What a New Year!

Welcome 2010! We have had a quite a couple of weeks.

We picked up the boys on the 23rd and made the trek up to New York to spend Christmas with James' family. It wasn't the whole crew as Kelly and Colin, Gary, Amanda, and Claire, couldn't join us. But we had Jennifer, Chris, Tab, Jon, Michaela, Ronnie, Dani, Noah, and Mom and Dad Bartlett. It was still a full house! There wasn't much snow on the ground but enough to allow for some great sledding! We started out on the bunny hill right behind the house, then moved over to the trail that led to Dad Bartlett's pond which had about six inches of ice which allowed us to sled right on to the pond and gave us extra feet of sledding. Then Dad Bartlett got his truck and took us all to the family campground and to the best damn hill for sledding. The speeds we reached were about 20 mph plus!

Joe

Jaime

Santa brought plenty to the Bartlett house and unwrapping presents was a trip as always.

There was no snow to be had at all until after we left on Sunday. Currently it is near zero and there is about a foot of snow on the ground.

The biggest news we have to annouce is that on Monday, December 28, 2009, we introduced a new member to the Bartlett-Kerr household.....Miss Lulu! A ten week Olde English Bulldoggee (OEB) from Texas.

James has wanted a dog since he got back from Korea. The deal was that when he finished BNCOC (Basic Noncommissioned Officers Course) we would get a dog. He got back from BNCOC in September and we started looking.

We found the breed while looking for a rescue dog and fell in love. We found it very difficult to find a resuce OEB that wasn't snatched up in a heartbeat so we started looking for a breeder and found Lulu!

She has snorted her way into our lives. Look for her adventures as she continues to grow up!

To wrap this up, we say goodbye to the Year of Best Laid Plans and welcome the Year of Getting Organized. We wish every friend and family member the best in the coming year!