Christmas & New Years...

Well, we survived Christmas without family. I will say...I made it through this holiday without crying!! Actually, didn't even really have time for it! On Christmas Eve, we went up to the church, for the Christmas Eve Service, then afterwards went to some friends house. They knew they would have people from a Romanian church coming by to sing some Christmas songs, so they invited us over for desserts, and fellowship. Well, I ended up enjoying the desserts a little too much, and was sick the rest of the night until right after 5am. Then gladly fell asleep, and stayed that way until almost 11am, just in time to get ready and be at our first Christmas Day stop at 11:30 to start the celebration. We enjoyed meeting new people, there were about 20 something all total. We ate, played bingo, watched some funny videos, and opened presents. The family that invited us over bought Jonathan and I gifts as well, which were not at all expected. We ended up staying there till just after 3pm. And then headed for a small drive out to find "gravity hill" which still remains a mystery to Jonathan and I as to why we can't seem to find it. Finally, we arrived home after a long search, and changed into some more comfy clothes, then headed to our next Christmas Day stop. The Kelley family is husband and wife, and six children, had invited us over for their traditional Christmas Dinner, a steak dinner. And although we had eaten sooo much earlier, we still ate, and became more than miserable. We then started to relax and the smaller kids went off to bed, and the remaining adults stayed up to play Clue, which I had never played before, and it clearly showed, but still had a good time. We stayed at their house and visited until about 10pm, and then decided we were EXHAUSTED, and headed home. Only to realize, it had been raining ALL DAY LONG, and along with our two dogs, we were dog-sitting our neighbors dog, so we had to bathe three dogs at 11pm at night, then GLADLY went to bed!!! Barely spoke to our parents long enough to wish them a Merry Christmas, and that was about it. But I hope everyone in the family had a good one, since I didn't even get to speak to siblings this year...but I'm sure it was well.

As for New Years, Jonathan and I have decided to start making our own family traditions, and so as long as we're in California, we are going to drive out to Pasadena and go to the Rose Bowl Parade on New Years Day...and we have a couple of people that are going to go with us this year, and we are really looking forward to it. Should be lots of fun!

On a side note, pray for me. I am going through this very weird phase were I stay up until about 2am, and wake up at 9am totally refreshed and cannot get cleaning off of my mind. I just seem to be in "spring cleaning" mode (in December), and clean all day long. Although, I know nothing is wrong with that...but it is driving me crazy, there are other things to do and I don't think my walls, and floors can take much more...lol. But it is making my mind seem to be on edge, and I can't seem to keep focus because I don't know quite whats going on. I was sick for a few days, but thankfully, am much much better!!!

Jonathan has been leading worship for "big" church for the past two weeks, and has been doing a GREAT job at it, but is excited to be getting back to Middle School. We are about to start painting the entire middle school room, and re-designing that, as well as starting our new curriculum in January. We have a True Love Waits program coming up in February, and a lock-in coming up soon...So when we were hoping things would slow down after the holidays, that was apparantly just a dream..lol. But we are extremely thankful things are going well.

Well, I think thats about it for now...just keep us in your prayers as usual. Finances are a little tough right now with all the holidays, and days off and such..but who isn't struggling in that area with things right now. We love and miss everyone, and hope things are going well!!!!

Guess I'll be talking to y'all NEXT YEAR!!!


Happy New Year!!

"yay, no KID injuries"

Saturday night was our last Christmas party!! YAY! We took our middle school kids up to the church and had a White Elephant Gift Exchange, and I must say...I was frightened..especially with that age group! But, they honestly surprised me!! The gifts were MUCH more clever than I would have expected, and the other kids seemed to be all around pleased with the results that they got to take home. After all the gifts were opened, we took them on the bus for about a 40minute drive to Rancho Cucamonga. There are a couple of streets in this one sub-division where they go all out on their Christmas decorations. Now when I say they go all out...I mean so much more than what your probably thinking. I have NEVER in my life, seen so many lights. It kind of reminded me of the newer Christmas movie called, Deck The Halls, Danny DeVito's house is like what we saw...ALL OVER THE PLACE!! Several were even selling hot cocoa, tamales, nachos, etc. (we joked and said it was to help pay for the electric bill, since they most likely tripled it this month). But it was gorgeous and fun, and the most important thing was the kids loved it and had an absolute blast! One of our greatest achievements at the end of the night is to always say, "yay, no injuries", and this time we got to say "yay, no KID injuries"....but yes...we did have two injuries, they did include our leader Sara (the one who takes all the pictures...) and..myself. You see, Sara and I got back to the bus before everyone else, and of course...we had a plan. We wanted to scare everyone since it was so dark. So we got in the back of the bus and her and I shared a seat (why we didn't split up with a completely empty bus is beyond me..but whatever). And she leaned forward and crouched down and I slumped backward....and we waited. Finally, some came on the bus, so we listened for them to get closer and closer to us..once they did I jumped up and started screaming, and Sara, expecting me to jump higher than I did, stood up and started screaming too...only my teeth and the back of her head....came together...I grabbed my mouth INSTANTLY and felt something....odd. And looked to Sara only to see her holding the back of her head. So we rushed up to the front of the bus to look in the mirror, since it was so dark, only to find out, somehow a good piece of my lip was now detached and dangling...not so pleasant, and it started to bleed and swell...but we couldn't do ANYTHING about it. So of course, I was just TICKLED PINK! Anyway, when we finally got to the church I pulled the extra piece of my lip, and my lip was fine, but now it is a lovely green color everyday trying to heal, and Sara's head had a little bump for a couple of hours, but all in all...we survived. LOL.

Tomorrow is Christmas Eve, Jonathan and I don't have any plans that I'm aware of. We had talked about maybe going and seeing a movie, but not sure that there is anything we haven't seen at the moment, so maybe we'll just go rent some classic Christmas movies and curl up and eat popcorn! Now, for Christmas Day we do have plans, so no need to worry. I'm hoping I can sleep in till its time to go to our friends house, and then I'll be so side-tracked I won't have time to think about what I would usually be doing....lol. And, we have decided one tradition we are going to start will be to go to the Rose Bowl Parade on New Years Day...so we are going to take some friends and drive there, its only a couple hours drive, so not a huge deal, and its only once a year!! We're pretty excited about it!!!

So, after that day in the park with the great pictures...Sara and I decided that we really really wanted Jonathan to come with us so that she could take some pictures of us. Jonathan and I had been talking about just having some others done, but just for fun..not for anything specific, so we went Saturday..and they turned out soooo good!!! WE LOVE THEM, so I decided I would, of course, post some up!

Well, I hope that everyone has a great Christmas!!! I honestly miss every single person I know thats not in California, so just give yourself a hug...its from me!

Love and Miss Y'all

Random, but fun...

OK, so one of our girl leaders for Middle School is in the process of graduating from College, and is doig a minor in Photography...and she comes over all the time to just chill at the house cause she loves our dogs, basically. So anyway...all the snow is on the mountains here..just about all of them..and so it was a BEAUTIFUL day yesterday when she came over and we randomly decided to go to the park with the dogs and take some pictures. Well, I wanted Jonathan to go with us..but Thursday is his day off and he really just likes to lay around and take naps..BUM! So just Sara and I went..and she took some GREAT pictures of me with the dogs, and some of just myself..but I thought I would share some on here..just cause I like them and they were soo good!!

SO...ENJOY!!!

The last one is my MOST FAVORITE!!! And I know I look like I'm glowing in some..but we thought it was kinda cool..thats just the way the light was hitting me...we didn't do ANYTHING TO THESE..it was just how she took them...AMAZING!

FINISHED WITH THE PARTIES!!

OK, so obviously everyone is always a little busier during the Christmas and New Years Holidays more than any other time of the year, so it wouldn't be out of place for me to say..."WE HAVE BEEN SOOO BUSY..." So, I thought I would just get that out of the way..It's been great being out here for Christmas as far as everything that is going on. The only new part is that this is my first time to be a staff wife during this season, and our first time as a married couple to go through all this...and especially in a LARGE church..It seems like every other night there are christmas parties for some group at the church or at a random restaurant going on, and us beign the newbies...we're not too sure which ones we really HAVE to go to, versus the ones that...lets just say, their being nice by inviting us to..lol. So we have had LOTS of food already to eat, and plenty of places to go, and concerts and plays to watch...and still planning our own special activites for our middle schoolers! So...after all that, you might be wondering "well then why are you sitting here typing this if your so dang busy..??" And my simple reply would be.."last one was last night..YEA!!" We do however, have our own christmas party with the middle schoolers on Saturday, but after that...DONE! I'm pretty excited actually...we are all meeting at the church to worship and have a white elephant themed christmas party...which should be interesting with that age group. Then, we are all loading up and going to this one specific area, that is supposed to be INSANE with Christmas decor, so we will get to get out of the buses and run around like crazy Indians for the duration of the evening, which oddly enough...excites me!

LOL, OH MY...so beyond all this craziness...things have been good. Jonathan and I are loving each other more and more with everyday, and getting closer to each other knowing we will be missing our families this Christmas. It was a little different last year, we had only been married about a month when Christmas hit, then 2 days after Christmas flew to Greece and stayed there till after New Years, so this year...we get to lay back, relax, and soak it all in..not too sure if thats what we wanted..but thats what we get!! We have been invited to spend Christmas day with a couple of families so we will gladly take them up on those offers, in an attempt to not have a minute to ourselves to realize that we're not with family...like I said.."ATTEMPT"!!

OH..almost forgot...Jonathan and I had our Christmas "family" portrait taken a couple of weeks ago by one of my friends, and we sent it to Leigh..knowing she would make it into a Christmas Card for us, and she did and both of them were amazing. We then realized..."crap...postage for all these we want to send out is going to add up...hmmm" so Jonathan took the liberty of emailing it to a couple of people, and we sent some out to family..but if you didn't get one...please don't be offended we thought of EVERYONE...just couldn't afford it for EVERYONE...but I am going to attach the one that we chose to send out to everyone so that y'all will get a chance to see our..family! And thanks, Leigh, for taking the time to make those for us...we did appreciate it and we love them!!!

And, last but not least...I hope that everyone has a Great, and happy Christmas!!! I wish I could see all y'all and hug your necks and celebrate this year with everyone...but...maybe next time!!!

Love and Miss Everyone!!

Vegas Pictures!!

OK, so I told you I would get the pictures up, and look it hasn't even been 2 hours!! Geesh, I'm improving already...LOL. OK, so I'm going to just give you one little tid bit of info on one of the pics, then I'll post them..The one that looks like the New York skyline..those are all actually connected and are all of the hotel that we stayed in..The one "tower" as they called it that we stayed in was the 4th building from the right...on the 36th floor..I think. It was unreal, the elevator ride from the instant the doors closed to open was exactly 17 seconds...UNREAL! The pics that look like your walking down a crowded street were actually all the famous eateries in New York and then they had the Dueling Piano's in one bar..but if you read the previous post, we were out by 11...and thats usually when those places open...But very cool, and a good time....ENJOY THE PICS!!!

Miss and Love EVERYONE!

Slacker...sorry!

OK, so I know its been quite a while since I last posted anything...I just honestly..haven't been in the mood. No excuses from me...just haven't had any desire to do blogging. Its not that things haven't been happening...just lazy I guess, and so I apologize.

So now for the updates. Jonathan and I had a great time in Vegas celebrating our one year anniversary. Its hard to believe that it has already been one year...guess its true what they say.."time really does fly by when your having fun!!" We had a dinner reservation at the Top of The World Restaurant in the Stratosphere hotel for 8pm. We had a hotel reservation in the New York New York Hotel and that alone was worth the trip there! But my truest happiest moment was, when I got my picture taken with The Michael Jackson impersonator...lol..I can't wait to show y'all the picture, it was so fun. Jonathan and I went to eat dinner that night and it was just...a little out of our price range, which we knew going into, but had decided to just have appetizers then head to sonic since we don't get to have that so much anymore..So anyway we were walking through the casino downstairs out to the lobby and there he was, I saw him..white jacket, black high water pants and all!!!! MY MOST FAVORITE ARTIST OF ALL TIME....MICHAEL JACKSON!!! I was so happy grinning ear to ear, even though he wasn't the real deal..you couldn't take my happiness away, and Jonathan just laughed at me thinking I was truly a goober, but whatever! Then we drove around for a little bit and found what we were looking for..Sonic, right across from the Palms Resort. So we got our food and decided we just wanted to take it back to our room, without a single thought left. Once we started walking into our hotel we realized what we looked like. Jonathan in a full out suit and tie, myself in a little black dress with a Jackie O style wool coat...and both of us with our hands full of SONIC....can you imagine..everyone there probably was dressed very similar but probably didn't come for sonic in Sin City...lol..so we had quite a chuckle over that thought alone. The funniest thought leaving the next day was that after we had our sonic we read our individual letters to each other that we had written about a year ago, and then went to bed...and it wasn't even 11:00PM YET!!! LOL....but all in all a good time!

As far as other updates go...the middle school group has been AMAZING..we are seeing tremendous results here. Pastor announced the other day to the congregation when Jonathan sang a song he wrote while he played the piano...he said "we are sooo greatful that Jonathan and Tonya are here..they have shown us that they are dedicated to this ministry and to God...providing almost a revival in the ministry..." I have never been more proud of my husband. He is working so hard, and listening to God...and through it all, its just nice every now and then to know that we're not the only ones seeing the results. Kids are making more and more decisions every sunday and wednesday night and powerful connections are being made, and relationships being built. We have amazing leaders that are dedicated as well and still know how to be the fun young adults for such a trying age..Sunday night we had what is called..Immanuel Lights, where all the community was invited and the mayor came out and different songs were sang, and our middle school choir that Jonathan has put together got up there and it honestly brought tears to mine and Jonathan's eyes...never..never have we been more proud to be such a part of something so spectacular for God's Kingdom, simply amazing to
know that He has had His hand on this and our kids, and our families this entire time!!!

As far as our thanksgiving went...well...not much to share, we all know that I am such a home body and we knew this was going to be a hard one..and I'm not even going to lie...it was harder than even I expected it to be. I cried pretty hard throughout the morning...and then went to some friends house to have dinner and all the food was good...but not home...not the family meals I'm used to..but then again..I know that this is what God has in store for us...and I know this probably won't be the only holiday away from family, and I am EXTREMELY blessed to have such good friends out here that were willing to open their home for us to share in their traditions with them. (but it really makes me wish that Christmas wasn't so close...that ones gonna be a killer for sure!)

After all that...please just continue to shower us with your prayers through the holiday season...Christmas will be hard on me, but it will also be hard on Jonathan (mainly because of me..lol) but we both need your prayers for that one...We love and Miss everyone!!! (when I say everyone I mean it...) and a quick shot out to my girls in Wisconsin...I miss your sassiness...and love you deeply!


Miss and Love Everyone!!!
(I'll post pics up very soon...I promise)

Hidey Ho There Neighbor!

Well hello there...so first and foremost, I just got off the phone with my mom only to find out that my "brother" Joe had a serious stroke last night and is serious condition now, and I just wanted everyone to be praying for him...He is married to Darcy, and they have a daughter, Tess who I believe is about 11, or 12...so please be in prayer for him, they live in Wisconsin and he's only 45 years old.


Ok, next thing..I survived the sleepover, we had a total of about 24 girls that actually stayed the night here in our two bedroom house..geesh, and then 5 adults..We had soooo much fun! We had pasta, salad, and breadsticks for dinner, cooked s'mores over a fire, and baked over 100 chocolate chip cookies only for them to not even last an hour..lol, typical! We also, as leaders transformed one of my extra bedrooms into a "dressing room, spa, boutique" and surprised the girls with hand massages, make up, and hairstyling...THEN, we formed a runway outside with candles, and had a talk about Esther, my personal hero, and then a pajama fashion show! All in all, we all got closer to the girls, and some new friendships were made! The girls all finally started to fall asleep at about 4am, and the leaders shortly after that...THEN, we woke up at about 7:30, then had some moms come and cook pancakes, bacon, and had a fruit platter...and finally...they all started to go home slowly but surely and the last girl left at about 12:20...YEA!!!


So Jonathan and I are having our one year anniversary today! YEA!!! We are headed to Vegas and totally stoked about it, we will be back tomorrow evening and I will for sure be posting pictures, and letting you all know how it goes!!!!

Miss and Love you all!!!!

and please be praying for Joe and the family in Wisconsin!!!

Prayer

OK, so I know the outcome for President last night wasn't exactly what everyone had hoped for, however..I just keep reminding myself that God is Sovereign...presidency..only a part of this life we're living right now. HOWEVER, with that being said Proposition 8 has been the one main thing on everyones mind in California, some more so than the presidency...and I can now PROUDLY say...Prop 8 has passed. Gay and Lesbian marriages are no longer legal in the state of California. And it will not be taught in schools that there is no difference in a man and man being married than a man and woman being married. A lot of people are concerned for the fact that some couples already got married before Prop 8 was passed, some famous celebrities, some not, but those will stay married, but no one else can get married!!! I know that times were especially hard out here, there were some being persecuted for saying they would vote yes on 8, but we stayed strong, we prayed, and it brought communities closer together knowing that for some it may not have been a faith issue, but a moral issue...whatever the case....God's hand was on it, steady as always...


My one prayer through all of this is that it not only brought us closer to some people we may not have ever met, but that we would continue that fellowship with those people and perhaps find we all have more common ground than ever before...I know specifically it brought our church to our knees..we prepared, we prayed, we studied...and as workers for the Kingdom...we won...Christ won...yet again.


Thank you for all your prayers and support through this trying time...and also remember to pray for our new president...We may not like his background, or lack thereof. We may not agree with most of what he says...but we are still called to pray for him. He now holds the highest office in this country, pray for him, his wife, and those two little girls that will soon be exposed to all of this...pray.


Miss and Love Everyone!

yay! Busy week is DONE! FINITO! O-V-E-R, OVER!!!

ok, so, WE SURVIVED!!! Harvest Festival went off perfectly last night! We were told by everyone that this was actually a really low number for this event, but I guess I am just used to smaller towns that big California cities, because I thought it was HUGE!!! There were tons of kids, and adults all dressed up just looking to all play some great games and eat some candy, and enjoy the AMAZING BAND! Our middle school ministry, Portico, was in charge of three booths. One, was a flying rocket game, the second was a ladder ball game, and the third was a ring bottle toss game. We had tons of kids that showed up to help that hadn't even signed up to help and passed out a lot of flyers, and enjoyed our company and it was a great time of fellowship! After the Harvest Festival was over Jonathan and I decided to invite all our sunday school leaders over to our house to just hang out, so we did and Jonathan grilled some hamburgers, and hot dogs, and we just sat outside and laughed a lot!!! So now, the next thing to prepare for is the SLEEPOVER!!!

On Friday, Jonathan is taking all the middle school boys camping up at Big Bear (a big mountain)..and then I am having all the middle school girls over to our house to stay the night with some other female leaders..yikes.. I already have 25 signed up...so there. Theres the prayer request for now...lol. We have lots planned already thats going to be fun for this age group of girls, so we're excited!!!

Anyway thats about it for now, so I'm going to post some of the pictures up from last night of some of our kids and such...ENJOY!!

(OH, and one of our 8th grade girls dressed up as Jonathan...HILARIOUS...check it out!!!)

Miss and Love Y'all

Back home and ready to BLOG!!!

OK, so as most of you are aware, I have been in Texas for the past week and a half...and LOVIN IT!!! I wanted to get on a post a blog a while back but when I found out I was coming to Texas for more than a weekend I wanted it to be a surprise, and knew it wouldn't be a surprise if I started blogging..lol, needless to say...things went well. I went in for my best friends wedding, and it was absolutely beautiful and was able to see some old friends that I haven't seen....since my partyin' days, so it was great to see the shock on their faces when I was able to tell them "yep, I'm married, and been that way for almost a year, and been sober for almost a year, oh yeah and I'm married to a minister and live in California!!!" good times! I also got to spend some really good quality time with my mom and dad, which was FANTASTIC, and couldn't have come at a better time since I was just starting to get homesick. So I spent a week with my parents, and then I went to stay with my Sister-In-Law and brothers house, with my two most favorite little people in all the world, my niece, Jordan and nephew, Alex. I spent Wed., through Sat., there and even got to see my brother for about a day! The last day there Leigh and I took the kids to the park and took some GREAT pics, with her and the kids, then myself and the kids...good times!! Well, then it was time for me to be home..and I was startin' to miss my hubby a little too, lol. When I got off the airplane I saw the MOST HANDSOME man in the airport, with a long stem red rose, just for ME!!! awww, so romantic! When we got home I was greeted by what I thought were strange dogs, but they were indeed mine, they just doubled in size, mainly my Annie Girl!!!! And I was then pushed to the ground and into the chair....so fun!!

Since being back home...I've been a bit overwhelmed, so I could for sure use some prayer this week in particular. Sunday I was in back to back meetings, but then again thats a typical Sunday for us! Then Tuesday I am hosting the Ministers Staff Wives Meeting at mine and Jonathan's house at 7pm, so busy cleaning house, buying groceries, planning for that evening...And all this to do in less than a day. THEN, wednesday's are usually busy with usual Wednesday night activities...Thursday is Jonathan's day off, but I doubt there will be much relaxing...Since Friday is the big one....THE HARVEST FESTIVAL FOR IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH....and our middle school ministry has reserved five booths, of the 75 there...There are expected to be about 15,000 people there...(geesh, I know), and so any spare time I have this week will be spent decorating those booths, signing kids up to work certain hours of the evening, and making sure the games are all set up, etc., etc., etc., TIRING!!! Needless to say...It's Monday evening and I'm ready for Saturday...lol!


Other than that...Jonathan and are doing GREAT! Actually at this current moment, he's outside grilling us some steaks...we're HUNGRAY!!! And this will be a busy week, and parts will be speedy, and stressful. Just pray that we will have the energy and attitude we need to SUCCEED!! lol..that was fun.


About the park pics, I'll post those up soon...Oh, and y'all be sure and take a real good look at my blog page...notice its all redecorated...and all thanks to Leigh, she took a digital scrapbooking kit and designed it to make my blog page...Thanks Leigh..


Love and Miss Y'all
Have a GREAT week!!!

Under Construction

OK, so if your here on my page then you've noticed that EVERYTHING is gone from my page, all decor, all backgrounds, etc...Well, I am here to assure you that everything is fine! My page is currently under construction due to...a new design layout. I will be..."out of town" for about a week and a half, but I will report back as soon as I can!!!!



Hope everyone is doing well, miss everyone!!!

YEA FOR BEING CONNNECTED TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD!!!

Hey ok, so WE FINALLY HAVE INTERNET, CABLE, and a PHONE!!!! So I know I haven't updated anybody on anything for quite some time, sorry! The reason being, I am now in charge of the drama team for the middle school, and had our first meeting just recently...but trying to get everything together for that was pretty hectic with having absolutely NO resources at my house to take care of things...Then we are wanting to re-do the middle school room, paint, decor, the whole kit and kaboodle! So I have spent some hours up there working and doing that stuff. So BUSY...to say the least!! Other than that, here at the house things are going well. The only argument that Jonathan and I tend to have is when it comes to grocery shopping...I like variety...he likes...pizza. He would eat pizza everyday for the rest of his life if he could, I can eat it...once a week. Anyway, just something that makes up have a laugh over, thats for sure! OH! So I forgot to tell y'all. Last wednesday, Jonathan was preaching to the kids on forgiveness. Showed some different video clips, AMAZING lesson, and gave an invitation...he rarely gives an invitation, but said he just felt led because the lesson had gone so well, and usually can't hold their attention that long...but this time was different, so he did. We had 11 decisions made, and 3 baptisms!!!!!! AMAZING! Our numbers are constantly rising, and we are having to add more and more chairs every week...God is truly working here and through Jonathan and it is one of the best "adventures" I think we've been on since being married almost a year ago!!!

Other than that...the dogs are FANTASTIC at the house...minus the fact that the ate about an entire pound of chocolate, and maple fudge last night....so we were freaking out and having to take care of that making sure they weren't going to die...but they are going to be fine, and are ok now...much better actually...Gracie has enough weight on her so she was fine...Annie was our main concern but she through up about....NINE times...yeah...not so nice...so today is all laundry and cleaning! and making sure they drink plenty of water...lol...I know thats weird, sounds like their kids, but (REBECCA) they are..OUR kids....lol :)


Hope and pray everyone is doing well, keep me posted on how y'all are doing too!!!! Love you guys!!!!!

The newest member of the Jones Clan..Meet Annie.

Well, some knew and some didn't know we were planning on getting Gracie a "pet". We knew that with her new big yard that Gracie would want a playmate again, so we waited a while, and bounced some ideas back and forth about what would be best, and finally...just saw a posting and saw the pictures and we were hooked! Annie's mom is an AKC Registered Boxer, and the dad was a rescued full blood 1 year old Bull Mastiff. She is from a litter of 4 girls, and 3 boys. And we just LOVED her. We had the introduction last night and all went better than expected. Gracie and Annie actually slept together last night on Gracie's bed. They woke up this morning and both were bouncing with energy to spare, while Gracie's bark still startles little Annie, they still find it fun to see who can make the most noise. But for now, we just both love to watch them play with each other. It will be fun to see how big she gets and how long Gracie will stay the top dog...Well keep you posted on that one! LOL, enjoy the pics! Until then, things are going great here, and hope things are well with everyone else too!!!

OK, so the first five or so pictures are different angles of our backyard, for everyone to see. You can look at all the patio furniture we have out there, and only one piece we actually brought. Everything else was left for us to have if we desired to do so, and we did! The cement path picture you see is what actually leads from our side gate/garage/outdoor apartment area to the backyard, so thats nice to have! The next 2 pictures are of the extra bedroom space we have that is "semi" attached to the house, which one day will be where the majority of Jonathan's instruments will be...eventually. The next picture you see is actually when I was standing at the gate, looking to show how the apartment area is "semi" attached to the garage. Then the last three pictures are of the garage that will soon someday be turned into a game room, since it is carpeted and air conditioned! OK, well thats the house, oh and sorry, but I realized after we saved all the pics that I forgot to take a picture of our master bathroom, sorry.