Puppies and Parties

I write blogs about as well as I write in my journal. Have you ever written in your journal, "I am going to write in my journal every day from now on" and then the next entry is dated two months later? That's usually what happens to me. Anyway, a lot has happened since our first post. We finished fall semester and now we're well into winter semester, which is our last!

I guess the biggest news is that we got a puppy "for Christmas" (we actually got her a couple of months before Christmas). Her name is Scout, like Scout Finch from to kill a mockingbird. She was really cute when we first got her

We thought a puppy would be cute and cuddly (and she was for about a week), but actually puppies are a huge pain in the butt. Potty training took a few months, but we finally got her to ring a bell every time she wants to go outside/go to the bathroom. That wasn't the worst part though. The worst part is that she bites everything.

She attacks the cats

She digs holes (in blankets-weird)

She finds trash under the house and tries to bring it inside

We constantly have to keep our eyes on her and tell her "no" every time she is bad, but it is getting better. We took her to obedience school at Petsmart and now she somewhat listens to us. Here are some other pictures of her (she's a little bigger now).

Action shots

seeing snow for the first time

Sleeping in our arms

We still love her even though she's a pain.

Besides that, since our last post we also had a Halloween party at our house. It was really fun. Thanks to pinterest, planning parties is a lot easier than it used to be. We pretty much got all of our ideas from there. We had lots of spider webs, bats on the wall, halloween themed food, and a homemade murder mystery game.

Mummy jars and candles

Bats and Spider webs

We had one table that had treats on it (with a guacamole-vomiting pumpkin), and for dinner we had mummy hot dogs, clam chowder out of a cauldron, and warm apple cider.

We actually got a little ambitious and planned a lot of activities, but we only ended up having time for dinner and the murder mystery game. The best part was seeing our friends and their cool costumes.

My brother Jared and I wrote the murder mystery. We had never done anything like it before and it turned out pretty good.

We had to split up and search the house for clues (follow a web of yarn).

Prizes were hershey's bats and mummies that Sharlie made.

It was a good learning experience. It was our first party, and now we know how much planning has to go into it. Our next big party will be Sharlie's 24th birthday. We are doing a Harry Potter themed party. Here's a sneak peak at the invitations we made:

That's right, we sent the invitations out via owl post. Hopefully, we will post again soon, so you can see pics from the party.