Sunny's first photo shoot.

We had a Golden Retriever puppy picked out in Vegas. We were going to celebrate Christmas here and welcome home our first dog! But just a few weeks after we paid our deposit, Cindy and Matt announced their wedding date... December 19th. Uh-oh. We thought about going up to Utah for the wedding and turning around to come home for Christmas. But knowing that my parents were going on a mission and this was probably the last time the WHOLE family would be together, spending a day or two didn't seem like enough time.

So we had a change of plans... I decided to look for puppies in Utah so we didn't have to drive up with her (like that could happen... 6 hours in a car trying to hide a puppy from your kids, I don't think so.) The minute I found the ad for Goldens in the Salt Lake Classified, I had a feeling this was our dog (that was never the feeling I had with the first one, I was always feeling a little iffy.)

Sunny was the only female left from the litter of 10 and we put our deposit down as soon as we saw these pictures. She was about 5 weeks or so here. I wish she could have stayed little for longer. I can't get over how CUTE she was!! But it makes me SO EXCITED to know that we will eventually have puppies of our own.