We have a Kid!

and his name is BULLET!

Brad has been wanting a dog forever. I finally gave in and we are really excited for this new little guy. He is a Jack Russell Terrier. They are really smart dogs that require a lot of attention and exercise. I'm excited because when he gets older i want to start running outdoors again. Brad is excited because now he can wrestle the dog and not me, eliminating fights :). He is the cutest little thing.

We picked him up at 6:00, bathed him, played with him, he ate, went potty and (uncle) nick and (aunt) cassie came over to meet the new guy. It's now 10:30 and he has been asleep since 8:00. Brad woke him up once and took him out to do his business. We were hoping he would stay up a little longer but Bullet just wanted to climb up on us and sleep. He climbed on brad's lap and was out. We tried to get him to stay up but he is stinking tired. Hopefully he doesn't wake up at 4:00 am!!!

We are really excited for our new addition!

My new nickname....

Granny G. (given by brad because i've been doing what you see below)

Thanks to aunt Jen, while I was on Christmas break in Idaho she taught me how to make these awesome little hats!!! I'm going to be selling them with Cool Chicks Wear at this upcoming Affair of the Heart in Oklahoma City in a couple weeks. I found some sweet orange fuzzy yarn that I thought was really fun. I hope people like them :)


The past week I've been working on this quilt for Coaches vs Cancer. Everyone on the committee brought in their old OSU t-shirts and we made it into an awesome quilt! It is currently getting machine quilted by a lady. We are going to be displaying it in Gallagher at the games and it will be open up to "chances". So come buy some... I'm pretty sure they are going to be one for $5, 3 for $10, and 5 for $20. I hope it raises a lot of money because it all goes directly to cancer research in Oklahoma. Spread the word that in a couple weeks pay attention at the games!
Danna, don't look!!! :) I'm sending it out tomorrow!
I was so proud of my first crochet blanket I had to post a picture of it. (I don't think it turned out too bad since i just learned to crochet over christmas) I am sending it off to Danna, my friend who just had her first baby girl!!! She is a doll. I couldn't resist making some cute little hats with the leftover yarn either.

Next Year's Plans...

Well, Christmas break brought us a lot to think about for Brad's future. Brad was planning on graduating this May. The opportunity was brought up to transfer to Utah University and go to Grad School while playing ball. We were really excited and thought that was what we were going to do. Well it turns out it would be almost impossible for Brad to graduate in May and therefore he wouldn't be able to transfer. Well the Lord works in mysterious ways. Soon after, (meaning like hours) Marilyn (athletic advisor) mentioned to Brad that he could continue going to school this next year on full scholarship, room and board without having to be a part of basketball at all! We were both in shock and didn't know whether to believe it. The deal is, if an athlete can't graduate in 4 academic years the program has to scholarship him the 5th year since the sport was the hold up on the amount of credits they can take. YIPEE! Our prayers were answered and Brad will be going to school here one more year. It will work out for the best... he will graduate in Business Management with a minor in Marketing PLUS a minor in Spanish PLUS get his pre req classes for Radiology Tech. We will be applying to a variety of programs here in Oklahoma and Utah for another two year program. If all goes well brad will be done with school in another 3 years! He's in for a ride :)

what a GREAT holiday break!

This year Brad and I went to Idaho for Christmas. We flew out on the Sunday before Christmas. We were lucky to even land in Idaho Falls because of the crazy weather they have been having. We made it safe and sound with only little delays.

I didn't even get any pictures on christmas day... I don't know what I was thinking. That's okay though the ones I took are still fun.

Brad had to come back to Oklahoma on the 26th and he called me when he made it to the tulsa airport telling me he doesn't have the keys to the car (they were in my purse!). I felt so bad, anyways, I got ahold of some good friends, kendria and brad and they drove him half way to stillwater where Nick and Cassie drove in half way to take him the rest. Thank goodness for good friends! Thanks guys!

To add to car fiascos when I got back in on the 30th I was welcomed to a dead car. I found the shuttle people to ask if they can help. No problem, minutes later we got the car jump started but then the car alarm went off and we couldn't get it to turn off. After unplugging the fuse it finally turned off and I was off. I pulled up and the tire hit something so I got out of the car to check my tires. What do you know, the car alarm went off again and I found that I only hit a can of soda and my tire was okay. But then the car died again! I had to find the people again to start my car. As soon as we got the car alarm off and it was started I started driving and didn't stop until I got home. Man it was a mess! To end the day the football team didn't have a great day and lost to Oregon.

Christmas was a blast though. My parents are awesome. They just sold their house and are currently renting an old farm house. It was kind of fun having Christmas in an old squeaky house with a basement my brother can't even stand up straight in. We had some fierce pingpong games and during a match my dad broke one on the lights with his arm! My dad and brad barely cleared the cealing but my 6'6 brother didn't have the same luck :).

We were all just grateful they found a house to rent because we wouldn't have squeezed into an apartment with all of us. I love my family and it was great to spend time with aunts, uncles, grandma and grandpa, and all my brothers and sisters besides joy and her family.

I hope you all had a great Christmas!

Happy New Year! I'm excited for the adventures of 2009! Who knows where or what we will be doing in 6 months... :) I wish I knew!