This is the Letter and Picture that went out with our Christmas Cards. If you didn’t get one, I am sorry. I sent one out to all the addresses I had. So if you missed it, here it is!
Hello! Dec. 14, 2008
Is it the end of the year already? Another year come and gone. This year was a very busy year for Jamie and I! Our first big news of the year was ..Shiloh.. being on a Michigan Scratch Off Lottery Ticket. She was featured on the $1 Lucky Dog ticket, along with 9 other dogs. I entered her in a photo contest, and she actually won. There were over 2000 dogs that were entered into the contest. We didn’t really get anything for it, but she got to be on the Front Page of the Alpena News, and she was on TV a few times, and there was a small write up in the Detroit News…..
In January we bought a new Jeep. A 2004, Jeep Grand Cherokee with only 34,000 miles on it. We love it! It has a V8 in it so it pulls our Pop-Up camper quite well. On Memorial Weekend we took our first camping trip with it. We headed up to Pictured Rocks to camp out for the weekend. We actually camped at the Munising City Campground, and we had a lake view lot! We took Rebecca and our two dogs. It was ….Shelby….’s first real camping trip, and she did really well! With the price of gas being so high this year, we only had the one camping trip…..
On August 8th, ….Shelby…. turned 1 year old! She is getting really big! And her color has changed so much! She is about 48 pounds now. We aren’t sure if she will get a whole lot bigger. She sure is a mischievous dog! But we love her! ..Shiloh.. turned 7 years old on Nov 8th. She is such a Lucky Dog!….
On Friday, August 8th we entered my Grandpa’s 1970 Chevy Malibu into the Ramblin Rods Car show. They have it every year in Alpena, and it’s a two day show. The first night is Big Boy cruise night. All the cars park at Big Boy Restaurant and people come and look at them, and then at about ..9pm.. the cars parade through Alpena. It’s a lot of fun. They give out one trophy that night for best car overall, and WE WON! It was so cool. On Saturday, we parked with over 100 cars for the show. My Dad, Rebecca, and I sat for the whole day. It rained on and off all day, but we still had fun, and we won another trophy! We took 2nd place in our class! A few weeks after this, Casey took the Car to the Lincoln Car show, and brought home another 1st place Trophy!….
On Sunday, August 9th, my Grandfather, Carl Jarema, passed away. He was surrounded by all of his children. He did get to see the trophy’s that his car won before he passed away. Dad said they made him smile. ….
Since we were feeling Lucky about our Dogs, I decided to enter another contest. This time it was a video contest. Jamie and I made a video of Shelby and I biking together. She runs along side me on my bike with a special device called a Springer. The video was only 1 minute long, and we were up against quite a few others. Our video took first place and we won a Bissell Pet Hair Eraser Vacuum! I love it! So now we have two winning dogs!….
On the 18th of September, there was a rumor going around that the Stanley Cup was going to make a short appearance at the Fletcher Street Brewery in Alpena. We decided to go check it out, and it was actually there! We got our picture taken with it and we even got to touch it! Let’s Go Red Wings!….
October was a fun filled month! We volunteered at the ….Besser.. ..Museum…. for Fall Harvest Days, and for the 1st Annual Pumpkin Walk. We also made it in the Alpena News. We had the entire page of the lifestyles section written up on what we do for Halloween. That was published the Saturday before Halloween. On Halloween Night was pulled off 54 pumpkins (with help from Family and Friends, THANKS SO MUCH!), and we had hundreds of people show up! At least 300 people came to see our pumpkins! It was a great Halloween!!….
We went to our first Campaign Party this year. Ed Black, who ran for prosecutor in ….Alpena.. ..County…., invited us to his party. Jamie carved him into a pumpkin on Halloween! He won by over 1,800 votes (Out of about 14,000). Hopefully knowing some of these people will help me out next time I want to run for City Council!….
I guess that is about it. Oh I almost forgot, my mom is having her knee replaced on January 19th. So we will be without her for a while at the deli. We are hoping for a speedy recovery for her. ….
That’s about it! We hope you have a very Merry Christmas, and a wonderful and prosperous New Year! Stop and see us anytime! Swing into the Deli, or just stop by the house! We love you!….
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Love, Jessica, Jamie, ..Shiloh.. and ….Shelby….….
Pictures of the Pumpkins! www.PumpkinPersonalities.com ….
Videos of our dogs, the pumpkins, and other stuff www.Youtube.com/thekittykat79 ….
Find us on MySpace! www.myspace.com/thekittykat1979….
