Meet Jax!

We have been looking for a Puggle puppy for a while now and finally found some. It was throught the Animal Rescue but we had to drive 2 hours to get him! Not only that but the mom is a Puggle and don't even know what the father is. THey think a Border Collie! So I had ever intention of getting one of the ones that looks like the mom and almost every other Puggle that we have seen. (Light brown hair, big face, black nose area) But this is who we brought home.......Introducing Jax!







We have changed the name a couple of times but I am pretty sure that this is the final! Ashlynn has been an awesome helper with him. Brooklyn is still a little skittish but she is doing well. She will play and be around him. Kaylin on the other hand is not doing well. She will pet him only when you are holding her. It is really driving me crazy! I am sure that she will get used to him but for now I can't help but think it will never change.

Well tomorrow the girls start VBS (Vacation Bible School) at the church. I still am hesitant on letting Kaylin go because can easily be distracted and not tell anyone that she has to go potty and then have an accident. Especially when she is having fun. We will see how it turns out. I may have to stay in the hall the first day. At least Brooklyn will be in her class.

I am sure there will be more updates on Jax soon. It has been fun so far but definately a lot of work!

Garden Update

SO after much pressure from an unknown person (Hi Sam!) I took some pictures of my garden. I have been meaning to do this anyway. So she gave me just the right push to do it! Check out her blog....she has a baby watermelon! www.samantharae2008.blogspot.com

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Last week I decided to finally get some tomato cages. Want to hear the funny thing? I was watching the 3 boys that day and decided to take all 5 kids to Steins to get the cages. Yes 5 kids 4 and under! (Ashlynn was at my parents house) I must be crazy! But we did and we survived. So I was putting the cages on and trying to not break any branches off in the mean time. Notice I said trying. Well wouldn't you know it. I broke 2 branches off and of course the only 2 branches that have tomatoes on them! I was so mad I was almost crying. One branch even had 5 little tomatoes coming in. UGH But in the meantime I did find 3 pea pods and they were oh so good!

So I went out this morning to take some pictures and found 2 more peapods.
The girls shared them and LOVED them! yay!

Then I found a few more tomatoes. Thank goodness I was starting to sweat that I had broken all the ones that we would have!



And then the cucumbers are coming in too. I have 4 little ones I see and then there are about 5 flowers on the one AND only plant that I have!





I jsut really love gardening and now I know things that I need to do different for next year. For example I planted Scallion onions and the seeds are so small that I planted like 10 in one spot. Well they are not doing well at all. I was at my parents last weekend and they planted their garden later then me and my dad already has nice size onions! They were so good too! So that will be different next year. And the peas and cucumbers I will be buying some sort of fencing so that they can climb it.



As for this last weekend we had a lot of fun hanging out with some friends at our house. Rhonda and Dennis (Randy's mom and step dad) came over and grilled for us. It was fun and the kids were able to play in the sprinklers and run around. We definately have to do that again.

Until next time.....

Weekend Adventures (Minus the pictures)

I don't have the pictures uploaded yet. Once I do I will get them on here. We had a great weekend! We headed up to my parents place on Thursday afternoon. Got there around 9pm after driving thru another severe storm. Friday was spent in the yard and feeding the birds.
Saturday was my aunt and uncles 50th anniversary. After having the head lice for the last 2 weeks we decided to not go. Instead we spent the day at Lake Arbutus and then went to the Karner Blue Butterfly Festival. The girls had fun at the lake and skipped stones and played in the sand. At the festival we ate and listened to some music.
Sunday was spent cemetary hopping. My cousin Paula was up so we spent the day driving to cemetaries adn looking at our ancestors graves. It was very interesting seeing the dates and names of them all. Sunday night we had a bon fire, roasted marshmallows and looked at the stars.

The whole weekend was nice and relaxing we saw many deer in the fields next to my parents and the Amish were out busy selling their produce and building some new houses.

The ride home was nice. We had to go to the store and get new pillows and stuff. So when Randy got home that is what we did.

Today starts a new week. I have the boys today and the rest of the week. Should be busy, busy busy!

4th Of July...Let Freedom Ring

Well we were looking forward to a nice relaxing weekend with my parents. Things sometimes don't go as planned. Since I watch 3 boys during the week I don't have much time to be able to get up by them. So the plan was for us to leave Thursday early afternoon and come back on Sunday. A few more days which would make it worth it for the gas to drive there.
Well Tuesday night I was giving the girls a bath and shampooing and conditioning Ashlynns hair. I found it the most dreadful cursed bug EVER. LICE.

So now we are home trying to treat this dreadful god awful thing! It is so annoying! Nothing seems to be working. I do not wish this on anyone!
I took the girls to the carnival today. We didn't go on rides as I didn't want to transfer anything to anybody else and we all wore hats. We walked there since it was such a beautiful day. I let them get cotton candy and slushies. They have been so cooped up the last three days and they are getting so sick of me looking in their hair that it was the least that I could do.

So let Freedom Ring as we think about what this holiday means to us. Freedom to walk down the street, freedom of speech, freedom do as we want.

Let's remember those that have fought for our freedom and those that still are.

Happy Independance Day!!