Our family Christmas present this year to each other was another puppy! We have been talking for some time about getting Harley a sister and knew we wanted a red and white husky girl. You may remember from our New Addition post that we had plans to get another puppy from the breeder we got Harley from, but over the last few months that has not worked out. We found this precious girl from a breeder called Alluga's Siberians in Quitman up near Tyler, TX. They have some neat dogs, were an answered prayer, and fantastic to work with!
Meet Dakota Hance!
Dakota is a dark red and white siberian with amber colored eyes. She was actually born on October 3rd and Alluga's kept her back from that litter with plans to show and breed her. In the middle of December the breeder posted a note on her website saying that they had a red and white female puppy available that was 11 weeks old. Joey and I immediately called to find out more. Alluga's loved this little girl and really wanted to keep her, but they are quite full as it is. They have plans to expand in the spring, but felt like Dakota would be happier with a family where she would have more room to run and play. We feel so blessed that we were given the opportunity to add her to our family. She is exactly what we have been looking and praying for.
Before heading to Houston, we took a detour up to Alluga's to meet her. She was precious!
Harley came too and was a little distracted by all of the dog smells around their property. She really wanted to go out back and meet all the other huskies, but she and Dakota played a little and we could tell they would get along great.
With all of the traveling we had planned to visit our families in Houston for the next week, we decided to leave Dakota with the breeder for one more week. We were sad to leave her, but grateful to know that she would get to come home with us the following week.
So, after 7 hours in the car and 10 hours after leaving our house that morning, we arrived in Sugar Land. Momma Hance's house was our first stop. That first night we had dinner with Em and Brit at a restaurant in Houston. It was great to see them and catch up a little before the holidays.
Me and Em
Time at Momma Hance's house was spent playing games, going to the movies, playing with the dogs, and eating cookies left over from her annual Christmas cookie trays she makes. We attended church with her family Christmas Eve and then went to Nana and Papa's house for dinner and presents. Their tradition of all being together on Christmas Eve is pretty special. Nana has these paper plates with 1 of the 12 days of Christmas on each one. They pass out all the days and we sing the song together. It is never boring. Christmas Eve with them is always filled with a lot of laughter.
Me and JW before church
Jennifer, Amanda, Papa, Nana, JW, and Momma Hance
Jenn had surgery right before Christmas to repair a deviated septum in her nose, so I hope she's not too mad at me for posting this picture.
Me, Papa, Nana, and JW
Nana and Papa gave us a portable grill, table, and other camping supplies. We headed back to Momma Hance's to open presents with her and Jenn. We got some more camping gear and other fun stuff. We are certainly set to pop a tent and have a camping get-away and can't wait to try out our new gear.
Next stop... my parents' house!
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