This year I wanted to be ON TOP of everything Christmas and that included ordering Christmas Cards before December 1st. A quick search through our Bella photo files and we knew we had a winner. Behold: A picture of Bella where she was happy… and also quite possibly the only time she was happy, ever.

Bella is the sassiest dog we’ve ever met. She rules the house and our lives and we couldn’t be happier.

Chad turned the big 3-0 this year, graduated and has a “real” job! I use quotation marks because when he was in residency he worked 80+ hours a week, now he works 40. It’s nice, and weird, to have him home more. But, no one is more excited than Bella! Now, if only he could get people to stop asking when he will be turning 18 – then it might feel REAL for Chad.

We visited Vegas for Chad’s birthday; Coronado in September for our friends Maranda & Branson’s Wedding; Denver in September to visit Nancy, Sara and Jack, and see a Bronco Game; and San Francisco in November with our friends Pin & Steve to visit family and all the lovely things to see in the Bay Area.

Happy New Year!