Hello from Kate and the Pups

Hello everyone,

Since I last wrote Benny, Shona and I have had one major change - we moved into a new home. I now live on East 10th street in Hutchinson in a little duplex. It has two bedrooms, a nice sized living room, small kitchen and bathroom, washer, dryer and a screened in porch.

All three of us enjoy our home and minus a few issues with the upstairs neighbor smoking (which my landlord helped take care of) I have loved spending time there.

I had to take some time this holiday seasons to get my meds straightened out but it looks like I now have a much better medicine combination. My depression and anxiety has lessened and I feel much more equipped to cope with life now. I am lucky to have an excellent psychiatrist.

This coming month I will be starting the last phase of my certification program to have my dog training certificate. This involves training shelter dogs. I will meet once every other week with my "mentor trainer" and then put in 3 hours of work with the dogs in the in-between time. I'm nervous about starting because it's something new but also looking forward to having something to do.

Nothing else of note is going on in my life. Both Benny and Shona continue to work and learn new things and I'm thankful they are there for me.

I hope you are all staying warm!

Love,
Kate and the pups

Memories of Christmas

As the wise men arrive on the Sunday of Epiphany, the Johnstons at 400 E. 12th would like to share final pictures of our Christmas here.

Outside Decorations

And of course, the Inside Decor.

Happy New Year!  May it be a year full of joy and success.

Christmas Sock Exchange 2013
Here is a recap of who had who in the 2013 Sock Exchange.

Grandpa had Andrew
Grandma had Mary
Auntie had Kinley
Tim G had Samuel
Chris had Charles
Kate had Pamey
Ben had Tim S
Pam had Chris
Randy had Sarah
Charles had Dan
Mary had James
Kurtis had Erik
Sarah had Vicki
Dan had Ava
Olivia had Katie
Kinley had Hannah
Dave had Randy
Cassi had Kate
Adelynn had Grandpa
Ava had Tim G
Vicki had Grandma
Tim S had Dave
Samuel had Auntie
Erik had Ben
Hannah had Olivia
James had Adelynn
Andrew had Kurtis
Katie had Cassi

Clara had Givan pets
Givan pets had Bruce and Bella
Kat had Andrew and Katie's pet
Andrew and Katie's pet had Kat
Rutherford pets had Clara
Ember had Briscoe
Briscoe had Rutherford
Bruce and Bella had Ember

Thanks and have a super New Year.

Love Auntie

Happy New Year from the Shooks

We had an enjoyable Christmas and a quiet week in between.

Erik will be home until Jan 10.  We will take him back to Tulsa then and move him into his first apartment.  He continues to play ultimate and lead his team so he was quite excited about his underarmer Christmas Gifts:)

Samuel continues playing guitar and keyboard in his band.  They have had several gigs.  Here is a picture of one of their concerts.

One special gift Vicki received was from the handbells at Ascension.  It is picture of the organ pipes and alter of the church.

Last night we went to Botanica to see the luminaries.  They were very pretty and there were lots of people!  We found out upon arriving that it was $1.00 ticket night!  Tim said that was my cheapest Christmas gift ever. :)  

Best wishes for a Happy New Year.

Love Vicki, Tim, Erik and Samuel