Best Wishes Bruno

So about 1 year and 1/2 ago we brought on a new member to the family- Bruno. We had our fun with him and he was a nice addition to the family... sometimes! More often than not he was just causing trouble and we really didn't have the time for him. So off he went to a new family- one that wanted to return him less than 16 hours of picking him up. Luckily, the young girl who really wanted him talked her dad into keeping him at his house instead of her mothers. Hopefully they are a better fit for him. Here are a couple of photos from his last day with us. Surprisingly it was a fairly tear free evening. (I was a little worried because about a week before I found a new family for Bruno we were watching a movie -I think it was called The Dog Who Saved Christmas- and at one part the family was saying good bye to their dog because the parents didn't think it was working out and Isabelle got very emotional. I looked over and she had the biggest tears coming down her cheeks and when I hugged her she started bawling. She must get her movie watching emotions from me...)

1, 2, 3.... Cheese!

A couple of weekends ago we took the kids to the festival of trees at the Lansing Center. With the abundance of Christmas decor, I thought it may be a good time to attempt to snap a photo for our christmas card this year. However between disappearing Santa, Isabelle's insistance to wear her winter hat all day, and the goofy superhero poses my kids like to strike it was an unsuccessful attempt; Not to mention the poor quality of the photos due to the fact that I still have not replaced my lost camera and am using my phone. (Luckily, I think Santa may be bringing me a new camera for x-mas). Here are a couple of our practice shots... the actual shot is yet to be taken. Hopefully soon since the cards do need to get out before Christmas!