Tucker Einstein Stalker

Ok....so our plan was not to get another dog until AFTER Christmas.........we did not stick to the plan very well at all!!!!!

2 weeks later.... Tucker Einstein Stalker is now apart of our family.

He is as cute as a button and FULL of ENERGY. It has been 10 years since we have had a puppy in the house. All in all, he is doing very well. Believe it or not we actually thought at first he was already potty trained....2 days later he had his first accident and realized that we had not taken him out in a while. So WE are going through training too. :) But other than that...he is doing super good!

He is only about 14 weeks old. He is a hybrid (breed) which means that his parents are pure breed (Registered American Cocker Spaniel and a Registered Mini-Schnauzer) but they mixed the 2 breeds to make them hypoallergenic and have little to no shedding. Thus creating a "Schnocker" hybrid.

(Him being hyproallergenic is a good thing considering that Graces allergies and asthma have gotten worse.)

Here is a cute picture of him...even though he is much cuter in person. Note the eybrows which is how he got his middle name. :)

Rest in Peace Nick

We are sad to say that our family pet of 10 1/2 years past away

November 7, 2009 around 5:00pm.

Justin and I got Nick a month after we were married.

We walked into the pet store and right away saw his big floppy ears.

He was solid white and had a ton of hair.

He was so happy.

In other words...it did not take much to convince us to pick him.

Nick was such a good pet. He was mild tempered, always happy, well behaved and full of love.

A year ago Nick got very sick. We took him to the doctor and after many test we determined that he had some kind of infection. We also discovered that he had Heart worms and a tumor on his spleen. All things were treated and taken care of except the tumor. We were told it maybe cancer so there was no reason to operate. A year later his body gave up. He had been getting weaker and weaker for the past couple of months. The last week we kept pushing the issue off hoping an praying he would go on his on. The picture below was taken about 30 mins. prior to him being put to sleep. It broke our heart to make the decision but we knew it was for the best.

He will be greatly missed!

Nick Stalker

January 17, 1999 - November 7, 2009

Halloween 2009

We were Pirates this year!!
We had a huge group of friends that gathered to go "TRICK or TREATing"
We brought home a lot of "TREATing" that night. WOW!

We had our church festival the day before Halloween. Our booth was a treasure hunt.

It too was a "golly of a good time"!

Not So Scary Mickey 2009

Another visit to Disney!!!! We love Disney! It has got to be one of the best parts to living in Florida.....Mickey lives close by. :)

We went again for the Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween party. It is always fun and we always come home with tons of candy.

We did our traditional thing and went with some of our closest friends....The Hunter Family! We love spending time with them. They are are always FUN!!!!


Here is Justin and I in the Buzz Light year ride.



Here are all the kids singing and dancing with Goofy, Stitch and Pluto.

We decided to lock the kids up with Zurg!

Emma's 3rd Grade Field Trip

Agriculture Department at the Florida State Fair Grounds

She got to learn about beef, seeds, worms, bees and fibers. She had lots of fun and learned a lot.

Here she is with her friend Ryanne. They got to make a candle from bee's wax.