TOBY

So, since day one of our marriage, this is how the conversations between me and Frank go:

Frank: "Suz, look at this dog I found on ksl.  Should we get it"
Suz:  "Nope...wait a minute...NEVER"!
Frank:  "What about this one?  It won't shed, it's good with kids...why don't you want a dog"
Suz:  "If I wanted to take care of another being, I'd have another kid"
Frank:  "Come on, don't you think it would be good for the kids to have the responsibility?"
Suz:  "No.  I'll give them more jobs if you want.  Really Frank, I can't have a dog house.  I don't want them to lick me, bark, bite, pee, poo.  They're just smelly, and I don't want one in my house ruining everything"

And this conversation repeats (probably word for word) every couple of months for 14years!

A few weeks ago, me and Carly went with Stacy to watch her girls in their ballet performance

...DARLING!

When Stacy dropped me off at home, I felt so loved to see my husband and kids on the front porch awaiting my arrival, I think I even said, "Oh, look at my cute family waiting for..."  then the trail off because I saw Logan walking toward me with this guy...

My next words were... "HE DID NOT..."

But, oh yes, he did!!  While I was gone, the little sneaks bought a puppy.  A PUPPY, even though me and the kids were leaving for Canada in 4 days for a whole week.  Seriously.  He did not think this one through.  He went on pure emotion, and I was going to suffer the consequences!  I tried to be mad for like 1.5 seconds, but he's just way too cute!

Next was picking a name.  I wrote down names that all of us were throwing out.  Then came the narrowing down.  Voting a name off each time, until we came to the final three... Toby, Tripp, or Leo.  Four against one ended up with TOBY.  The ONE (Logan) wasn't happy at all! 

I would love to end this post with

"WELCOME TO THE FAMILY TOBY"

...but I'm holding out for a little bit.  We'll see.