A Cold February!

It has been really cold for us this winter being weak Californians for the past 5 years. We knew it was winter there when we had to put on a jacket at 45 degrees. Sherman seems to be cold too, so we got him all geared up for the winter weather. Uncle Chandler got Tappan this hat for Christmas so we let him borrow it to keep warm...hope you don't mind Chandler!  ha ha

Just hanging out with the fam

Tap with the kids smiling his favorite way...ha, ha!
Kate with the Addie and the new addition to the Faulkner family, Abbie

Amy snuggled up with Maya all ready for bed with her new bunny rabbit :0)

Christmas has been super fun with our grown up nieces and nephew. We have enjoyed their visit and really loved having them come spend the night with Aunt Amy and Uncle Tappan! A new thing for everyone since we live in Farmington now!

A white Christmas...finally!

Kate, Elaine and Brendan with Jack
Tappan got a snowball in the face! Ouch...
My mom with baby Maya

We finally got a white Christmas in Farmington! It seems that every year we get it after or we barely miss it when we would make the long trek back to Southern California, but not this year. Here we are with my family playing in the snow in our backyard. 

Sherman gets a bath...or shower it would seem!

Well, Sherman is now 8 months old and as big as Jack our 6 year old dog. Sherman needs baths quite frequently because he cannot quite make it until we get home from work if you know what I mean. But our new house has a great feature which is a walk in shower with a shower sprayer that comes right off. Perfect for washing the doggies. he-he. Sherman walks right in and as you can see enjoys his bath. What a turkey...

We moved!

The dogs in our backyard
The front of our house
Our living room
The doggies on their new beds
Sherman in his favorite place--on the stairs!
Well, in late July we got a job offer in our hometown of Farmington, NM. So a few weeks later we began the process of moving over 700 miles across country. I got a job teaching 7th grade at Mesa View Middle School. The kids are great and it is a beautiful school. My school window overlooks the Colorado Mountains which are covered in snow right now. I love it! Tappan is working as a production engineer at Conoco Phillips and he is enjoying his job as well. We bought a house about 1 block from my parents. It is a cute little 2 story adobe house with an amazing backyard! We can't wait for summer to start entertaining. Sherman has grown to a huge dog. He is now 75lbs. We recently went through puppy class and he is really trying but he is secretly related to Marley. (If you haven't seen the commercials yet, just wait!) Our inlaws fondly refer to him as Little Hitler. In all seriousness, he is such a cute dog that has brought me a lot of laughter and joy! He is just a little hyper. Isn't that what life is all about...? Hope you enjoy some pics of our house. I will work on more and send some more soon!

Hawaii 2008

We just had a wonderful trip to Oahu and Maui! Tappan's parents joined us there which made it even more fun. We started in Oahu and saw Waikkiki Beach, Pearl Harbor and the North Shore. Then we went to Maui and stayed for about a week. We went to the top of the volcano, ate at Mama's Fish House, went to a luau, snorkeled, and just laid on the beach. We had a great time!  

4th of July Fun

We are desperately trying to take a fun picture in the backyard with the dogs...it did not work too well. I guess there is a reason this is difficult. This is right before our little 4th of July BBQ which was so much fun. The kids had a great time with the sparklers and of course, Addie!