Christmas Morning!

 Waiting on the stairs to go!

In the bottom of Kooper's stocking was a piece of paper with a clue for a treasure hunt!

Clue #1 said - if pinkalicious had a tree it would look like this - after three clues they ended up in

our bathroom to find a surprise...

A sweet little puppy!

A 9 week old Golden Retriever

 Juju and Grandad came over to see the puppy too!

Preslee cuddling with the pup before heading to Christmas Day lunch!

For months we have had lots of people telling us that all our kids want for Christmas is a dog - all of them!  I had no intention of it happening; but daddy always seems to come in and hit a home run!  So on Christmas morning, after many temporary homes (thanks KK, Michael and Amanda) we were able to give them PAWS!  That is the name the kids have given her, but we are pushing back and putting our vote in too.  Jake and I like Happy!  But what ever her name ends up being - the kids have loved every second of it; and even have her pretty much potty trained!  My favorite Christmas morning quote was Kooper tapping his face and saying, "Am I dreaming?"

Emmanuel = God with us!!!!!