Oops...

I just realized I had forgotten all about this blog. Alot has happened in 4 months. I guess the biggest thing is we got a dog. Her name is Penny and she is a 4yr old Chesapeake Bay Retriever.

We got her from a rescue organization and she is quite well behaved. She knew plenty of tricks and commands and she is mostly a pleasure to have around. A few weeks ago she ate something she wasn't supposed to and got very sick. She spent a week in the vet hospital but seems to have made a full recovery. We are excited to start taking her geocaching with us.

Right before we got Penny, Josh was in a minor accident on the way to Indianapolis and totaled his pick-up truck. It was a snowy and icy afternoon and the wind blew the truck right off the road into a ditch. The was not injured, but would have been if he hadn't been wearing his seatbelt. So we decided to replace the truck with a 4 wheel drive SUV. We got a 2000 Dodge Durango.

It was a great deal, and it has a fold down third row of seats incase we need room for another carseat in the future. :-) It sure drives like a truck though. I like it. We also have a wire divider so we can throw Penny in the back and take off. She loves to ride with us.

The girls are now sharing a room and not loving it. Ella prefers to sleep alone. Ands she lets us know this by waking up every morning between 4 and 5am. So I go in, lay her back down and she sleeps till 6 and at that point she is ready to start the day. We would love for them to have their own rooms, but we need a bigger house. We are also ready to get far far away from the neighbor's annoying rat dog that barks at the dust particles in the air. So we are keeping our eyes open for a new place.

Lilly is registered for pre-school now. She'll start in August and she already has 3 friends from class. Actually she knows them from church and they all just happen to be attending the same school. She seems very excited as she asks to walk by her school everytime we go for a walk. Luckily it's only one block from our house. She has pretty much mastered her first computer game. It's Jumpstart Pre-school and she loves it.

Ella is a walking, talking, climbing machine. A true daredevil. She has so many facial expressions. She would make a great actress. She's 16 months old as of yesterday, and growing like a weed. People are constantly telling me how cute she is. I can't argue with that!

One elderly gentleman came us to us at a local restaurant last weekend and told us he was impressed with how well behaved our children were. I guess we're not doing too bad as parents. They both have their moments though. Lilly has learned to parent her sister and the dog very nicely.

So I guess that's about it for now. Spring is here...finally. Check back for some outside adventure pictures.