Nauvoo, IL

We are here in Nauvoo, IL and we have seen and heard some of the most amazing stories and evidences of people before us. The people who left Nauvoo for safety from religious persecution was the largest community to ever move as a whole; moving their families, religion, trade, commerce and culture. It is truely amazing the trials these people faced and still stood strong because of the strength of their Faith in God and his plan for them. We feel so lucky to be here walking in the footsteps of the heroes before us. It has been an enlightening experience being here, visiting has made us feel so grateful for the things we have.
**We will have more details and pictures to come (I promise we will be in a few of the pictures as requested by some of you).

Our Pregnant Dog!

So we finally did it; we made our dog take the plunge before us, we bred her! I am so excited! We bred her with the most beautiful papered Stud (male boxer). The best part is, dogs only have 2 month pregnancies; so her due date is March 20!
This is all assuming that it worked because there are really no "official" signs of pregnancy until they are one month in. And can you believe Jomby will not even know she is pregnant until a week or so before she has puppies??

The puppies will be so cute, Jomby (above) is ours, and Skidder (left) is a rare colored boxer, so their babies will be awesome! From the looks of Skidder they may look pretty fierce too. We will keep you posted when we start to see signs; although she is already showing small behavior changes, like eating less, so that should be a good sign.

Now that our baby is having babies we will be happy parents of puppies for the next little while!

Kentucky and Tennessee

This last October we took an awesome trip to Louisville, KY and then on to Huntingdon, TN. We had so much fun! While we were in Ky we went to the most amazing seminar we've ever been to. We also were able to hang out with our closest friends, see some historical sites, and enjoy the beauty of the changing trees that we don't always get to see here in Az.

Driving over to Tn. was fun and when we arrived we got to see our friends brand new home they have been building; it was beautiful. It rained the entire time we were there! Coming from Ca and Az we have never seen so much rain in our lives (except when Bill lived out there). We had fun relaxing and went down to Nashville one night where we went out to an Indian food restaurant. I've never eaten Indian food and it was delicious. *Speaking of restaurants, while we were in Kentucky we had the best Cajun food you will ever taste in your life! So if you ever find yourself in Louisville, KY you have to eat at "J.Gumbo's".

Overall we had a lot of fun and it was a nice time to get away for a while.