Forever and Ever........

Principal Pride

This morning Mckezie received an award at school today for her great Mosaic. They have a cute little award ceremony in the morning before school starts. She of course had to do University of Utah. She was so proud of it. And rightfully so :) Way to go Kenz!!!

Good bye Tinker

All Mckenzie asked for was one last picture, so here it is.

Last Tuesday I made the longest drive ever. I met Brandon at the Humane Society. We decided it was time to send Tinker on to see my mom :) She has been deaf and blind for some time now. We have talked about it for a while, but continued to put it off for obvious reasons. She started falling down the stairs. She would follow me into the bedrooms and slip on the hardwood floors and was not able to get up. Her poor hind legs just couldn't hold her up any more. She was like a cat. Where ever I was, there was Tinker. I would go into the basement over and over and she would follow me time and time again. I was not allowed to be out of her sight. She never complained you could just see the pain in her poor eyes. We made several calls as to when they do it and how much it costs. We knew they had 3 time slots a day. I and made an appointment and within an hour she was gone. It wasn't something I wanted to make an appointment for and have to wait for days. So we just did it. I stayed in the car while Brandon took her in. It was the longest 20 minutes thats for sure. It was mean to have him do it by himself. But we both didn't need to be balling. I finally put her pillow that has been in our room now for almost 5 years away in the basement. She was by far the best dog any one could ever ask for. She obeyed better than any child. All we did was snapped our fingers and she did what ever it was you were asking of her. She never barked, and literally was like a cat. In the sense of being quite. Not annoying like a cat :) She was a great dog for the last 12 years.

Oh TINKER we love and miss you!!

Honor Roll.....

Since the quarter is almost over, I figured it was time to post pictures of the girls with their Honor Roll Certificates from last quarter. Yes I am a little behind. They both did great this last quarter and made the Honor Roll. They worked very hard at their grades. Santa brought Mckenzie a phone for Christmas. That had been what she was working for. They both have to keep up their grades to keep their phones. Yes they have the meanest parents on earth. But rules are rules. We are so proud of them both!!!!

Brandon playing with his Lincoln logs he got for Christmas. The simple things in life.

Our new addition to the family ~ Easton

Our never to forget Dennys Christmas Dinner

Christmas morning video.

The girls were so excited. You wont recognize them because they are so mellow. The time is closing in on us needing to put Tinker to sleep. We can't put it off much longer. I suppose Brandon thought it would soften the blow to have a new dog. Yes we got another dog. Yes we are crazy and yes I was the only one that said no. Brandon started looking on KSL. We thought we wanted a puggle. We found one at the pound but was much bigger than we wanted. We wanted some what of a small dog. Since our summers are so crazy, we wanted something we could take with us. Ksl had an ad for Chugs. A pug and a chihuahua. Yes he is cute but none the less I didn't want one. But why would I want to be the bad guy. So now we have a 7 week old puppy. He is doing pretty well at the potty training, or I should say we are doing pretty well at the potty training. This will be my first week back to work since before Christmas. So he will be home by himself for a few hours a day. We will see how that goes.

Merry Christmas.......

The decorated house

Finally getting to open Christmas jammies, Mckenzie could not wait.

Reindeer dust for Santa's helpers

just the girls ~ Jonas we sure missed you!

The best Nativity ever.

Megan and Maggie

Our "TREE"

The girls and their jammies, Mckenzie was so excited to wear Justin pj's

Cookies and milk for Santa, and carrots for the reindeer.

The stuffed stockings

Yes Mckenzie got a phone for Christmas.

Megan with some of her new clothes.

Opening presents under the tree.

The girls both got some glasses, they love to be 4 eyes.

Not sure why I am not smart enough to get the right date set on my camera. It cant be that tough. Where to start. Whit and Lindsey were moving Christmas Eve morning. We got up to leave and they were already moved. Lots of family and friends were early and moved them. Christmas Eve we spent with the family at Grandma and Grandpas house. We had yummy dinner and went caroling to a few houses. BURR it was cold. We sure missed Jonas, we know he was there with us. Whit and Lindsey you still amaze us! We love you. When we got home we did a few of our little family traditions. We put out reindeer dust for the reindeer. It sparkles and tells them to stop at our house, because we were good. Then the girls opened their pj's. Mckenzie was so excited for days to do that. Have no idea why, I knew she would like the one she got. They were Justin Bieber. She loved them. Meg picked hers out, so not so exciting for her. We got up Christmas morning and opened all our presents. We had lots of fun. I was so excited, when I came out to open the blinds and turn on the fire place and lights. I got a sneak peak at what Santa brought. A new phone for Mckenzie, I was so excited for her, I could hardly wait. I was more excited than she was. I will post the video later. We were supposed to go to Denver Christmas some time. My whole family was there. We were excited and packed to go. I looked at the flights and there was no way we were going anywhere. I was so upset. I really was missing my mom and wanted to spend time with my family that was missing her too. I was grumpy for a while, but tried to get out of it. Had no idea what we were going to do for dinner. They had a huge dinner waiting in Denver for us. So we did a Kortz tradition and went to Dennys. Yes Dennys, and boy was it yummy! We did that once in Kansas, my dad took us there for Christmas one year. The only Christmas we still talk about, really. I did take a picture for proof. We then went to Chris and Nick's and hung out there for a while. In the end we had a great week. We would of liked to go to Denver, but we for sure would never of gotten home. So it was a good thing we never got there.