After Santa

I know I have been a very bad blogger....just busy...all the usual excuses!  Anyway, here are pictures after Santa came!  Thunder tore off some of the paper and several gifts had to be rewrapped and removed from the tree....

Halloween is Coming!!!

Little Girls Self portrait

The Angel's Angry Bird Pumpkin

Flag Football

This is the first year for my baby to play flag football!  He loves it.  Back in the summer he begged me to let him play football.  I said they probably didn't let little fellas play football....he had already heard all about it at daycamp.  He ditched daycamp but held on to the dream of playing football.  After the first practice he said the coach told him he was a good athlete....a monster was created!  Below you will see Touchdown #2....My friend Kris told him she would teach him how to do a back flip for his next touchdown...he is considering it.....

They matter...the work we do matters...



An Angel with puppies

Those of you that are my Facebook "friend" know that we are currently knee deep in fostering dogs and puppies.  We sent out first foster dog off to law school with his new momma.  We kept him in our home in lieu of him staying at the local dog shelter.  We taught him what having a real family will be like and he taught us what really matters.  He taught us to get along with everyone, have fun every minute and appreciate a good back rub!  We will miss you Dewey and hope you enjoy law school.
When Future Trooper and I decided to foster dogs someone said "why would you want to do THAT"?  Well, because it matters.  Animals matter and the opportunity to have a small piece in making a difference in a dogs life matters to me.  Dogs have been a HUGE part of my 42 years and my children have had at least one dog every minute of their lives!  Animals matter in the whole darn scheme of things....

We currently have Ruby.  Ruby is a dobie/shepherd/rott mix with an emphasis on the MIX.  She is a load of fun and is very well behaved.  Yes, she has had an accident or two--so what, who hasn't?

We also currently have 7 puppies in our "foster home".  They are Snow Leopard, Twin Leopard, Charlotte, Sophie, Andi, Lady Di, and Lion.  They have been a lot of work but certainly a ton of fun.  They will be with us another week and then move on to their forever home to somebodies best friend. 

We have had a ball--Big Daddy and Future Trooper were in charge of putting the fencing up, Angel and Little Girl are in charge of babysitting and bathing and I am the head supervisor of all of it.  Which leaves me with feeding and raking the pen.  Every time I walk to the fence and Lion runs over to see me or Sophie and Andi (called "The Cry Babies") whimper when I leave, I remember it is worth it.

charlotte

The New Kid Causing Trouble!

THIS is the new kid...he's trouble.  He is just a baby and probably hasn't had a real home before but he has done very well adjusting to our family.  He likes to play....tug o' war......







And More tug o' war...with Piper's toy...she is not amused...but, all is well UNTIL.....

The referee steps in....

Through the eyes of a child!

Saturday was a very important day for our family.  Big Daddy and I took Little Girl and Future Trooper to a concert at Rupp Arena.  It was a surprise for Little Girl's birthday.  We got tickets to see Kenny Chesney!  He has been Little Girl's favorite for YEARS.  These are some things I overheard my 11 year old say while sitting at Rupp Arena.  She is exceptional, yes!
1.  Uncle Kracker only has a banner with his name on it, I bet Kenny's set looks a lot better.
2.  I can't believe Kenny Chesney and I are in the same room....(with 20,000 of our closest friends)* my thought
3.  As the two couples in front of us are snapping 100 or more pictures of themselves I heard her say,"I guess we are gonna be in every one of there family pictures....HOW MANY PICTURES DO THEY NEED?"
4.  As a drunk guy in our row walked across our feet 4 times, she said,"THAT IS YOUR LAST TIME, BUDDY"
5.  As he came back she said,"Thank goodness, he got two beers, maybe he will be able to sit still for a while."
6.  Singing, "I'll sit right here and have another beer in Mexico......"
7.  Watching the girls in front of us (dubbed The Fun Girls by Future Trooper) she said,"Mom, we should have choreographed some moves to go with Kenny songs."
8.  "Daddy, you won't cry if he sings The Little Girl Song, will you?" 
9.  "OHHHH, this one's my favorite..." *heard that one several times.
10.  "The other kids at school have Justin Bieber t-shirts and I have Kenny Chesney."

If you want to see a great country show, Kenny can do it!

I did not...nor, would I EVER.....

Since my last post, I have not and WOULD NEVER.....


Have every single one of my cat's teeth removed.  My vet DID NOT SAY, "Don't ask him to whistle" (he's a heartless man).....

I DID NOT say "Everybody go to your rooms before I hurt one of you"  to my children.....

I DID NOT spray a lot of Febreze and hope I wouldn't have to figure out what 'THAT' smell was....

I would never just give clothes in my closet to Goodwill just because I was too tired to try them on.....

I would never bake homemade chocolate chip cookies twice in a week and eat most of them.....

I did not ask my baby if he wanted to spend the night at Nana's knowing he would run to her and say,"CAN I spend the night?"  (and she would let him)

I did NOT make a scrapbook page of my crazy dog and hang it on my office wall because he cheers me up.

I did not say,"What a great idea" when my girl named her go-cart Rhonda!

I did not try to make light of a serious situation and try to convince people I was NOT worried!!

That about clears it up...I DID NOT do any of the things listed above....thank you.