Brother!!

We got Makayla from friends of ours that rescued her and her brother. They kept her brother and named him Jackson. We hadn't been able to get them back together to play for a few weeks, but we finally did and they loved it! It definitely wore them both out! They have their own personalities: Jackson likes to herd other dogs and Makayla likes to hunt. Jackson is also taller than Makayla. Here's some pictures and a video of them playing. (Jackson is in the orange collar and Makayla is in the pink collar)

Mom's Wedding

This past weekend my Mom got married on the beach in Pensacola! I forgot my camera, so I'll be waiting for my sister's pictures, so check back for those soon. Congrats Mr. & Mrs Alan Getschmann!

We had a blast being on the beach and going out in Pensacola. The weather held up so we could have a nice beach day on Saturday, laying out on the white sand and playing in the crystal clear blue water. We got to hang out with Ashli and Daniel before they head out to San Diego and helped Tim celebrate his soft winging (his actually winging is next weekend) and even ran into some Meridian friends who were down for the weekend.

Again, check back soon for pictures!

The dogs get a new bed

The last few days, Makayla has not been doing well around the furniture so we decided that she isn't allowed on it anymore. The problem is Matilda is so use to being allowed wherever. And since it isn't fair to allow one and not the other, we are training Matilda to not get on the couch anymore. Along with that is not sleeping in the bed with us anymore. We've spoiled her so much! Now that we've got two dogs, we can't have both sleep in the bed with us, they'd kick us out of it! Makayla is still sleeping in her crate, but eventually she won't be and we don't want her thinking she's allowed on the bed because Matilda is. So the solution is....a new dog bed! For now we only need one since Matilda needs a bed for in the bedroom and since Makayla is still pretty small, we can move the bed back and forth from the bedroom to the living room.

So here's a pic of the new bed with them both on it...
...and then a few minutes later...

(We are still letting Matilda on this chair since no one ever sits in it!)

It's training in progress, but we'll get there!

New Blog!

Hello all!

I figured it was time for me to start a blog to keep in touch with all of our friends and family as we move around while in the Navy. Currently we are in Meridian, Mississippi while Jeff is in Tailhook training and I'm currently working from home programming for a telephony company.

The most recent news from our family is our new addition Makayla. She's a Mississippi Mutt that our friends Amanda and Josh found living in an abandoned car. They kept her brother, Jackson, and we took Makayla! She's got hazel/green eyes and is black with a few white spots on her chin, neck, and chest and very floppy ears! Look for a slide show on the right side a little later.

Here's a pic of the first time we met her. (8 weeks old)
Here's a more recent picture (3.5 months old)

Here's a link from facebook with more pictures of Makayla with Matilda: Matilda and Makayla