On Saturday the little puppy turned 2 weeks. She has gotten so big. Her eyes are now open and she is climbing all over the place. She is cute. She has a home waiting for her in a couple of months. It makes me sad cause I'd like to keep her, but she will grow up, and I know I don't need another dog. Puppies are just so irresistible!
The little puppy is one week today. She(it's not a boy, so it must be a girl!) has grown. She is a bit fatter and longer. Her eyes are still closed, and she doesn't do much more than eat and sleep.
We are experiencing breeding for the first time. Bella, our female Maltese, gave birth to two girl puppies today (Nov. 7, 2009). One was born at 10:00 am and the other at 10:30. Unfortunately only one of the two survived. This is the one that survived. The children call her squeaks because of the little squeaky noises that she makes. It was a neat experience for the whole family to witness. 
She is a tiny, little thing that can fit in the palm of your hand. I would say about 5 in. long and maybe a half a pound. Not quite a "pound puppy". Ha Ha!
My friend Melissa teaches the Wilton Cake Decorating Course. She just finished teaching a group of us. I learned a lot but learned that I am not skilled enough for serious cake decorating. This was our last cake. I conquered the rose. So now all our kids will get roses on their birthday cakes whether they want them or not!
Happy Birthday to our little princess. She turned 3 yesterday. It is hard to believe. 
She had a Barbie cake. She LOVED it....she is 100 percent girl even with all these boys around.
We were all dressed up for the church Halloween party. The kids were able to trick or treat indoors considering that it was about 5 degrees last night!
Jake is on the swim team. On Friday they had a meet. Jake did well in his age group. He came in 2nd for back stroke, and 3rd on butterfly. His relay team came in 1st. They have 2 more meets of the season and are hoping to improve their times. 
Last weekend we went down to Anchorage. Unfortunately we didn't get a lot of pictures. I would like to say that this is a special mountain like Mt McKinley(Denali) but it's not! We went past Denali but didn't stop, we will this summer.
Curtis eating reindeer. Yummy! We told the kids that it was Rudolph. They didn't believe us.
We went to the Zoo. They didn't have many of the traditional animals because of the weather, but lots of Alaska animals. It was fun but cold.
We were able to do lots of other things in the big city(do we sound like country folk?) too. We went to the temple, to Chuck E. Cheese, the mall, Target(!!!), and an indoor water park. We had a great time. We are already looking forward to our next trip.
On Saturday we went the the annual Firefighter's Ball. It was a great time. The food was good and we got to boogie it some out on the dance floor.
We had our family pictures taken this fall...and I think they turned out fabulous. (Thanks Karla!)
Well, yesterday it was officially the first day of fall....for the rest of you! Here in Alaska it was the first day it snowed. The boys jumped on the trampoline, dancing in the snow, way too excited than anybody should be for snow. I didn't expect it to still be here this morning, but still it is snowing. It is supposed to warm up into the mid 40s for the rest of the week, so I don't think it will last. But it is a good reminder for me to dig out coats and boots and gloves. So, I hope the rest of you are enjoying the beautiful crisp fall weather!!
