Woof woof! You're a Bernese!

No bones about it, you're a good-hearted, people-loving Bernese Mountain Dog. Down-to-earth and loyal, no one works or plays harder than you do. You put your nose to the grindstone when it really counts, but you never neglect your social calendar. Simultaneously strong and sweet, you're very tuned-in to the feelings and needs of the other dogs you run with. Without having to be asked, you always have a helping paw to lend and a sympathetic shoulder to lean on. "Communication" is your middle name, and when that's paired with your unswerving devotion, you get a breed that everyone respects and trusts. Woof!

Katie and I got this link to find out what type of dog we were from Katie's sister. It was pretty interesting to find out that Katie and I are both Bernese. We have never heard of that breed but we both have some similarities. Find out for yourself what breed you would be!!!

P.S. Thanks for all the condolences that have been offered to me considering MY Cowboys lost yesterday. I will be taking donations for the "Are You SURE the Cowboys Lost" fund. All proceeds will benefit those in need at this time (Braydon and I). Please contact us on this website with your donation information!!!!

P.S.S Look two post in two days, I'm good!!!!

Happy New Year's!!! (OK, only 2 weeks late)

We have been extremely busy the last two weeks. During the end of December and beginning of January we hosted Katie's family. We had Katie's parents, all of her sisters, two brother-in-laws, a baby niece, and an uncle and aunt. All rooms (even all air mats and couches) were full. We spent most of our time playing games, eating, shopping, going out to eat, home poker games, plenty trips to a few of our local casinos, eating, watching movies, going to movie theater, and more games. It was good to have everyone here and I felt that all had a good time with no complaints. With that many people, its just hard to do one thing that everyone "wants" to do but I believe we did a pretty good job.

After Katie's family left, we had a day to pick up, clean for our next guess to arrive. My sister and her family came down for their wedding anniversary and a nephew's birthday. Angela and Jon went to the Las Vegas Temple Friday night while we watched the kids. The next day we went to the Strip to the MGM Casino to see the lions, M & M world, Coca-Cola World, Bellagio Casino to see the water show (that didn't happen after we walked 20 minutes with kids due to high winds), and Slots of Fun to have a one of their famous Half Pound, Foot long hot dogs for $.99. Katie and I like ours with nacho cheese, Jon got his with chili, and the kid got theirs with the regular ketchup and mustard. We then drove down the strip see the pirates ship at Treasure Island. We all went to church on Sunday and had Alex's birthday party that night. Braydon's friends Ryan and Sierra also came to the party.

Other then that, I've been working, Braydon is back is school, and Katie is managing the house. Check out my sisters website to look at some picture since we forgot our camera and she hasn't emailed them to me yet.

Sports Update: The NFL playoff are here (that's why I changed my background). I will be attending the UNLV vs BYU basketball game this week with Braydon, Mike, and Ryan so pictures will be coming of that. Jazz have been struggling and hopefully they will turn it around.

Where Has the Time Gone??

Here's a recap of the last week or so........

Mid December: We had our Ward Breakfast with Santa. Braydon got to see Santa and tell him all the toys he wanted from him. It was nice to have a Ward party in the morning so we could have the rest of the day to clean/play/relax. We had a continental breakfast with muffins, bagels, danishes, along with hot chocolate.

Dec. 20th: Nanny and Papa came down for the Holiday's. We spent the evening at Home Depot buying material for shelves in our garage so that we could actually start parking both of our cars in it!!!!

Dec. 21st: I worked all day while my parents, Katie, and Braydon built the shelves so we could mount them as soon as I got home. I'm thankful that most of the work was finished by the time I got there (JUST KIDDING). We went to a nice Italian restaurant called Carmine's which was quite good. When I was on my Internship here in Vegas, my CI took me there for one of my last days.

Dec. 22nd: My dad and I went to the Las Vegas Bowl between BYU and UCLA. It was the first BYU game that I've gone to in about 3-4 years and it was a good one to go and see. It was a FREEZING 37 degrees at the game. Yes, Vegas does get that cold and my dad and I were frozen by halftime. We did stay to the very end (in which I was glad) and watch all the BYU fans run on to the field after the UCLA kicker missed a field goal. We watched for a few minutes and decided to go to warmth of the car and not go down to the field. It was a very nerve-racking game.

Dec. 23rd: I signed up to provide physical therapy at the Nutcracker on UNLV campus at work. For providing treatment to the ballerina's, I get to take 3 other people to the performance. Katie, Braydon and my mom came with me. We had a good time. I had to be there about an hour early, go backstage at intermission, and stay about 20 minutes after the show. I did a lot of stretching, massages, ultrasounds but it was worth it to see the show. Braydon even enjoyed it.

Dec. 24th: We had a Friend/Family Christmas Eve Party at our house. The Crane's, Shafers', my parents, and us got together to eat, play, and have a good time. We had soup and rolls for dinner, played lots of games, and ate to many treats. The kids got to make their families gingerbread house.

Dec. 25th: Spent the morning opening presents, playing with toys, visiting friends, and playing some more. Braydon got spoiled with tons of Transformers toys, books, blankets, pj's and anything else you can imagine Transformers. Katie got scrapbook organizers, Cricut cartridge, and a gift certificate to Rod Works in Utah to do some more decorating to our house. Katie surprised me with a new Wii with 2 controllers, and 4 games (Wii Sports, Spider-Man 3, Shrek the Third, TMNT). I got Madden 08 from my In-Laws. I was very much surprised. Now when we have visitors, we can go bowling in the comfort of our own home!!!! We all had a great day.

Check out our new photo albums (Braydon with Santa, Garage Shelves, Las Vegas Bowl, Nutcracker, Xmas Eve, and Xmas Day) that have been uploaded for your viewing pleasure.

It's Been Busy Around Here!!!

The past two weeks have flown by considering how busy we have been lately!! Basically for me, I wake up early (6:00 am) to leave for work (7:00 am) and don't return home until the evening (3:30-5:30 pm) depending on the case load. I guess that's how "Real Life" goes after school!!! We have blinds in our house now and are excited about that so we don't have sheets hanging in our windows. We had Mountainland Rehab Christmas Party at the Suncoast Casino bowling alley for Cosmic Bowling. We all got to bowl 3 games and had an enjoyable time. Since it was so late, Braydon spent the night with Ryan and Sierra and we picked him up in the morning.

We went to a Live Nativity at a local LDS Church. We went with the Shafer's and had a great time. We had heard that it fills up quickly and it is only 3 nights with 2 performances each night. We got there about 30 minutes early and it was packed. Good thing our friend's got their about 90 minutes early to save our seats. Braydon even enjoyed it and sat through the whole thing.

We have gone to a new ward the last few weeks and it's HUGE and that's an understatement!!! There are about 650 people with a growing rate of 1 person a day!!! Sacrament Meeting is like going to Stake Conference every week. Another thing about our ward is that we have 5 nursery's, big primary, but not enough YM to pass the Sacrament. Every family in the ward has a baby or the mom is pregnant (to Katie's dismay!!!) We have to drive about 30 minutes to get to the church and it is the same lay out as the church in Flagstaff so we feel right at home.

Up coming event's include: Ward Christmas Breakfast, Homemade Thanksgiving Dinner, BYU Bowl Game (Yes, I'm going with my Dad!!), Christmas with my parents, New Year's with Katie's family.

Take a look at the our live nativity pictures in our photo album.

House Pictures!!!

Here's a short little update about us and the house. We have finally got most of the boxes put away into their spot. It's actually started to feel more like a house and not a storage unit with all the boxes everywhere. We have also put up our Christmas decorations and are officially in the holiday spirit!!! We will be going to our new ward for the first time on Sunday, even though it is in the dreaded 1:00 pm time slot. That's about it for now, sorry it's short but all we have been doing is unpacking for the last week.

Take a look in our photo album for our 3 new albums (Halloween, House during the Day, House at Night). I know we have some duplicates of pictures from the day and night album but our camera battery died and I didn't think we got the day ones saved, oh well, it just gives you different light to look at our house.

Happy Holiday's!!!!