Good Holidays

Wow, it's been a while since we last wrote. Our trip to Utah went well. Our flight from O'Hare to Salt Lake City was delayed by an hour, and when we finally got to Salt Lake City, we ran into a major snow storm. The runways had to be cleared, so we ended up circling around the airport for an hour. My poor sister had been waiting for us for an hour in the cold parking lot. We were planning on traveling to Ogden that night, but with the snow storm, we ended up staying in Salt Lake City with Natalie and Ulli. We didn't get to visit family in Ogden as long as we had planned because of the storm, but we managed to see my grandmas and some cousins. Christmas came and went too quickly, but we had a great time. We even managed to take a trip to southern Utah to look at Kevin's aunt's new house. Unfortunately, while we were there, most of Kevin's family got the flu. We lucked out and didn't get sick, but It's a beautiful house with a great view of red rock country. Seeing all the mountains made me miss living in Utah, but it was nice to get back home to Indiana.

Riley didn't come with us on our trip. Our neighbors took care of him while we were gone, and I was worried he'd like them better than us. They have two other dogs for him to play with all the time and he always gets spoiled when he stays with them. I was scared we would be replaced. But Riley seemed excited enough to see us when we got back and managed to adjust back to us.

New Year's was quiet. We were still recovering from our trip to Utah and didn't want to do anything too exciting. I went to bed before midnight.

Sadly, Kevin's commercial for TCU didn't win. It's too bad because I thought it was the best one there. Oh, well. I guess Kevin will have to postpone his acting career for a while.

We just got Riley neutered. I know it was the right and responsible thing to do, but I can't help but feel bad for him. He's such a mellow dog to begin with, that it didn't seem fair. But we had it done. When I called the vet's office to check on him, the nurse told us he'd been singing to them all day. I could hear him in the background howling! He's never howled before. The poor guy was very upset for two days. He kept whining and wouldn't stop. But by day three, he was jumping and running (regardless of our efforts to keep him still). And there was no more whining! He's doing great now. He'll be back up and running in no time.