My favorite picture from vacation!

First day of school! (not everyone is "happy")

First Day of Kindergarten!

Vacation Pics!

WELCOME TO THE FAMILY!!

PRINCESS MOSHI or MO!

This past Saturday our family grew! We brought home a 2 year old Bichon Frish. We have been on a waiting list for a rescue Bichon for the past couple of months. Our dear friend and neighbor Miss Carolyn has a rescue Bichon named "Miss Emma" and our family has always been in love with her. So after much patience we brought her home on Sat. (incidentally the same day we came home from our beach vacation! more to come on that subject later!) So far Moshi (the name she came with- and a name that the boys love because it sounds similar to their favorite video game) is doing well. She is house trained and crate trained. She is however a little "shy" of the kids- especially Brady. (But lets face it- Brady's personality is a little "over powering"!) But she is a sweet dog and loves to sit in your lap and be rubbed! Steven says she is a "Fru-Fru" dog or a "lap" dog. Just what this "wild" family needs!!!

PS this is Bryson her name is not princess moshi IT IS MOSHI!!!!!!!!!!!!

Our Boys are back from Puerto Rico! Steven and Blake left last Sunday for a mission trip with the church to Puerto Rico. They had an "awesome" experience! Blake had an opportunity to use his newly acquired Spanish- he worked in an inner city "mercy" house in San Juan. Steven's team built a Sunday school building (pictured above) for a rural church in Carolina, a city near San Juan. When they were not working the group took a hike in the rain forest, went to the area beaches and on Saturday they rented a large sail boat and toured the islands off shore and went snorkeling! They arrived home around 8:00 tonight and needless to say they are both exhausted! The rest of the "gang" has really missed them- but we have had our own adventures this week- kinda "staycation" of sorts. We had a great week- but we (me especially) are glad that Daddy and Blake are home!