The Rasch's: 2011

Friday, March 11, 2011

Gracie... the shelter dog!

Exciting update! Maybe not so exciting to all of you (or my dad for that matter) but my mom has decided to adopt Gracie, a 7 year old lab mix from my shelter! Just look at all that adorable old lady gray on her face! I am so excited that my mom found a place in her heart for this girl. She is an amazing dog who has been through so much (abuse, neglect, abandonment) before she came to us at the shelter. She still won't make eye contact with anyone, but she has improved so much and will come when called (more like a slow, nervous creep) but at least she tries!
She is finally getting the warm and loving home she deserves! What a great feeling and a great day! Yay for Gracie!

Monday, February 21, 2011

The last few months...

I know how long it's been since I've posted any real updates. Life has of course been busy...and I've failed to find the time to let the world know how the Rasch's are doing. Well...we are great! I'm still working for American Family Insurance (I love my job!) and going to SUU part time. I wish I could say I was near the end of my schooling...but I would be lying! It is my own fault. I had plenty of oppourtunities to finish my schooling before I got married but my life was definately somewhere else at that time...and that is a whole other story! So right now, we are focusing on Cole. He is scheduled to take his DAT (Dental Admissions Test) on May 31st and he will be interviewing at schools all summer! I'm really excited to find out where we will be going! We won't know until December though so I will have to wait with anticipation for 10 more months.

I'm hoping we end up in Portland. Oregon is so beautiful and I know Cole would like to go there too. I mentioned Buffalo and that was shut down immediatly! It is the last place Cole wants to be. He doesn't like New York (even though we've never been there) because it snows too much and he doesn't want a city life. I agree...but I have a feeling Holly and her husband will be going there to graduate school next year and I would love to be close to them! Some little part of me has a feeling that we will end up in Las Vegas at UNLV which is NOT where I want to be! My brother and his wife live there though...so being close to them would make it bareable...and it is the closest school to Delta. Vegas is no good unless you gamble and drink...and we do neither! It does have a really beautiful temple! Look at the bright side...right?! I know that where ever we end up is where the Lord wants us to be, and I am ok with that.

So other than school and work, I spend alot of time at the Iron County Animal Shelter. It truly is my home away from home...especially on the weekends. I work with amazing people and amazing animals. I love it out there and feel really good about what I am doing. We are a no kill shelter owned by the Sheriff Department and ran by volunteers along side a wonderful Deputy. Deuputy Decker is out there mostly becuase he cares for the volunteers and he knows how much this shelter means to us. He admitted to me once that he came to the shelter hating dogs...but now he is a pile of mush when it comes to those pups! Every morning he comes to the shelter with a couple inmates from the County Jail to clean it top to bottom. The animals always have a clean kennel and full belly becuase of him. The volunteers get to do the fun work! We have a large fenced yard out there to run and play in...and that is just what we do! The dogs love to play fetch and run and romp! I really should take some pictures of myself after an afternoon of play becuase I come home covered in mud from head to toe...and Cole is always getting after me for tracking the mud in my car and across the house! So I usually have to strip down at the front door to avoid a scolding.

We hold adoptions every other weekend and it is the highlight of my week! We always have such a good turn out and the dogs go to some amazing homes. Here are some of the dogs I work with...and they are up for adoption if anyone is looking for a great friend!

Gracie about to catch a treat!

Honey waiting for the ball!

Jackie posing for a picture!

Sasha smiling for the camera!

Rocky is practicing the "sit" command!

Wolfie getting a neck rub...his favorite!

Monday, February 7, 2011

Candy Canes and Sugar Plums

Quick post...and a very late post at that (it's been sitting unfinished for some while now)! Chrismas Time....ooooohhhhh that wonderful time of the year! Here is a family (yes I include my dogs as family) picture from our little outing up Paragonah canyon to find the perfect tree! Magoo refused to come near us for fear that we would end his little excursion in the snowy mountains and load him back into the jeep to head for home...so you get a nice view of his furry butt! Lucky you!

Now behold...The Rasch Family Christmas Party 2010! We had a ginger bread house competition and my parents came up to join the party in L-town. It was so much fun! Don't let Casey and Jordin...or my parents fool you! They totally cheated and used kits! Enjoy the pics!