Christmas 2008

Merry Christmas!  Ryan and I celebrated Christmas in one of the few places around the county without snow!  Thank God!!!  Christmas Eve was spent in Gold Canyon at Ryan's parent's house.  

Every year we search for the Christmas pickle and this year's proud winner was - ME!  

Christmas Day was spent with my family at our house.  There were 19 people squeezed into our little house since there was rain, but we had a lot of fun!  Here's my super cute niece operating her Super Duper Reindeer Pooper!  

We hope everyone enjoyed their holiday!  We're looking forward to 2009!

KK

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Puma Anyone?

I love the comments!  You guys are too funny!  As for the dog, we borrowed Jake - our brother-in-law's dog.  He's a good boy, but has a loud bark!  Gus is not too thrilled, so we think getting a permanent dog is out of the question.  So what's the next logical choice, according to Ryan?  A Puma!  Naturally.  Since Bengal Tigers and Cheetah's are only available through zoo permits, a Puma or Leopard seems like a perfectly reasonable option.  Ryan seems to think we have a Vegas circus/magic act going on at our house.  

Other than that, nothing new to report.  I still don't have a camera (can anyone recommend a good one?) but will send pictures of the Christmas Tree as soon as I get one! Bye for now!

KK

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They're Baaaaack!

Guess what!  Our alarm works!  We were able to test it out when someone tried to break in - AGAIN!  My theory (one officer agreed, the other had no opinion) was the thief's "methy" girlfriend came back to get our replacements.  

Our neighbor saw a rather scraggly woman knocking on our door and I saw her leaving when I pulled up to the house.  In my too-much-tv mind, I think she was the girlfriend coming back for more, and was scared off by the alarm.  The officer on duty back in September warned that it may happen again.  Apparently once you know what goods you have and where you stash them, it's much too tempting to leave it be.  So, once the insurance check clears and you replace - they strike again!  

This post is not to scare, but to warn.  In these tough times, people want what you got!  The officer from last night suggested we arm ourselves.  I tried to explain that Ryan and I are the last two people to be trusted with a gun.  We'll see how I feel after round 3...

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KK

Update

It's been too long - I know!  It's hard to blog with no camera!

The first big event was the wedding of my college roommate and long-time friend, Sally!  It was in the historic Union Station in Indianapolis.  It was a very fun week and a VERY fun wedding.  Here is the bride and bridesmaids:

Ryan and I made lots of new friends, mostly from Sally's high school:

The other big event was, of course, Thanksgiving.  We went to my Aunt Lynda and Uncle Tom's who hosted a fabulous day!  Here is Julia with her Aunt Kerrie and Uncle Vinnie:

It was a beautiful day, so we got to eat outside.  Here is one of the 4 tables:

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

K&R