My wife is SOOOOOOO crafty

AHHHHHH Christmas time. isn't it a splendid time of year. sure its a time of freezing temperatures but hey its also a time to haul out the Christmas decorations and for me to scale the roof and flirt with death in order to attach Christmas lights. I didn't do the best job but hey its my first time so no complaints. We also went and got a Christmas tree. We enjoy the live variety because they smell wonderful and frankly we don't have space to store a fake one year round. Plus going to the little Christmas tree lots and searching around for the perfect tree is like shopping for a new puppy. when you find the right one its fun take your new coniferous friend home. Never-the-less I am happy to have such a crafty wife to get the house all festive. she brings all this stuff home from the store and magically turns it into Martha Stuart esk creations. You can see her handy work in the photos attached. she made the garlins over the fireplace and the wreath from scratch. (I made the roaring fire though. you can see my eagle scout skills at work! Well now that I'm done bragging about my wife I shall wish everyone a wonderful Christmas season.

Our spontaneous vacation

Mark decided to surprise me with a small vacation this week. And by small, I mean one day. Never the less, it was needed, and it was great to spend some quality time with each other. Marks day off from work this week was on Tuesday and I am off until Thursday. So on Monday night we headed up to Boise. We ate the the Cheesecake Factory. Delicious!!! I love that place. Then we went swimming, hot tubing, and just relaxed at the hotel. The next morning Mark and I went to the Boise Temple. What an enjoyable temple. The workers were so cute...but they are everywhere really. After the temple we attempted a day of shopping. We were very unsuccessful, which is never fun, but at least we saved some money. We did end up finding the worst shopping center of Boise though...the Boise Factory Outlets! Absolutely no shops worth entering, don't waist your time. All in all, it was a fun trip with Mark and a great surprise from him.

So where was Beatrice all this time?? She was having her own vacation! We boarded her in a kennel here with a lady we know. Beatrice loved it! She was exhausted when we got her home. She laid down and slept the rest of the night. She was able to play with a lot of other dogs and a bunch of new people. Beatrice is a very social dog, so this was perfect for her. She also got groomed. When we picked her up she smelled great and instead of the little bows most groomers use, Beatrice got a Hawaiian lei. She looked great!!

Halloween Pictures!!!

Here are are photos from halloween. enjoy!!

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Salesman Of the Month

Sorry for tooting my own horn but Im pretty excited that I get to be salesman of the month again. Its lame but one of my favorite things about being salesman of the month is that i get to have my name up in lights outside the dealership.

Is it bedtime yet....

For those of you who know me, you know how tough this new job of mine is going to be. My goal for this week is to learn once again how to stay up until the wee hours of the morning. I had perfected this in my high school and college days, but as soon as you get married, those traditions are out the door! Especially when you had a job that started everyday at 6:00 am. My new job at the hospital consists of a shift beginning at 5:00 pm (yes PM) and ends at 3:30 am (AM!!!). Therefore, by the time I get home and ready for bed it will be 4:00. As you can see it is quite a big difference. I am not sure how I am going to pull this one off, but I hope I figure it out soon. If anyone has any "stay awake" ideas, please hand them over! I need all the help I can get. Its times like these you wish caffeine was still in your life....

Can you believe it's November

Well Tomorrow is November First and its pretty wierd to think that this year is almost over. But The great news is that I did it! I beat the salesman that no one likes and became the salesman of the month! I was pretty excited to say the least when the day was over. Quite the far cry from this morning when i was shaking in my little space boots thinking that I wouldnt make it. Well now I can relax. Another big thing today. It was the first time I've ever given out candy at halloween. It was fun. However I dont have much self control. I gave out almost all our candy after only two doorbell rings. I also decided I'm going to enjoy taking my kids around trick or treating when that day comes far down the road. something about watching punk little kids run around getting free candy. Its fun.

Marks first Blog

Hello everyone! We kind of felt a tad left out with everyone else doing cool blogs and all so we thought we'd copy the coolness. So its the end of October and right now its a heated race at work to see who will be this months top salesman. Actually the race is really to see who can beat this one guy at work that no one likes. Im pretty close to beating him its just a matter of seeing what happens these next three days. Is it this normal to have so much compitition with a job? Oh well it makes things interesting. Well i guess ill be off. i have to make a presintation tomorrow at work so i need to prepare a bit.

Our first blog!

Well, we finally broke down and decided to start a blog. We hope that this site will be entertaining and cause pure enjoyment to all who read it. Our goal is to keep this updated so you can stay informed on the status of our endevors. We will see how good we are at keeping this up!