Meet the newest member of our family

No the title of this post is not an announcement --not the one you'd expect. The newest member of our family is...
JIMMER

For those of you who haven't heard or met him yet, we recently got a dog. He is a mix of a Rat Terrier and Yorkshire Terrier. He definitely looks more like a Rat Terrier though. Jimmer is very fun and active. He loves to play - especially if you're down on the ground. He also loves to sit on your lap if you're relaxing. We have to be very careful with our socks because he will chew them like crazy. We've taught him to sit, shake, up, down - to get off things, fetch, and go to his crate when told. He's a very smart dog and a quick learner. We really like him and he definitely keeps us active.

Jimmer when we first got him:


Jimmer likes to crawl under the couch and take things with him. We find all sorts of things under our couch now.


We went to a family reunion for Devin's family and his cousin had these huge Great Dane's. Jimmer loved it! He wasn't afraid of these huge monsters at all.


Jimmer loves to be kept warm. If we have a blanket on us - then he's under the blanket too. If it's really cold he'll find any place he can that's warm...even under a shirt. We went camping and it POURED! Jimmer does not like water and he definitely didn't like camping in it.

We sometimes find Jimmer laying in the weirdest positions. This is just one of the many weird positions that he likes. We've even seen him sleep on his back with his legs straight up in the air.




I had some extra fabric and this was the result. Don't worry Devin hated having his male dog wearing a skirt and Jimmer didn't like it either. If you look closely you can see that Jimmer has BYU tags.



We went boating with Devin's sister and some friends. Jimmer loved being on the boat, but didn't like it when he walked off the end into the water. It was really funny to see him just walk right off the end as if he thought the water was solid for him to walk on. Boy was he sure surprised.

We love you all very much and hope everything is going great for all of you!

Picture Catch up

Well, it's been so long and even longer since I posted with pictures that this post is really just a picture catch-up since last November. Enjoy.


Delicious feast for Thanksgiving using our china.
Our first Christmas tree where everything (including the tree) belongs to us.
This little sweetheart stole Devin's heart when we walked in and she immediately goes straight to him with her arms up wanting him to hold her. I was just a little jealous :)
We have a tradition of getting new pj's for Christmas every year. These were the ones I made for Christmas 2010.
My cute nieces and nephews all had matching pj's. It was SO fun to have little kids around at Christmas time.
Mocktail Party with friends.

I barely had to bend...I'm so short.
3 of the 4 fourth grade teachers at my school.


The Ice Castles in Midway. Very cool!



We went to the BYU vs. San Diego St. game and were so excited that we WON! What a great season.

New decor for my red accent wall...now I need to find things to go in these cute shadow boxes.
Bowling with the family over President's Day Weekend
We went to Las Vegas the beginning of March for a Ultimate tournament.

Devin before and after his most recent haircut. I cut his hair to save money.


The thing I'm most excited about coming up is Spring Break! Devin and I are going to be spending over a week in California running from theme park to theme park. I can't wait!!

Christmas and New Years

Devin and I had a great Christmas and New Years. I had my sister Rebecca and her family out from Georgia. It was so fun to see them -- her kids are so cute. I did get a sense of competition for Devin's affections though. My competition is one year old, has bright blue eyes, and no hair. The second we walked into the door in she comes right up to Devin holding up her arms for him to hold her. That was it after that, she had him wrapped around her cute fingers. That little Eliza sure loves men. She would go to any man around and have him hold her, when I'd hold out my arms for her to come to me she'd just shake her head no. I just keep telling her she'll like me when she's older and we'll play. To the delight of 3 of my nieces I got out all my doll stuff and we played for a few hours. They were so excited when I actually got it out because I have A LOT of American Girl doll stuff.

For Christmas we got lots of Blu Rays, games, our yearly book of pictures, and some BYU basketball tickets. Devin got an external hard drive, a quilt I made him from his Ultimate t-shirts, and clothes. I got clothes, an i-home, and jewelry. It was a great Christmas, but the thing that made it so great was just spending time with family.

For New Years we got together with Adam and Lynsie and went out to Cafe Rio and Leatherby's for dessert. We sure ate a lot...I guess we felt like we needed one last hurrah for the year. Adam has a goal of No chocolate at all in 2011 so he had a delicious Peanut Butter and Chocolate ice cream treat and Devin and I shared a brownie sundae. After filling up on food we went back to their place and played games while again eating way too much food. We realized that Devin gets very defensive in games--don't challenge him too much or he'll get mad :) However, Devin did win at The Office Clue. We rang in the New Year with martinelli's and of course a kiss. As we watched the ball drop in time's square it seemed really weird to me that it was only last year the Devin and I were actually there in New York to celebrate. Where has all the time gone? Well 2010 was a great year for us and hopefully 2011 will be too.

Here are some goals that I have:
~Lose some weight
~Get pregnant
~Exercise 6 days a week
~Drink more water
~Get pregnant
~Eat healthy
~Have only 1 "sugar day" a week. This is something a few people at my work did last year that I want to try. Tuesday through Sunday I'm going to be really good and watching how much sugar I eat...whether it be in treats or in other food. Then Monday - I chose Monday because that's the hardest day at work - I'm going to be able to have treats. I'm been really good so far, especially considering our house is still full of delicious treats from Christmas. I haven't even wanted any and I started before Christmas with this. We'll see how long it actually lasts.
~Get pregnant

Along the lines of getting pregnant Devin and I have found a doctor that we really like that actually is proactive in finding a solution to our problem and not just assuming everything's okay. We've done some tests and all but one of the results came back normal. The only result that was abnormal was my level of DHEA. It was too high. So now we have another appointment to see what we can do about that and what the next steps are. If anyone knows anything about DHEA or has tips for me I'll gladly take them.

Well my Netflix movie has now loaded so I'll have that be all for now.

Merry Christmas (better late than never) and Happy New Year!