Puppy Tales

It's been so long since we've updated our blog.

And, of course, when one doesn't post in such a long time... it's hard to figure out where to start and what to write about. When we started looking through pictures we took we noted a theme: Claxton - our puppy dog. He's in almost every picture! So we thought we'd catch you up on our lives in Canton through pictures with our puppy... hope you enjoy! We miss you!

Love,
Ryan, Kara, and of course Claxy! :)

Claxton is the sweetest puppy... and he LOVES people!
He's had so many visitors over the past few months... some that aren't pictured are: Grandpa & Grandma Kaufman; Chris & Sam Cook, and Jordan Burks; Bob Wells; Vickie Brown; Wes & Darlene Bradshaw; Denny & Bev Box; Mike & Sheila Moore; Mark & Linda Buchanan; Mike, Jolie, Ethan & April Shaw; Rosie Green, Barb Nelson, Connie Hermon, Annie Stevens, John & Rhonda Lemon; Joan Reed; Alexis Moore; Kara's friends from work: Scott, Cindy, Karla, Ashlee, Apryl, & Cherri; and probably several others... Claxton fits in so niclely because he loves people and visitors and tries pretty hard to make people feel welcome.


Claxton's friends Chris Ponsler, Evan Bannister, and Levi Vermillion came to visit him...

And he even got to spend the night with Levi!

Ryan's Uncle Roger and Aunt Cortney came to visit us with two of their three kids, Kate and Drake... Claxy LOVED playing with Kate and Drake... but of course when he gets excited and barks, or smiles and shows his teeth, he can be rather scary!

On Easter, Kara's family came to visit... and Caleb went right for the laundry room, jumped in, and snuggled up next to Claxton. He spent quite some time in the laundry room with the dog!

Claxton even got in on the sibling Easter shoe picture!

Claxton's all time favorite buddy is definitely Caleb...

and Claxy misses him all the time! (We think the feeling is mutual!)

Here are some other highlights from the past three months with our puppy dog...

Claxton is ALWAYS ready for popcorn. It's the only people food he is allowed to enjoy. Whenever popcorn starts popping, his ears perk up and he sits right there in the doorway to the kitchen... waiting, watching, and then JUMPS for a kernal! :)
Kara LOVES mexican, so one night Ryan surprised her with a fiesta in the kitchen!! It was so much fun! He ordered chimichangas, set up a pin-the-tail on the donkey game... and even got sweet hats for him and Claxton!!

We caught Claxton reading the Bible one day...

And then Ryan used him as a sermon illustration.

During lent we were looking at the book of Jonah, and when Ninevah repents, the King issued a decree that everyone in the city was to put on sack cloth and ashes... even the animals! So for Lent... Ryan gave up facebook, Kara gave up chocolate... and Claxton wore sack cloth!

Claxton got a new little friend in the backyard... Buddy the RedBud tree! (Kara named the tree.)

Claxton likes to curl up at Kara's feet while she works.

And Claxton even gives good hugs!

You could have a Claxton hug too!!! Just head down to Canton... we'd love for you to visit us! :)