A Big shout out to my honey bun!! He prepared all of our taxes for our accountant and has so diligently paid attention to detail. We always determine at this time of year that we need to save more and spend less-we are determined to do better!

SPRING!!

Spring has arrived and is almost over here in Arizona!
What we have enjoyed and are looking forward to this Spring:

1. Green mountains all around our home
2. Rain
3. Sun
4. Flowers
5. Easter
6. Decorating for Easter-Nick agreed to an expensive table runner and matching napkins
7. Daffodils
8. Hiking in the evening
9. Easter Baskets
10. Cleaning
11. Asparagus-yum, yum
12. Fresh lemons

Last weekend I met Nick up in Utah and we had a blast visiting family and friends. I move forward with my photography class and love everything that I am learning. It is all more complicated than I thought and right now my computer will not recognize any of my RAW files. I feel a trip to the apple store will be on my list tomorrow.

We went to Hatch family chocolates-they have TV show on TLC that Nick and I have watched a little of. We were so shocked when our friend Sipho took us there. Nick was so excited and asked all sorts of questions, he even got to meet a "little person" who is the owner.

Here are some cute photos of Brandon that I took, he is such a cute kid and it has been so much fun watching him grow in the last few months.

To catch up:
We are loving our buys lives-work, church, church callings, cooking, grilling, having friends over, walking wells, visits from family, most recently my sister Heidi!

I was not feeling well one morning and asked Nick to make me some Nutella toast-he surprised my with heart! He is such a sweetie and continues to melt my heart in those small but meaningful acts of love and service. Its all in the details and little things.

We are enjoying our new grill and green grass in Dec. and Jan. Our favorite is cedar plank salmon.

I am taking a photography class and love it! The newest thing I learned about- card reader- best invention!

More post to come now that I can upload pictures from my mac and through the card reader.

hugs and kisses,
Renee & Nick

Wellington aka Wells, Nick's B-Day, Day at the Lake

Wellington is the newest addition to our family. Let me tell you how we acquired this cute little guy! We had a fairly large birthday party for Nick, around 30 people where we served smoked prime rib, salad and some yummy birthday cake. Nick's bosses children whom Nick is friends with knocked on the door with Wells in their arms and sang happy birthday. Nick's boss had offered Wells to us before, they wanted him to be in a more loving interactive home, but we weren't quite sure at the time. Now that we have him, we love him! Wells is a Brussel Griffon, he doesn't shed, is very calm mannered, enjoys walks and especially loves it when Nick wrestles with him. He does get very lonely and has tendency to bark when he is all alone but we are working on that. I found out today that Wells likes tuna fish, he gobbled up the leftovers from my tuna fish sandwich.

Last weekend Nick planned a day at the lake with friends. One of his clients/friends has a boat and was so kind to take us out for the entire day. The weather was perfect and it was fun to swim and be around the gorgeous desert landscape. We couldn't beleive this lake was only 45 minutes away from our house.

My wisdom teeth have really been bothering me so I got them taken out on Thursday. It was soo quick, it took about 20 minutes and my pain has veen very minimal so far, just praying that I don't get dry socket. Wells has been so great to keep my company and sleep at my bedside the entire time.