This is Mike.I just wanted to say a couple quick things about The Ash. Life recently hit us pretty hard and I know she felt despair. But she must have decided to fight through it because she has been pushing forward well.
First she found a little job much quicker then I could, and right when I found some work and felt good about contributing, she went and got a new job. A much better and more challenging job. I don't even really know what her new job title is, but she starts this Monday.
Next she was about to drop her blog background making hobby. But then instead completely reorganized and has been making some awesome stuff. It just keeps looking more and more professional to me. You can see her recent Christmas backgrounds by clicking here.
She has been doing this while taking a couple classes at MCC in interior design to see if it's something she wants to pursue more full time.
And most importantly she has been doing this and more when I was worried she was going to start moving backwards. She has been making herself happy and active, and in turn motivating me. Thanks Ash.
Oh and please don't make some stupid post after this about how great you think I am too, because no one wants to hear it.
Secondly, we've been off the blog for so long, we didn't get to wish Avery and Zack a happy first birthday! I can't believe how big they're getting!! And so fast! They're so much fun though and we love being around them and hope they both had great 1st birthdays!! 
Also, anyone who's seen Mike's Facebook knows he's 'thinking he should pick up his camera again'. It seems like it's been a while since we've done some photography so we've been working on updating our 
So after struggling a bit to get 
Lastly, (for right now anyway) our dog Cozy had puppies! She had 12 and thankfully, my parents are keeping an eye on them for right now (I'm sure they have their hands FULL) but they'll be needing some good homes pretty soon! They should be ready to give away a little before Christmas time so they would make an excellent present :). The only dad know of for the puppies is my parents' dog Kuli. They are both REALLY good dogs so we're thinking the puppies will be really good and we're excited to see what they look like. Neither of us have been up to see them yet but we'll post pictures as soon as we can so if anyone's interested in a particular one, they can let us know! Sorry, I know it seems we post about Coz a lot...it's not our intention but what can we do? :) This pic is on one of our older posts but we're thinking they'll look something like this:
Hope everyone is doing well and has a nice Holiday since quite honestly, we probably won't post again until after Thanksgiving sometime unless something spectacularly exciting happens but check back after that 'cause we'll be trying to get up pictures of the pups!