Lazy Sunday.

Hello blog friends!

We have been having a very relaxing and lazy Sunday today. Our day has included; wonderful church service this morning, Five Guys for lunch and a walk in Tower Grove Park (Ethel's 1st park experience!). Overall, it has been a great day... 85 degrees and sunny here in STL! 

Some of you have asked for an update on Ethel... so here is her improvement over the past week!

- She can now walk on a leash! 
- She is not afraid of the outdoors or Sam and I for that matter.
- She has been "accident free" for 4 days now and has learned to do all her business outside! YAY Ethel!
- She was social when we had friends over for brunch! She even let them pet her! 
- She has learned to jump on and off the couch (and shows off regularly)
- She now thinks she is invincible. Just yesterday, she developed a jumping confidence that has her trying to jump onto our bathroom counter into the sink (to be closer to Katelyn doing her make up). She has failed enough times, that we hope that phase is over :)
- She no longer (as of last night) runs and hides when the TV turns on!

That's our updated on our new addition to the family. She is a blessing and we are thankful for the cuteness (and fun) she adds to our lives.

That's it for now!

Love, Katelyn & Sam

Family photo!

Sam is on spring break this week ... this is how they will be spending it!

Look at that sweet face!

Our little fuzz ball.

We got a dog!!!!!!!! Oh my goodness, she couldn't get any cuter. If it was appropriate to give a dog an extremely long name, we would name her "Our little fuzz ball". However, we thought she could get confused. So we named her Ethel. She's just too sweet not to have a "grandma name"!

We got her from a puppy rescue downtown St. Louis this afternoon. She is a year and a half Cockapoo who was used to breed other dogs her whole life until she was surrendered to the rescue. She is VERY timid and scared around people because she has had little human contact in her life (how sad is that?). She is also TERRIFIED of grass and the outdoors in general (potty training will be interesting). We just couldn't resist that cute face and have now committed to helping her recover from the rough life she's had. She's made huge improvement since we got her this afternoon. Instead of running from us, she approaches us now and is currently laying on my lap :). She also snarfed down a bowl and a half of food and a few treats. Needless to say, we're proud.


We love her to pieces and will keep everyone updated!

On a different (but equally exciting) note, Katelyn got a full time job! She beings next week working at Bright Horizons Early Childhood Center has there head preschool teacher. She is excited for her own classroom, full-time (year round) work, and we are both thankful for  the benefits it brings! Thank you for your continued prayers and support. We couldn't ask for better family and friends.

We love you!