NEW ADDITION

I just realized I wrote this long story about our new puppy Morty, however when we got our new dog Sydney I never wrote a thing.



So to make a long story short....We decided we wanted to have puppies so we have been looking for a little girl. After a long search in Idaho, Montana, and Utah. We were just not having any luck with finding one. So I got online and found 2 girls in Oregon. Our choices were a 8 week old and a 2 1/2 year old. Kelly chose the financial aspect and went for the 2 year old.

The first question I get from everyone "Why were they getting rid of her?" It was an older couple and they were having some health problems and could not take care of her anymore. they actually had 3 dogs and were selling all of them. So we bought their girl, Penny which we changed her name to Sydney. She has been quite the addition to our home. Not only do I not beleive in dogs I also was also never going to have another. OH MY GOSH I LOVE HER!

She is 3 lbs and is quite the princess dog, so she fits our family perfect. Because she is so small she goes everywhere with us. I put her in the pink dog bag and decided to head out to the store. An employee of the Store came up to me and said " Ma'am we do not allow animals in the store" so what do i do? OH ok, and head to the other side of the store. Animnal? sydney is not an animal Really!

For all of you that know mw very well you all know I have a strong dis-liking for canines. these cute dogs have changed me!! AHHH. Just recently I even stopped and talked to a dog walker around the river about the cute dog they were walking. I hated the dog walkers around the river, the path was for running!

I guess change is good

Life Changing Experiences

One year ago..............
It is the anniversary of the New Horizons Pluto Launch. I have recently spent time reminicing about this event. The year and a 1/2 leading up to this day was so different than I had expected and planned for.
So heres a little background...
May 2004
I just started a new job with the Red Cross and was training over in Boise. Kelly and I knew there would be a possibility of him getting this new job working in the Space battery program and knew it would be a high demand job. The weekend before I left we were unsure of my new job knowing that I was going from 12 hrs a week to 20-24 hrs week. However Monday morning I got on the plane and flew to Boise. Friday before I got back on the plane to head home I recieved a call frofm Kelly "HE GOT THE JOB". Now we were faced with my new job and his new job. I decided to keep my job because Kelly would not start his job until Oct.

Fall 04 to Jan 06

This was the time in our lives that Kelly worked 72 hour weeks, various shifts and various days. We felt like we were living in a different world. I have gained a new respect for single parents. I know we had weeks that all we could do was make it through the week, the day, or sometimes just through the hours. Our family was in survival mode. We only survived because of the outside help we recieved.
Jan 19, 2006
We were at Kennedy Space Center watching the fastest rocket ever launched head to Pluto. That was a monumental day for our family. Our lives went back to normal and we knew what it felt like to have a Dad in our home again.
As I said before Kelly started this Job in Fall of 04, early on during training they told these 12 guys who were hired just for this project "take a picture of your family because until this rocket gets launched you wont see them." WOW they were not kidding.

A year later it is easy to look back and forget how bad it was at the time. We would never have made it through this experience without family. So many people stayed withour kids while we were working or picked them up from activities. We are so thankful for the help we recieved. It is so nice to be able to look beyond ourselves and be able to help others.

Kelly is required to go into the schools and talk about the projects they are working on. It has been fun to go and listen to him speak on the Pluto project and the recent Jupiter fly by. Now we just get to sit back and enjoy the fun it brings. The next project that they are working on is the Mars Rover which is scheduled to launch sometime in fall of 09. My hope is that since we are down to 18 months they meet deadlines so he is not working 72 hrs a week!!!