One year













Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice





















(said with fake British accent) It sure has been a while, and then when I felt inspired - Blogger locked me out! But now I'm back! Hooray!!! I bring good news, too. Our rescue pup Shelby is officially nursed back to health! When we got her back in October she had heartworms, as well as kennel cough, roundworms, and tapeworms. After shots for the worms, antibiotics for the kennel cough, and intense treatment for the heartworms - including shots, steroids, more shots, more steroids and a couple of vet stays she is finally well. We got the great news Monday that she no longer has any traces of the heartworms in her blood! 
We feel so lucky to have found her and we are ecstatic that she is healthy again. If any of you are considering getting a dog, I highly recommend checking out your local animal shelter and don't rule out the adult dogs. Ours came trained and housebroken!





When everyone started singing Happy Birthday to you - Kenzie got this funny little grin. She knew it was her moment!
And when we handed her the cupcake she knew just what to do - I guess she had been eyeing it up and she had big plans for it!
Face first - mouth open wide!
She devoured it!
The Aftermath
Thanks Nanny and Parran for the Princess Car! She a had a blast opening all of her wonderful gifts and thank you to everyone who came to share this great day with us. The weather was perfect, the food was delicious, and the company was awesome!
The next morning (her actual birth day) she got to open her Teddy Ruxpin (aww yeah - old school) and she loved it!
That night we went to the Gretna Tree Lighting and there was Christmas caroling and even the big guy - S. Claus - was there!





