2004 brought lots of excitement and a bit of sadness. Overall it was a pretty fun year. Hopefully 2005 is just as fun.

Let me give a quick summary…

January 2004	Sara Seeman and Caleb Studebaker set a date for their wedding. This is when the pressure to get married increased.
February 2004	Rae Jackson and Marshall Sanchez got engaged. This is when the pressure to get married SIGNIFICANTLY increased. Little did Tasha know that the plan was already in the works when this news came…
	We got a new puppy from Sara and Caleb. We named him Jester because he acts like a goofball, just like his daddy Shorty.
April 2004	Tasha and I got engaged.
May 2004	Sara and Caleb got married.
August 2004	We took a mini-vacation to The Big Easy.
	Rae and Marshall got married. This was the real reason for our trip to New Orleans.
October 2004	Tasha and I got married.
	We took a week long honeymoon in Mexico.
November 2004	News comes that Byron Norwood, a friend of ours that we went to high school with, was killed in action in Iraq.
December 2004	Almost every part of Texas gets snow. Some places get snow for the first time in 100+ years.

Did you have a good year too? Tell me about it…

We were just a few days short of having a white Christmas. We had snow most the day yesterday and today the wind chill is 3 degrees F! It has never been that cold in Texas as long as I remember!

Here is a picture of the dogs playing in the snow yesterday…

Tasha found this link today in a magazine and thought I should watch it…

After watching it, I felt I should share this with everyone. As most of you know, we have an American Staffordshire Terrier named Jester (most people will call him a pit bull) and when we got him, many people gasped and thought we were crazy for wanting such a mean, evil dog. After researching the breed, educating ourselves about all the urban legends, and knowing a couple of Pits, we were more than excited about getting him. Jester has been nothing but a great dog for the 11 months of his life and everyone who meets him agrees…

Spread this to all the people you know that spread misinformation about these dogs. The link is below and please note the disclaimer…

Pit Bull Video

Poor Jester! We are so mean to him. He had surgery this past Thursday and is now sterile. Hopefully someday he will forgive us….

He sure is getting big! He was up to 30 lbs last weekend (at almost 4 months old) when we took him to the vet for his last round of shots. Look at the comparison pictures below…

On February 21, we got an addition to our family. Jester, our new American Staffordshire Terrier, finally reached 8 weeks of age so we could go pick him up. For pictures, visit the Bailey, Jester, and Friends Section.