I came home from a long day of work to this...

a trip

So Vance and I have been thinking that it is about time that we take a trip together, alone! This has been attempted many a times, but people just seem to want to get married. So yesterday I spent a good half of the afternoon looking up various vacation spots. We are thinking of going to San Padre Island down in southwest Texas. YAYA!!!!! BUT we got a call late last night ...Kent (Vance's brother) is getting married in June. Go figure. I pretty much screamed.

Weight Update

So Vance decided to find out how much Elsie and Chuck weigh. They are about 8 months apart so you think there would be a big difference, BUT there isn't. He is able to eat all of his food and then goes in search for hers in one sitting! So here are the weights...
Elsie : 14lbs.
Chuck: 10lbs.
He is a fatty but so cute!

can you tell that I suck at this?

My name is Chuck

Chuck(above) and Elsie ---->

Hey you guys...
Here is the little guy. His name is Chuck and he is hilarious. He doesn't back down from Elsie and sometimes even runs her off. He manages to eat all of his food as well as hers. The awesome thing about him is when he gets tired he lays in his bed!!!
Anyway things for us have been great. Kimmy and Garrett are here in the Dallas area and we have been having a ton of fun with them. They were even WILLING to help us around the house!!! So here are pictures of the pups and soon to come will pictures of the house, promise. Hope everyone is well. We loved seeing all of you guys!

Love,
Vance and Julianne

I feel disconnected from everyone and everything. I do read all of your blogs to keep myself updated! I am thinking of all of you and want to let you know that I love you. I working a lot and to make it more hectic Vance and I both have new callings in the ward. I am so grateful for the holidays coming up because I need them.

surprise!

So we the proud parents of an adorable little boston terrier named Elsie. We have had her for a while I am just lame and posting!

Our next big announcement is that we are also proud homeowners. We closed on the house in early September! It's 1300 sqft, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, and it has a pool! We have been working really hard to get as much done inside before we have to move out of our apartment on the 17th of this month.

Sadly the third day of owning our home we were robbed. Luckily we only had two boxes in the house full of tools and other odds and ends. But my digital camera was in one of the boxes. So I can't show you any of the things that we have done. So just to give you an idea we....

stripped the wallpaper out of the bathroomS, and dining area...then sealed the walls
painted all of the baseboards and trim
sanded all the cabinetry and so far have stained and sealed all of the frame work in the house
painted the master bedroom and kitchen
spray painted all of the vents
and instead of replacing the fixtures in the house we spray painted them a bronze/brown color!

Our bodies are sore and our hands feel like they are going to fall off. But it is awesome to see results. It looks awesome so far and once I can get my hands on a camera I will post some pictures.

We also were in Utah last week for the wedding of Kimmy and Garrett. It was an exhausting trip but well worth it. I can't wait until Christmas!!!! And in other news I got a job!