Two for one...I know I know we're crazy!!

DISCLAIMER: Nobody can give me crap after this post. You can only call me a good mom and wife (and animal lover if you want LOL).

So as you all know we gave away Ripley just over a month ago. I promised that we would get a new dog. I planned to make it happen for Jagen's birthday which isn't for another 6 weeks, but a couple of weekends ago J.D. heard about a Yorkie-poo that was for sale (too much $$). And well to make a long story short J.D. got really fired up about getting a dog. So after some looking and discussing what kind we wanted, Saturday we stumbled onto a guy who had an AFFORDABLE (that is the key word here) Malti-poo. So we went to see him Saturday night. He also had one male Chihuahua, and Asey took right to him. She held him the whole time we were there and was lovin' on him. Next thing I know they are all talking about getting both dogs. I was dismissing it and paying no attention. Next thing I know the guy is wheeling and dealing with J.D. about taking both. I am still paying no attention and dealing with my sick little Reese. Then the guy says "Okay you can have them both for the price of the Malti-poo." WHAT?????? So now I had 12 big eyes (4 of which were the puppies) begging me for both dogs. J.D. and I walked outside and J.D. proceeded to talk me into the deal. (What a sweet talker...he attacked me from the womanly good shopping deal side of it...yes a BOGO deal. And I fell for it.) So next thing I know we had two little puppies in the car and were headed home.



They are so darn cute though. We have been tossing around names so here here they are...for today at least.

Introducing....

Higley

Cash

The boys in their crate.

Jagen is loving it.

Tyce thinks they are pretty fun.

Asey and her baby. She really does carry him around like a baby.

They are pretty tiny and will stay pretty small. Just what I wanted. Now you will notice the Chihuahua doesn't look too much like a Chihuahua. The guy claimed both parents were Chihuahuas. The mom was pretty the dad was not according to him. But I think he is cuter than a Chihuahua. So I am working on being the Alpha-male so that we will have a better relationship than I did with Ripley. Anyone can come and see them any time, or watch out we will be coming for a visit and you know they will come too.

So sad...

This is what a double ear infection and pneumonia looks like. She has been sick since last Thursday and after a trip to the doctor and an X-ray we now know what she has. My poor Reesey!!!

She did it again!

She did it once before and she now she did it again!

BEFORE

AFTER

The ponytail

Isn't she beautiful. (Not in the last picture she was mad at me.)

She Goes it on Two

Asey can ride a two-wheeler. I got a little bee in my bonnet on Monday that Asey could ride her bike without training wheels. So J.D. took them off and I ran in the house to get my camera and when I came out she was doing it. I don't even think J.D. really had to do the run behind her holding the seat trick. She is very wobbly though. Jagen refuses to ride near her for fear of getting run into. Asey did run into a couple of cars that day, so I guess I understand where she is coming from. She is having so much fun riding a two-wheeler, but it sure is "exhausting" according to Asey.

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And three were sad...

Most of you know our dog Ripley either through the phone, in person at the door or just from hearing me complain. We got Ripley as a puppy 5 years ago when we lived in Utah. J.D. raised him up to be his kind of dog and that he was. I often felt like Rip and I had an unspoken war going for J.D.'s attention (lol). Jagen loved him to death. He made it through two moves with us. He watched two children join the family. He loved our kids and watched over them. There was one little problem. Rip and I never saw eye to eye and as the saying goes when mama ain't happy nobody's happy. So after many years of my pleading to get rid of him, it has come to pass. Now for those of you that are dog lovers you appreciate what a good dog he was. I know that he had so many great qualities, but there were two really bad things that I couldn't stand... the barking (it seemed to me to be never ending) and the shedding. After many tears and much discussion we had a friend list him on a rescue website for Border Collies. We had a wonderful lady named Linda contact us about adopting Rip. Last week we drove 8 hours round trip to take Ripley to his new home. His new family lives and works at a historic ranch in southern Arizona right on the border of Mexico. FYI - It is the very ranch where Geronimo surrendered. There are 125 achers for Rip to run and be free on. They have other dogs for him to play with. They have sheep and longhorns to wrangle in so his inner herder can shine through. J.D. wouldn't let me take him to the pound and I am so glad he didn't because this is the PERFECT place for Rip. When it came time to leave him Jagen and J.D. were obviously sad but I was shocked to have Tyce bawling his head off. He cried longer and harder than Jagen. Now as for Asey, all she was concerned with was the fact that she needed a soda to drink. I have a lot of guilt about this...especially mommy guilt with Jagen, but I must say I am relieved. I did promise Jagen that we will get another dog...it just has to be a dog that I pick this time. One that is smaller, not as loud and doesn't shed. So if anyone knows what breed that would be do share. Here is my Ode to Ripley in photos.










Ripley's New Home

White Christmas

We decided to pack Christmas up one more time and head to New Mexico for the fun. The trip started out bad, when Asey woke up the morning we were leaving throwing up. But we were all packed so off we went. Three hours into the trip Reese started throwing up. My whole family was home for the holidays, except for my nephew Tyler who is in Brazil on his mission. So I started freaking out about sharing the pukes with everyone, but on we went. Well long story short...6 days later...20 of the 33(at last count) of us ended up with some sort of the pukes illness. So again... sorry to my family for sharing it. Thanks for loving us anyways. Really sorry to my two nieces who spent Christmas Day with it.

We had a lot of fun though. It was very cold (something I am not used to) and snowy while we were there. We loved it. We went sledding and the kids played in it tons. Lots of wet soggy clothing around. They guys went shooting one day and we played a lot of games. We caught a movie and played guitar hero. Santa found us and spoiled us good. The cousins had a great time together and it was nice to spend time with the family. I feel so blessed!

There are tons of pictures, sorry if it boring to some!

Christmas Eve Fun!

LARGE Christmas Eve dinner.

Tyce and Jordan being goofballs.

Grandma and Asey cuddling.

Jagen, Angelie and Ely playing charades.
Uncle Rod leading the game of 20 questions.

My four in the Christmas jammies.

Christmas Morning!

Stockings
Reese throwing her stuff around.


Asey striking a pose.
Waiting to open presents.

Grandma and Papa opening their stockings.

Parker and Asey

Reese lovin' on her puppy!

Carson and Tyce

Tyce helping Reese with her new "bike"
Ely, Angelie, Brandyn and Asey playing memory.

Jagen got an I-Pod!

Carson laughing with the girlies.

Tyce got a DS!

Sledding!

Casey and Jagen doing a train
Tyce was a little freaked out.
Asey loved it until snow got in her face.
Playing in the snow.
Dallin and Asey catching a lift.
Tyce and Casey lugging the tubes.

Family Fun!!

J.D. shared his coat with Reese
Playing game cube.
Jagen and Reese fell in love with Uncle Guy's puppy JoJo.
Littlest Pet Shop Fun!
Playing Rock Band
J.D. and Dave tried it too. (They got booed off.)
Angelie and Reese playing.
Loves!