Paigey is 5!

Paige had a Build-a-Bear birthday party this year. She and 10 of her closest friends each made their own new friend and had homemade cupcake cake in the mall. She is very excited to be 5 years old and will stop and tell any stranger on the street, "I am 5 years old!"

We also overheard her tell one of her friends, "you won't be seeing me after next week because I'll be 5 so I'll be going to kindergarten." PArker and I looked at each other like uh-oh, who's going to tell her?

Here are some pictures of the birthday girl taken on February 28th, since her birthday is not on the calendar this year ; ).

Willie!

Meet our new sweet boy, Willie! We found Willie on the website PetFinder and fell in love with his sweet expressive face. PJ and Kevin drove out to Prineville (North of Bend in Central Oregon, kind of cowboy town) and brought him home in a giant leap of faith. He'd lived outside his entire life in a kennel with his brothers and sisters as hunting dgs, but apparently Willie and his brother Waylon were not exactly natural bird dogs and the dude had too many dogs, and the rest is history. He is bright and happy and smart and loves the girls. He will still have an occasional accident and chew the wrong stuffed animal or shoelace, but we pretty much trained and house broke him in a day or so. Except for "come". We're taking dog training classes on Mondays. He'll get there.
We also think he might be a Republican - he ate my Barack Obama T-shirt and the seat belts in the back of our Highlander. What do you expect from a dog from Prineville?