Deb

Yesterday was Deb's birthday. I remember when we first got married. she was so hard on her self. I would tell her that when she was 25 she would look back and laugh and then when she was 25 I told her when she was 30 she would look back and laugh. I love to see how much she has grown. she has more confidence then I ever remember. I sometimes go to her work to get something and have listened to her deal with representatives from different counties and I love to hear her calm some of them down and explain insurance to them. She has a way of staying calm in the right moments. I think of her as the primary, young womens and Relief Society President. everytime she couldn't imagine why the Lord would call her but she worked harder at her callings then most people I know. She loved those she had stewardship over. of course there were some that she struggled with on a personal level, but she tried to make it better. Sometimes we sit and talk about the past and go over some of the regrets we have had and most of hers are about people, how she could have tried a little harder here or there. That tells me where her heart is. Who can't love that quality? She tries new things more and more. she made a pecan pie a few weeks ago. it was great! it didn't look the prettiest but it tasted how it should and she learned what works and doesn't. now she makes pies !!! we have a cherry one sitting on the stove. Of course I wish that she would break up with Edward and spend more time with me. Edward and Jacob both have caused my wife to have un-realistic romantic expectations of me. I don't have sparkly skin nor will I ever wear lipstick. Anyway I Love my wife and I am proud of her and her desire to be a better person each day. We will be married for 19 years come June. thats a long time in todays world but I can't imagine it being with anyone else but her. This year promises to be better then last year and that has kinda been out motto for our marriage.

Katie Updates

We love our dog Katie. she has gone from being an absolute terrible dog who ate everything in sight to a exact duplicate of Murphy. she has her I wanna play personality but she is obedient and loyal like My best friend Murphy.

When she was a pup she took great satisfaction in eating anything and everything. she ate most of the interior of my truck, she ate plastic bags, I know this from her poop. it got so bad we had to muzzle her but she figured that out to. One day i stopped for the 5 dollar pizza at little caesars brought it back to the truck, put it on the dash and then went to get a slush. when I got back, I lifted the lid for a piece of pizza and the toppings were completely gone. somehow through her muzzle she had sucked the pepporoni and cheese off the crust. well I had to buy another pizza and I didn't share a bit with her. she's also a master at the little child walk by manuever. she spots the goods, cookie or icecream, walks by nonchalantly and with a quick but gentle swipe removes the food item from the childs hand and continues her walk. she specifically likes children that are about 2 - 4 years old. Last night I was laying on the couch and she was laying on top of me sleeping and suddenly she woke up and as she went to crawl off me she puked her one hour in the stomach dogfood on the basement carpet. I hate cleaning up puke of any kind and considered for a second waiting till deb got home but the smell was to much, I even thought I could get her to re-eat it but she wasn't buying into it in the least so I was left on my own to swab the deck. She hasn't been feeling that good lately lethargic and not alot of energy to play even her favorite game tug-o-war. She still wanted a piece of pizza after the fact though. She has got to be the hardest "playing" dog I have ever seen. everything is a game. she even has a toybox that she draws from when company comes over. she wants them to see everything she has. A great thing about her is she never wrecked her toys, she would chew my toys and stuff when she was a pup but hers are still in pristine condition.

She loves the water, well she is a retreiver, and when we go fishing, her job is swim around the lake and bring back every flaoting twig or log or tree she can find and place it in no apparent order on the beach. it is funny when you go down from camp and see what she has been up to. We go often to the river at devon or wizard lake and I toss half full pop bottles as far as i can for her to retrieve. she got great eyes and has mastered swimming quite well. I remember her first attempts with her front paws coming completely out of the water and splashing everything within 10 feet of her, not very efficient. but she now has great speed and extreme focus. it is a pleasure to watch.

A New Year

It seems to be a good year for change. Deb was released as RS president - after 9 years straight of leadership callings, she is happy teaching primary now. I was released as the activities chair but still a councilor in the sunday school. So we have some free time now and want to make a few changes in our (my) life.

Kind of a year in passing.
We still live in the same house here in Calmar, though have been feeling it is time to move. we still want a place in the country. Deb works for AAMDC an insurance provider for counties and municipalities in Alberta. I also work in the insurance industry with life & A&S. Renovating houses just has no appeal for me anymore.....look at mine, it's still not done. We were in California last march and spent time with Debs brothers Wayne and his family. got to go to Disneyland again and i got to spend alot of time in paintball stores, yes i like to play. We also went ot San diego and saw President Sorensen and his wife Verla. It was something I wanted to do for a long time. It was good to see them. This past summer i went on our annual fishing trip to Heart lake. We had quite a few guys this time and had some good fun and a great fishing tournament. This next year we are going to Grist lake for lake trout unless our BC buddies can come up with an alternative. The rest of the year has been the day to day life that we seem to live in.