Our Shelby was the light of our lives (of course after the kids left home) She lit up your live, she was fun, smart and a joy, She loved to ride quads, she loved camping, she was the keeper of the House. Every time that you let her outside she had to make sure that the rabbits and birds were out of her yard. She never knew what to do when she really caught one. She loved water, if you turned on the hose she was in the middle of it. She was the apple of her daddy's eye, she was the protector of her mommy. She loved and taught her nephew (Lucky) everything. She liked it when her Niece (Lilly) came to play. She loved to go to Dairy Queen because they gave her a cone. She also loved Walgreens, because they gave her a bone. She loved grandma and always watched out for her. The last year was one of much sickness, medicines and drugs, blood tests for Shelby. Thanks to Dr. Dickens and all of her staff that treated Shelby like their best friend and always caring for her. But on Monday January 19th, Shelby's could not hang on and her mommy and daddy had to make a very difficult decision. Shelby we love you and our hearts are broken and empty. It is not the same to come into an empty house without her greeting you at the door. Or come running everytime you get into the Frig. We miss you and you will always be in our hearts. Shelby we are the best and you are Special.

CARDINALS #1

They finally did it, In our house Donald has followed the Cardinals for years, though the good times and the bad (which seemed a lot). We are so excited for this to finally happen. SUPER BOWL here we come. It will be fun to cheer on the RED and WHITE. Even though they are going up against a very tough team in the form of Pittsburg Steelers. We will still always cheer RED and WHITE.

Happy New Year

It is that time of the year, when we all take the time to reflect on what we want out of the new year. One of my big goals for 2009 is to finish getting this weight off. I accomplished a portion of it in 2008 (55 pounds gone) but there are many more to go. Wow, what happened, it is sure harder to take off then to put on. I also accomplised in 2008 to read all 4 standard works of the church, WOW, I did it, I want to take more time in 2009 to get more scripture studying done. I find it is the best time in the morning at 4:00 AM, yes in the morning, to read for about 45 minutes then get ready to go to the gym at 5:30 for an hour then home to shower and get ready for a day of work. I want to wish you all the best of 2009 and as one sister in our ward said on Sunday, her motto for this year is "2009 is Christlike time" so I would like to remember that this year.