Elkhorn Ranch

January we went to Tucson with Julie's family to a dude ranch. We had beautiful weather and a great time!

Colorado Shooting

We had an opportunity to go to my brother's girlfriend's grandfathers farm outside Limon, CO and shoot the new gun my dad just got. Everyone got a chance to shoot the gun and most were able to hit the barrel they were shooting at. They were first shooting at a barrel in the field then they put up a target and tried shooting at that. You always have to know where on a person you hit!!!

Needless to say Jeremie had a lot of fun shooting.

Joe Playing in Snow

Joe playing in the snow with his Daddy.

Christmas Eve Snow Fun

It snowed ALL day in Texas today - after it being in the 70's yesterday. That's Texas weather for ya! We went to dinner in Dallas and came back to about 6 inches of snow against our back door. Once we got Joe to go outside (he only likes the snow if you're playing in it too) he had a blast playing with Jeremie. Hopefully it'll be here tomorrow so we can have a White Christmas!

Joe's Graduation!

Following James and Nattie's advice, we took Joe to Petsmart for some puppy training. We had taught him to sit, shake, and hi-five before we started, so he knew a little bit. He officially graduated beginning classes last Wednesday and we couldn't be prouder. With some motivation he has learned to rollover quite nicely. He even won a contest on the last night! He was the fastest "come when called" out of 5 dogs. 3.6 seconds to get down the shopping aisle. Go Joe!! He starts his intermediate classes next week - can't wait to see what he'll learn in that class.

Joe's new bed. Or is it Soot's?

We got a new bed for Joe because he kept sleeping on a pillow we had for our couch.  It took him a while to get used to it and he still sometimes chews on it, but he loves it.  And obviously Soot likes it too!  I came out one morning to find Soot hanging out in Joe's bed.  It's a good thing that Joe didn't see him - it could have turned into an interesting fight.  Soot has started to fight back, which makes for a very funny show.

Joe's Growing Up

Bath time with Daddy!

Bath time finally over!  Let's dry off and have some fun!

Hanging out in the back yard!

Joe & his cool name tag.

Joe & his big boy bed.  Until Julie went and took it away and replaced it with another one.  He's still trying to figure it out.