Happy 6 year anniversary!

So life has been pretty busy the last few days really. 

We have been waiting for a long time to receive our tax return. With that it has given us a lot of time to think about what we wanted to do with it. What we should buy how much to save all that. I have been in the process of researching vehicles and dogs. 

I will expound on the dog part. Most of you know we lost our dear Belle right before we had to move. That was really hard. I was really hoping to not have to jump into training a puppy for a very long time. I really don't enjoy the puppy stage very much. The chewing the potty training, all that is not really worth it to me to have them little and cute. I'm fine with them growing up and then I can trust them to not destroy my house. I was really missing Belle, and Kaiser was not quite the same. He was depressed, and even more high maintenance. So I started looking into dogs, I did a lot of research on a bunch of different breeds trying to figure out what would be best for our family. We decided to go with a West Highland Terrier. When I was looking into getting one I found out they were very expensive in Calgary, CKC registered and all that. Well we were not going to pay 1000 for a dog right now. So I found some in the boondocks 2 1/2 hours away(poor Daniel), for a third the price. So we drove down on Saturday and picked our puppy up. I think we bought our puppy from Cruella Deville. We met her in the bigger town that was a little closer to us which was nice. We had lunch at one of our favorite places in Canada A&W and she met us there. She was with her husband and they drove up in her new black sedan, she had black fur around the collar of her coat and was smoking a cigarette. Anyway, I think she was a nice lady. But her whole lot made me chuckle. So now we have our little Tula. She is a sweet dog but a puppy none the less. But I'm very happy to have her. And Kaiser has been enjoying her for the most part. He was so excited when we brought her home. 

Yesterday we bought a Mini Van. I guess I am now officially a soccer mom! Originally we wanted an SUV but the more I looked into the practicality of them with having two kids in car seats and then if we do have another baby, it would have been hard. That was another thing I spent a bit of time researching them as well. As most of you know, when we bought the Jetta we bought a bad year. We didn't know that at the time. But we sure do now! So I didn't want a repeat experience. The Honda Odyssey's and the Toyota Sienna's have the best reviews. But since we are sticking with the Dave Ramsey way, we bought a 2002 Dodge Caravan. I am really happy with it so far. I think it will be great for our family. We will be able to take other people, and it will be fun to road trip in! The pic I have above is not the actual one, but I didn't want to go through the work of pulling it out of the garage in the cold to take a picture. But this is what it looks like.

And finally, Daniel was able to get his tv that he has been waiting for I don't remember.

So now we are working on being able to drive legally in Canada. Getting all the paperwork we need from the states so that we can get insurance and drivers licenses up here. I'm looking forward to when all of the immigration stuff is done!! 

Tomorrow is our 6 year anniversary, and we have a lot to celebrate. Although, Daniel is still trying to get used to the fact that he owns  mini-van now. ;)

We are feeling very blessed and thankful for God meeting all of our needs and more.