the newest addition to our family :)

over the past few months, tyson and i have been thinking about getting a new dog to expand our little family. since we aren’t married, and there will be no little pitter-patter of baby feet in our future anytime soon, a puppy was sure to be just the right amount of parenting we need! plus, we wanted to get tyson’s dog, bo, a friend. well, the perfect opportunity arose, and we got an adorable little puppy a couple weeks ago! originally his name was monster (trust me, he’s lived up to it), but we changed it to rebel (he’s lived up to that one too). he is half white heeler, half border collie. he’s only five weeks old in these pictures!!

isn’t that just the cutest spot?!

he sleeps constantly. it’s so nice :)

   

daddy and mommy with the big boy!

these pictures don’t even show how adorable he is. he’s growing so fast. i took him to the vet last week for his first puppy shots and he’s already 6.14 pounds!! he’s such a great puppy to have around and we love him so much :)

winter wonderland

this winter, southern new mexico has seen more snow than it has in a long time. now, i’m no snow bunny, but it’s so beautiful to see some of the white stuff on the ground. it’s even better to see it when you’re curled up on the couch at home! earlier in the season it snowed both in deming and las cruces, but last week, i woke up to a surprise snowfall in la luz!
this was the view out of tyson’s front door:

although it melted fast there was about two inches in all.

little bo LOVES the snow and played outside all day :)

hope you all got to enjoy some time snuggled up at home over the holidays!

just a new years resolution..

this year, one of my (many) resolutions was to start blogging and phase out my use of other social networking sites (ie: facebook). i’m looking forward to sharing pictures and other news with my family and friends.