Mother's Day and a puppy

Hi everybody! I know it's been a long time since I updated...sorry about that. I just never seem to find the time to get on here and upload all the photos. We're all doing really well. As you can see from the picture above, we have welcomed a new pup into our family. Last night we became the proud parents of
Dozer Armstrong. He's a little sweetie. Mox is a little apprehensive yet, but I think he'll warm up in time. Mox is just a bit of a snob and can't believe we've let a little mutt dog into the house. Dozer's mom is a beagle/collie mix and we're not really sure about the dad.
People have guessed everything from Rotwiller to German Shepherd, so I guess we'll see what the vet has to say. He sure is a rolley-polley cutie, though.
Jackson absolutely loves him and I heard the neighbor kid say, "Dozer is the most awesome dog ever." I'm sure that also offends Mox's sensibilities, but it's good to know we picked a good one.

This picture was taken on Mother's Day, which was absolutely AWESOME! I was trying to get a picture of the kids with Ryan for his graduation ad in the paper, but Layla was definitely not having it.
This is my Mother's Day present. I woke up on Sunday morning and this awesome double stroller was waiting for me. The kids absolutely love it. We've been on several walks in it and it's the best. On Mother's Day, we had dinner at Dad's house, so we just loaded up the kids and walked on over. LOVE IT!
We rode the Mother's Day train, which was really fun. Jackson loves the train, he's asked to go on it every day since.
This is Jackson's little lady, Milena. We've all but entered into a marriage contract with Tiffany and Jaime, so that's taken care of. This was right before he went in for a smooch...Tiff got the good picture of the actual kiss. Maybe I'll have to steal it from her when she posts it.
We went on the train with Erica, Tiffany and her girls and Janet and her girls. Jackson's little Harem, so to speak. So, they are, Payton, Macayla, Lena, Jay, Kat and Laylers.
We got up on Mother's Day morning and went to church. That was really nice. After church, we got to pick up Audrey for an hour or so and take her to breakfast. That was pretty much the most amazing part of the day. We weren't really expecting to get to spend time with her, so I was extatic.
Audrey and Jay sure do have a great time together. She had to go to a birthday party for her great great grandmother that day, so she didn't get to ride the train with us, but we were thankful for the time we got to spend.
We've been spending tons of time out in the yard, lately. It's been such wonderful weather, we just hang out in the yard all the time. Jackson found a worm the other day as we were mucking out the flower beds, so he was pretty proud of that.
This is just a picture of beautiful Layla.
As is this one.
We had walked down to the duck pond to feed the ducks. His poor little legs...they're so short.
This was Easter Sunday. It was one of the first really beautiful days we had. The kids had such a great time spending the day out in the yard.

This was right after he got his Easter basket...he got a little 4-wheeler, like he wanted. I have no idea why he's looking so stressed out. Poor kid...he needs to lighten up a little.

Audrey was up for a day or so in April and we took them to the Copper Queen to go swimming. They had an awesome time.


This is Albie's finger a few weeks after the accident. It has done a lot of healing since then and Al is back at work. He starts physical therapy in a few weeks, so that will be nice. Maybe they'll be able to help him get some movement out of it.
This is Layla's first pony-tail. She sure does look cute with them in. Her hair is coming in so thick, but is not getting a lot of length to it yet, so I was happy when I could finally pull it up.
We went to the zoo with Eric and April while we were in Pueblo. Jackson loved it, especially the penguins.

This is Jackson and his Grammie, having some lunch together.


I hope you enjoyed the new pictures. Layla is trying to climb up and it's just never good to mix grabby hands and a computer, so I better wrap it up. Jackson is having his tonsils out on Thursday the 21st, so if you could all keep him in your prayers, that would be great. After three re-schedules, it sure will be nice to get it taken care of.

We sure do love all of you and hope this finds you well. Take care!