Meet Rusty!

This is Tyler's new puppy Rusty. We adopted him from the SPCA on Saturday. He is a 2 month old Jack Russell mix. We think he is the cutest thing ever.

Tyler and Rusty cuddle before bedtime.

Tyler holds his "baby" puppy while he sleeps. Jessie takes her turn to cuddle the new pup too.

Here is Rusty with his new coat chewing on sticks. He gets very cold so we try to keep him warm when we can.

So far Rusty has exceeded all of our expectations. He chases Tyler around the house and keeps him busy. Cuddles every chance he gets and hasn't even destroyed anything yet! Even the housebreaking is going rather smoothly. Rusty's only trouble is he hates being away from his humans. I must say he has a cute howl but I would rather sleep than listen to it.

I am sure I will have more pics of Rusty later on.

Over 6 month catch up

So I realize it has been a very long time since my last post. I really have no excuse so here are some pics to bring you up to date.

In September we went and saw the Circus. Tyler and Jessie loved the show and had snowcones.

We moved into our house in October and settled in quickly.

Early October Ben and Tyler carved his pumpkin. Then we took Tyler and Jessie to both John Ball and Binder park trick or treating and then to Richland park on Halloween night for games and treats.

In November Ben learned that Tyler is fierce Stratego player. With our modified rules Tyler beat Ben and then refused to play again so that daddy had a chance to win.

We also attempted to clean up the leaves in the yard. The piles were fun to play in but they never were removed before the snow hit. oh well!

After Thanksgiving we cut down this tree in my parents front yard for our Christmas tree.

Early December Ben and I took Tyler to see an animatronic show called "Walking with Dinosaurs" He loved it.


Tyler was a shepherd in the Christmas nativity at church.


Tyler and Jessie gave Santa their lists.

Christmas in our house for the first time was great! Everyone came to us so we didn't have to go anywhere.


These foam swords made for great fun in the weeks following Christmas.


For New Years we invited the Kecks over and of course Cori and Jessie were there too. We played our new fav game Catan.

Ben started a new job Jan 1 and now works for a law firm in Kzoo.

I wrecked our Honda a few weeks ago and had to buy my first car on my own. I bought a Mazda 5. Will put up picks soon.

So that is about it. Simplistic but at least I am caught up.