hoping that one day I will actually participate with him.

I love you Eric!