3 Girls, 1 Guy and a Zoo!: August 2016

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Together again!

After a long two weeks, we are together!

Doug has 3 comp days to make up for the time he was gone.

So please excuse the lack of blogs for the next couple of days...but we are spending time together!

Monday, August 29, 2016

Megan brought Lily over to play with the puppies and hang out for a bit! That means we got to see Olivia again and I got to talk to Megan a bit more about the changes to expect in the girls for the coming school year. I always enjoy our visits. Some of these pictures were taken while Lily and I were downstairs seeing the puppies, and the rest of them were taken with Lily hanging out by me...I promise she was there :)

Jubilee was SUPER excited to hold the baby!

She is a natural for sure :)

She loves her little ones ;)

I LOVE this picture!

Thank you to each and every person that thought about us this week and helped keep us company to make the time fly by a little quicker! You are all very appreciated!

Friday, August 26, 2016

God sure is good!

Most of you know that Doug has been out of town (Colorado and New Mexico to be exact) for the last two weeks. God orchestrated everything just as He always does. See He knew that the weekend would be my hardest couple days, so He made sure that I would be busy! Before I ever even knew what weeks Doug would be gone, I agreed to take my best friend's 4 kiddos for a couple days. It just so happened that it was that same weekend. It also was the same timing that I have 11 puppies! It was a little crazy at times, but overall, it went really smooth! Here are some pictures of our adventures :)

They LOVE to color and draw...

...and play make believe

Chase is a great game as well! This kept these two busy for about an hour...

Sunday I was a little worried about how I was going to have time to accomplish everything that needed to be done AND get out of the house on time. Again God saw us through and we started our morning at 6am. We had no problems getting out on time! They all looked so cute so we had to get a picture before we walked out the door :)

I'm so thankful that the 6 of them get along SOOOO well!

Thursday, August 25, 2016

11 pups :)

For the past week, we have been helping out a friend by keeping her 11 lab puppies while she was seeing her boys off to college. Doug built a great enclosure in our basement to contain them when we weren't down there. We have had some friends over to help us wear them out throughout the week. It takes a good amount of time to wear 11 of them out, let me just tell you!

But they sure are cute :)

We are not in the market and probably never will be for a lab, but this is my pick of the litter...whoever is getting her is getting a pretty awesome pup. Her personality is AMAZING!

I love this picture!

Who knew how entertaining sand toys can be! LOL

Too cute!

HAHA

...and we did it :)

They will sleep for a whole...oh I don't know... 2 hours???

If you were to ask me where I would see myself in 10 years, I never would have guessed that I would be here. However, I couldn't be happier! I'm very happily married to the love of my life and have two girls. We have begun our journey towards adoption and I'm excited to see what the Lord has in store for us over the next couple of years. I'm a stay at home mom who home-schools. I enjoy researching and finding things out for myself. This blog allows me to share with others my passions and keep in touch with family that I wouldn't normally be able to keep in such close touch with.

Daddy is such a blessing to me. We met in college and became best friends. About one and a half years after we met we were dating. The rest is history. Together we have grown in the Lord and learned many lessons even in our few years together. Things haven't always been smooth, but together and with the Lord's help we can accomplish anything. He is the love of my life and my true soul mate. He is 100% committed to his family and the Lord. He is currently working for Dairy One in Ithaca. He loves to ski, ride dirt bikes, tinker on things, mow the lawn :) and spend time with his girls.

Marissa is our oldest. She was born in May 2005. She is 100% Daddy's girl. She is a home body and usually isn't away from home for long and she is asking to go back to our house. She always claims a job and sticks with it till its done. She is very quick and catches on fast. You have to be careful what you show her, because before you know it she is going to be attempting it herself. Madalyn is her best friend. She loves church and loves learning and singing about Jesus. Marissa is now is school and she is doing great. She loves to read and do projects. She LOVES animals and has decided that she wants to be a Veterinarian when she grows up!

Madalyn is our youngest. She is 100% Mommy's girl (nice of them that they split us up so that one isn't quite so overwhelmed isn't it?). Madalyn knows what she wants and goes for it. She has no fear and is usually the leader of my two even though she is younger. She does love to shadow her older sister though. She is my girly girl, but also my one that is always getting messy. She loves her hair done, to get dressed up, and shoes! We are in trouble with this one! She loves school and is super smart. She has decided she wants to be a "snow plow driver" when she grows up. She is also going to build a house RIGHT next to us and live there so she can still see us every day ;)

Case was actually our "oldest child". Sadly we said goodbye to him on October 29th, 2013. He was a black lab/ red-tick coonhound. He loved to roam the fields, swim, play ball, catch frisbees, go hiking and spend time at the barn. He also very much enjoyed those black and white cats that roam in the dark and have stripes down their backs...or he must have because he kept getting sprayed! He hated to be abandoned by his family and preferred us to all be in the house by 9pm or he started pacing. His biggest dislike was winter. He hated the cold and would rather hold his potty all day long than to go out and pee. Even when he did go out he barely makes it out the door and he was starting to go! Haha He was our "little boy in a doggie suit" as my aunt says. We love him and miss him like crazy.

Cali is our first cat together as a married couple. Sadly we said goodbye to her on October 8th, 2014. We got her from the barn shortly after we moved. She had to be one of the softest cats you had ever felt and of course one of the best looking calicos. LOL She was a great mouser and spent alot of her time in the basement hunting. She had a funny quirk. When she got ready to settle down and sleep, she parted the hair on her tail so only a few hairs were sticking up and then she proceeded to suck on those hairs.

Beaker is a litter mate to Cali. She is a great mouser. She loves to sneak outside when she gets the chance but if you say her name she quickly darts back in. She is VERY attached to Doug and is always coming up to him purring just as loud as can be begging to be picked up. Beaker of course never does this to me. She doesn't like change and isn't fond of strange dogs, although she has gotten much better with the dogs. She will still swat at Molly but it's not angry, it's almost like she is playing.

Sid was our Marshall Ferret. We said goodbye to him in 2012. He was amazing! Great with kids and other animals, but a total goofball. He definitely lived up to the typical ferret personality and a total thief! Sid's favorite thing to steal was pacifiers. He would take them right out of a baby's mouth if given the opportunity and then take off running! He always hid everything in the same place, so at least we knew where to find them, but of course they were always ruined. Anything rubber was in danger of ending up in the said spot. We definitely miss having him around.

Chloe is Cairn Terrier. She is a blast to have around and I'm definitely sold on the terrier family! She is great with the kids and loves spending time outside. She is a great woodchuck hunter and will sit at an occupied hole all day till she catches one. Even in the winter time she will spend forever out there and come back looking like a snowman. She loves to swim and will swim in any temperature water. She loves to mother other animals. Whether it be kittens from the barn, Case, or her own litter of puppies, she is a great mother! We have since fixed her. Although I'm sad there won't be another litter, it's for the best with the probability of us moving and having to find a new vet.

Meet Molly, our newest dog addition :) After taking some time to heal after losing Case, we decided that our household wasn't the same without a big dog around and we were missing something. So we took the plunge and went full out this time. Molly is a purebred, mis-marked mantle, Great Dane :) She has grown into one good looking pup! I'm still in love with this old picture though, so I'm not changing it! She stands about 31 inches at the shoulder and weighs over 100lbs (although honestly I'm not sure how much over because I can't lift her anymore!) She is great with the kids and loves to cuddle. She shares our bed and is the biggest baby ever. She is very protective and does not like when anyone is pinned down. She is right there to break up the "fight" LOL We love her to pieces!

When Doug's sister and her husband started breeding rabbits, I had a feeling deep down that it was only a matter of time....Here she is! Peterette started out as "Peter". When Madalyn realized "he" was actually a "she", she settled with Peterette. :) Peterette is a flemish giant, which according to what I have read is the Great Dane breed in the bunny world! Figures right? She is super sweet, very laid back and loves to be cuddled and pet. She'll stick her nose out of her cage when you enter the room just so you will scratch it!