Happy Birthday Clementine!!!

This is when Gary told me he didn't want Clementine in his tent because she might poke a hole with her nails. I bought her booties, and the first thing she did in his tent was pee. She didn't have to wear her booties, and he gave her his pillow that night. :-)
And this is why she'll never drink again.
First night I got home with my little one. I loved her so.
Coconut was soooo mad at me. How dare I bring another kid home. He was King!

Today is our little girls' birthday. I know it may sound funny to you all, but until we have kids, we're going to treat our little puppy like our kid! She is our kid. I'm sending some pictures of when I got her. She was so tiny. I may make some cookies for her if I have time this weekend. So enjoy the pictures! She told me to tell you all the she loves all her grandparents, aunt, uncle, and cousins and wish she could play with you all!

I just wanted to say hello to our family out there. This is our New Years photo! Me in my size 10 dress. But pictures always add about 50 pounds! :-) We had a nice evening. Of course we did, I had the hottest guy there. :-)

Happy New Year!

January

So life is back to normal for the Hershey family. Being away from my home makes me realize how much I love my home. I used to say ' I'm going home' to Gary when I'd go back to Nebraska to be with my family. But now I say, 'We're going to Nebraska'. I just love the home we've made.

While in Nebraska, the winds were going 50 miles an hour, the roads were drifted, the power flickered in and out, but we got to do some fun things. Gary got to hunt with Mark. Not necessarily what he wanted to hunt for (turkeys were too expensive for us this year) but he walked a few tree lines for pheasants. Now he's motivated on learning how to shoot with his shotgun. He really enjoyed that Mark! Thank you! It was sort of a whirlwind for us though. We got there, and instantly we were busy. I had a baby shower to put together for my best friend Courtney. So I had to bake a cake, get some decorations, do a little shopping, put some Christmas lights up. Then it was already Christmas eve. We had a very nice dinner with my dad and aunt and uncle. Christmas day we had dinner with mom, then supper with Mark and his family. After the whirlwind, we went home to pack to go home.

We spent a whole day in Denver, seeing a friend of mine and searching out the area that we want to move to. It was very exciting to think about the future and where we will land. I loved the area, and most of the neighborhoods we looked at surprisingly had hospitals across the street. I pray that a job will land in Gary's lap. That would make moving so much easier for us.

I'll post some pictures later of our frozen, windy Christmas. We had a great time! And of course we missed the Hershey side this year. We'll be there next year!

Love,
The Hershey's