In Recent Events...

The Move

I realized I only posted a video about the apartment, yet didn't include the few pictures I took from the move, so I'll just throw them in now. 

 Not a great picture, but here's a lot of our stuff piled into the living room.

 Goodbye, old apartment.  I don't think we'll miss you too much..

 For people like Mom and Megan who saw the beginning construction...the building going up down the street.  There was no wood when we left...a week later we drove by and saw this!

Our new ward building

A photo (not the best shot) of our new apartment.  We're on the left.

Volleyball Tournament and Picnic!

Two weekends ago, we headed over to Lehi to the Myler Disability company picnic. (For those of you who don't know--Myler Disability is where Jimmie works).  They also have an annual volleyball tournament where each of the different divisions within the company play to win a pizza party.  Jimmie's division of the "Quality Assurance Analysts" only has 3 people in it, so they had to draft some people from other small departments and also had their boss, John play on their team.  He's the boss over a lot of the divisions, but since they almost didn't have enough people, he got recruited.  I was embarrassingly excited about this because I felt like I was meeting a somewhat-celebrity.  I still am like dumbfounded and amazed at the fact that John (from Kid History) is Jimmie's boss and they interact on a daily basis.  It just cracks me up because every time I think of his boss, all I pictures is his face moving and a little kid's voice coming out.  It was odd to hear him actually talk! 

Anyway, now that that ramblings over, the tournament.  Their team did pretty well.  They won the first two games and then lost the second two, just getting eliminated before the final round.  They actually did a lot better than we expected and played really great considering they were the only team without subs.  Myself and one of the other wives were quite the little yet very loud cheering section for them.  We had a blast!

A Practice Round: 

Game 1: Won

Game 2: Lost

(Unfortunately the other team rigged their rotation to only rotate the tall spikers/blockers in the front, and good servers in the back.  We didn't realize this until the end of the game.  They probably would have won if the other team had played fair)

Waiting to figure out the teams

Our Sweet Little Puppy that's growing up too quickly...

I'm sorry, it seems like all I post about, talk about, and post pictures of is of Nala.  But to be honest, it's probably because she's just a huge part of our life now, as all dogs and especially puppies become.  I get off at noon or 2 most days and so I have several hours of just being with Nala.  That gives me a lot of time to play with, take pictures of, and take vides of her. Plus, she's like a baby! I feel like I need to document all of her big milestones :) So if you will bear with me me, the remainder of this post is going to be about her with lots and lots of pictures.

Here are some milestones for you!

First Trip to the Groomers!

(...because we had a free coupon :) )

 A good progress report!

"Did you say my name, Momma?"

 BIG yawns...

...for one tuckered out pup.

 Her cute little bows :)

I think she was a little scared we weren't coming back... she couldn't stop shaking for about 5 minutes after we picked her back up. 

Sitting on Command:

(Without being motivated by treats! She got this down a little while ago, I just never got a video)

Potty Training:

Oh come on...did you really want this documented? 

You're welcome for skipping this one :)

First Vet Visit:

We had some wait time because all the vets but 1 were called out for an emergency surgery on a dog just before we got there...so we took family pictures :)

 Awww

 "Smile, Nala!"

 Getting a little too excited...

 But not too excited to be sitting on the metal table...

...good thing we remembered Mr. Piggy for some loves.

A Lesson Learned: 

Shots make Nala cry and wimpier, unless she has a Milk Bone treat...then she doesn't even feel them.

But whether she gets a shot or has to stay in her crate, she is always so happy to give you some loves and kisses once everything is over.
And this little puppy loves to slow dance with you

And we are so happy to take those puppy snuggles all the time :)