Happy News!

Guess who has been returned to us, safe and sound-Butch the Bassett Hound!!!

My eldest is deliriously happy to have him home and Butch doesn't seem to be any worse for the adventure. I only hope the lady that mistakenly took him finds her dog, who is similar but longer (I didn't think that was possible!).




Welcome home, Butch!!

My Summer...So Far

I have taken the last two months to just enjoy the summer with the kids. I have had a ball-not sure about the kids.

We welcomed a new member of the family, Butch the Bassett Hound.

Unfortunately, someone else was enchanted by those big brown eyes and stole Butch just two nights ago.

Which broke the heart of my eldest son, since Butch was technically his dog.


Speaking of the eldest, he joined/formed a band. We've had lots of teenage boys hanging out at the house, playing loud music (that makes my ear drums bleed), and eating the groceries quicker than I can replace them.


Which has resulted in my daughter spending most of the summer at her BFF's house.


She and I took a day a few weeks ago and went flea marketing, a first for her. We found this chair for $5!!



And transformed it into this. Not to bad for our first try at something like this. It isn't perfect, but she's happy and I'm just glad to be done with it.



We have went riding up old hollers and down old roads and seen some really pretty things in our part of the Wild and Wonderful. I think I'm going to frame this and hang it in my dining room.



We have taken our kids swimming, much to the delight of Otis the Water Dog. It is harder to get him out of the water than it is Art!

We enjoyed a small circus that came through town.



There was tigers, that made us 'Ohhh'...



there was this cute goat that rode on a miniature donkey's back (I don't think the donkey enjoyed it as much we did)...



and a llama (I think) that fascinated Art. But the best part was when Art got to make me a nervous sweaty mess by fulfilling one of his dreams...
he not only held, but hugged-HUGGED- a baby alligator.

Hope everyone is having as great a summer as me and mine.

Life Stages

This is my eldest child when he was 12. My grandmother always said that you learn with your first child and enjoy the rest. My grandmother was both right and wrong, while I did learn a bunch that I corrected with my other two, I've enjoyed being his mother more than I could have ever imagined.

He's always doing something to make me laugh, and it always works. You try jumping onto a kid who rolls those big brown eyes at you and gives you a heart melting grin and see how strict you end up being.


Not very, let me tell you.

And then last week he went and grew up on me!! Irrevocably, no return grew up.


This precious baby got his driver's license!!

I don't know if I'm ready for this stage of life.