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All Dogs Go To Heaven

A Tribute to Thor....or as Pete use to call him, Siberian Prick.  Thor joined the Jettie family in 1996 as a little pup.  He was 14 years old and lived a good long life for a dog.  It is always so hard to lose a pet, and even harder when you have to put them down.  He was a great dog.  The family will miss him dearly.  But we know he is now with Pete in a better place.

Pete use to say,"Thor sheds enough hair to weave an Indian blanket." I wonder what he would say about Alma's porn star shirt. lol Love ya Alms!;)

He loved to chase cars and drove the neighbors crazy.  He was great with children and Tristan and Ashton loved to sit and pet him.

If he had a plate of food in front of him, he would growl if you got near it.  Alma cooked him a steak for his last meal.  And even though he was hard of hearing, he still growled at them yesterday when they tried to touch his dish.

We will always love you Thor and will be missed!  Give Pete hell for us!

1 Month Old....ALREADY!

I can't believe a month has already passed.  We love this little boy so much and have already spoiled him rotten.  He rarely cries as long as he is being held.  And he sleeps in bed with us at night.  Not something I am proud of, but its sometimes easier than to get out of bed myself.  But I am gonna work on that this week.  He is such a good eater, that he is really starting to feel out.  He also has the noisiest bodily functions.  He grunts and grunts all the time.  And I have never heard a baby fart and burp as much as he does. lol  He must take after his daddy in that department.  Tristan and Ashton are so wonderful with him and love to help me out as much as I'll let them.  Logan is very alert and I can already tell he is gonna look up to his big brothers.

Mario Addiction

If I didn't regulate their playing time, the remotes would have to be surgically removed from their hands.  But at least I can get them to do the simplest tasks now that were like pulling teeth before.....like brushing their teeth.  And keeping their bedroom clean.  And hanging their coats up and putting away their shoes.

And yes, the addiction is with the whole family.  Das will sit and help the kids out during the day and then at night he and I play.  Friday night we didn't go to bed until 3AM.  I know, sad! lol

The boys took the remote from Das and said it was all wet.  Das was sweating from the intensity. lol

Needless to say, we are enjoying the WII.  Mario isn't the only game we play.  We have been doing the WII Fit as well.  And that makes me a feel a little better about how much time we spend on it.

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Nears Years Eve was an eventful one.  We planned a sitter in the afternoon, so we could catch a movie.  We took Logan over to the theatres and saw The Fighter.  We both really enjoyed it.  And Logan slept through the whole thing. Then ouur neighborhood has a New Years Eve party every year.  Each year it is held at a different home.  And all the children go to one home to play games, so the adults can relax.  This year the party was held at President and Kris Marshalls home.  They live only two houses away.  So we took the boys across the street to the Richardson's, and headed on over.  Being our first year, we weren't sure what to expect.

As soon as we got their, everyone wanted to hold Logan.  So I took advantage, and grabbed me a plate...or two, of food.  Everyone brought something.  I really enjoyed the Cowboy salsa.  I need to get the recipe.

After eating and mingling, we headed downstairs to play some games.  The host gets to set these up.  First we played pictionary.  It was women against boys.  Those boys sure are competitive.  The themes were TV series in the 70's and 80's.  Das and I didn't know a single one, but it was still so fun to play.  And funny!  This group of people are quite the entertainers.  The men had us basically rolling on the floor laughing.  My cheeks hurt by the end of the night. And I am pretty sure the men cheat.:)

Tammy and Logan

The next game was the newlywed game. Of course Das and I came really close to winning this one. This game took a long time to play, since the men made jokes on everything.  It was a riot.  After that, we then got to open our white elephant gifts.  Das and I brought a dvd we received in the hospital,"The Purple Crying."  President Marshall opened that one.  Not sure if he really got it. And our other gift(which we thought we were very funny putting this one in) was a BYU shirt that has been sitting in our closet forever.  If a U fan had of opened it, it would have been funnier.  But for a circle full of BYU fans, they all actually wanted the shirt.  Glad it could go to someone who would show it more love than us.  We also wrapped it in a baby bag....cuz Y fans are such babies.  Yeah....we think we are pretty dam funny.=)  Once we were done, we packed up to head home.  As soon as we walked outside, all the kids started banging their pots and pans to ring in the New Year.  The whole night was exciting, hilarious, entertaining, convenient, and an absolute blast!  Can't wait to do it again next year.  Thanks to such wonderful neighbors for including us into your circle.  HaPpY nEw YeAr!

The Weather Outside is Frightful!

These two big brothers were so excited for Santa to come, that we could hardly get them to bed.  But we let them know that Santa will skip our house if they weren't asleep when he flew above our house.  And then we told them we could hear sleigh bells ringing.  They flew to bed.

Once asleep, Das and I started to help the elves out and set things up.  Das couldn't contain himself, so we tested a few things out before going to bed......around 2 AM.  The boys were then up around 7.

They had a great morning.  Their big gift was the WII.  They also got some razor scooters, mario kart, mario brothers, indiana jones, star wars, a few ds games, Chicago Bears shirts and pants, and books.

Das received some pants, a few WII games(Cabella's game hunter, wipeout, and Zelda), a picture of his dad, the movie "Inception", tie, nose hair trimmer.  He bought me a boppy, foot massager, fudge, a gift card to Rue21, gift card to Leisures Hair Salon.  But our big gift was family pictures that turned out so wonderful!  We then had Das's brothers out for breakfast.  Rama and Alma hung out with us all morning and afternoon.  My parents stopped by right before we left for Mirabia's.  It was so fun for them to see our Christmas.  They give us money each year for Christmas which had helped us to pay for a lot of our gifts.  We are so grateful to them! 

At Mirabai's we ate some really great food and then had our gift exchange.  Melissa always sets this up so nicely.   We bought for Mark, Scott, Aunt Kay, and Alma this year.  I always love the gift exchange.  And Mira on top of that gave us a cute family home evening chart and a Jettie hanging sign.  What a wonderful year it has been.  It came and went so quickly though.  We wish we could stop time.  Love you all and to all a good night!

O Holy Night....

To start off....I can not believe our baby is 4 weeks old already.  It has been such a wonderful and exciting month.  He is our little angel....loved by all.  Christmas Eve was such a joyful night with the family.  We headed over to my parents this year.  And from the moment we got there, everyone wanted to hold Logan.  The only times I really saw him were when he was hungry.  This is my niece Emily.  She just loves babies and is so good with them.  I can't wait until she is old enough to babysit.

Hailey, Savanah, Emily, Carly, and Nicole all awaiting to hold him.

Das and his little man.  Can I just tell you how much I love having these wonderful men in my life?!  They all keep me on my toes and make my life so wonderful.

Grandma and her 34th grandchild!!!  And yes....they were all there....except for the 2 missionaries.

After our crazy dinner with entertaining conversation, we got the kids ready for our traditional reinactment of the Nativity scene.  I have always enjoyed this part, but love it even more to watch my own children particpate.  Tristan and Ashton were shephards.

I wish I could get a panoramic view of my family crowded around to watch this spiritual event.  Just imagine this x6.

Andrew and Claire playing Joseph and Mary.  They wanted to use Logan as baby Jesus, but he wanted to eat more.

After the Nativity, some of the children came up to sing, play the piano or violin, or show any talents they wanted to share.  This is my brother's daughter, Savanah.  Such a sweet voice.  I was in awe by all the talent.  Especially Diann's daughters, Emily(8) and Claire(6) playing their violins.  Such talent!!!

Even little Lilly wanted in on the baby action.

The most famous tradition.....opening up pajamas.  We found these at Costco months ago and felt they completly fit for the boys.

Paxton and Tristan

Riley and Ashton.  Don't you just love the Hugh Hefner Look?

We always have such a great time with our families.  We are so blessed to have each and everyone of them in our lives.  We are thankful for the birth of our Savior.  And cherish all these moments.  We hope you all had a Verry Merry Christmas!