Still in Deming

Hi Ya All!!
Long time no hear from us.....sorry. We have been busy. I will explain what we have been doing as I write and you can look at pictures. We are hanging around here until Poncho has his puppy shots before we take him into Mexico. I am taking the advice of some friends on RV net who suggested we make sure this is done before we go in as parvo and distemper are real dangers there for our little guy.
This first picture is of Poncho on one of his hunting excursions. Not one we are real happy about either. This is a feather. I had the camera on him as he was sniffing around, and all the sudden, up he comes with the feather and he saw me KNOWING I know he has it. See the guilt on his face. Needless to say, right after this picture he ran like a rabbit. He ate the feather on the run (seriously) and then he stopped running and was happy. Off to look for Rabbit poop. Yeah, puppies!!















This is my Uncle Gary. Notice him and his chi (that's chewie) look about the same. Dogs and Masters look alike I have been told. This was after a Turkey dinner Teresa and I had made. Everyone was full and it really shows with this picture. I am sure Gary is going to be real happy I posted this. hee hee, whats a good niece for if not to show off the family!!
I would of put a picture up of Chris, my Uncles Grandson, but he kept turning away from the camera, so that will have to wait. When your 14 a camera is NOT your friend.
















This is what Teresa and I have been doing for the last few days. We have been putting her massage space together. This is not a great picture, but it does show some of it. Next time I will post a picture of the space done. It really looks good. It is up and running and she is seeing clients now. She is so busy that she is actually having to carry around an appt. book with her everywhere. She has decided to take only four patients a day for now as otherwise she will get to tired. She is doing massages six days a week. Well, actually five and a half days as Friday she does not go into her shop, she goes to a business and does chair massages from one to five. She is pretty tired after that. I guess when your good EVERYONE wants you. She loves what she does and it shows with how in demand she is. Heck, I wonder if I will ever get another massage from her now!!! (ha ha) Oh what!!! There is always Travis!! Yeah, I am a lucky mom.

















In the meantime while the rest of the family is out working, going to school (chris) doing doggie yard duty keeping the rift-raft out of the yard (red dog...I will post a picture of her later) the pup's Clint and Poncho are making sure they keep up with their tug of war. That toy they have is Bandits (chewies son...another picture I need to post....damm this thing only lets us post five pictures at a time!!!) FAVORITE toy MONKEY!!! Bandit loves his monkey and these two brutes are tugging him!!! It was very nerve racking for Bandit to watch that. Clint is Teresa and Travis's little boy. He is four times bigger than Poncho and out weights him by four also. Poncho does not seem to know that. Like gary says, one foot tall with a ten foot attitude!! They have lots of fun together and are great play pals. They are the same age, so since they are on the same puppy shot program and time, it works that they at least have each other. Clint plays a lot with Red Dog as the other Chi's do not like playing with Clint. Being he is only nine weeks old, he does NOT understand why these little friends do not know how to play like a REAL puppy. If you look at Clints foot, it is resting on His purple pony. HIS favorite toy. No one gets Pony if the Big Boy is around!!

















This is a picture of Teresa and Travis. Are they not the cutest couple?? Travis is an agent with Coldwell Banker here in Deming, so if you want to buy a house or property, give the kid a call. He is actually a great realtor. I am very proud of him. Especially when I am in Wal-Mart and people who have been Travi's clients come up to me to say hello to Chuck and I and tell us how wonderful and honest Travis is. We had a lady do the same when we were with Teresa also. Gee, I love that.
I can tell you that we are really proud of our kids. Travis and Teresa, Tracy and Nate.....Man, we are lucky parents. Yeah, and thank's to all of our friends who helped as the kids were growning up. Bill Needham for draging Travis across a sticker infested field to teach travis a lesson (we laugh about that still) to Tim and Gretchen for being there for Tracy and helping her Grow into the wonderful woman she has become..
Ok, enough of the sappy crappy stuff. On with life.















The other things that have been going on is lots of little things. Chuck has helped Gary build his garage so he can start his house. We had power put on the property (Gary and Chuck split the cost....that helped a whole lot) We have water here now....thanks to Gary. We are using his well. Then we have also been helping to do what we could to help the kids get into there own house they are remolding. Travis just got the Bathroom tiled and grouted. Chuck and Travis have been doing lots of carpentry work. They took off a garage door and enclosed it so the kids can make another room out of what was a garage. Lots more work to be done on the inside of it, but enclosed is good. Us girls got the rugs shampooed, painting done, etc, etc. and constant cleaning up after the guys.
Of course their is always a set back, and so far that is with the propane lines not holding pressure. Hopefully this will be solved this week so the kids can move into their new place this next weekend. Chuck went to the hardware store to get some sort of plumbing stuff for that. (I am probley not saying that correct, but that is man stuff....I don't do that sort of thing, so I stayed in the truck with Poncho)After this is solved, then comes going to Las Cruzes to get the stove and wire so they can get Clint's yard done to. Details, Details.
Gary killed a four foot rattlesnake on Sunday,so I guess I need to pay attention better to where I am walking while Poncho and I are exploring the desert. Poncho has started to get bolder and bolder and has been running away when he has something he does not want us to take away from him, so to help solve this, I am now going to be having him on a leash so he understands Come and Stay. Children, even furkids all need training!!
So this is it for now. They next posting will probley be pictures so you all can be caught up on family and pets. Depends on how much of a hassle it gives chuck. This picture posting took him two days it was being such a pain in the butts!!
So talk to everyone later.