Sometimes you laugh instead of get angry!

So as most of you know we have another dog. Around Feb. we got an English Bulldog. His name is Fennrir. We call him Fen! he is only 8mos old, and with his size it is sometimes hard to remember that. Right now he is losing and growing teeth (teething). Which means...chewing! His favorite things is wood. He usually finds branches outside but one day he was inside cause we love him too and enjoy playing with him! Since he is a puppy we have a pee pad in the laundry room for him to use if he can't make it outside in time. For a puppy he is good at the potty thing. Most of the time he goes outside. Bones...the little dog took forever to train! I walked into this the other day and just had to laugh. The look on his face was priceless!

What? I didn't do it!

OK...this looks bad!

OK, now we'll move onto the next part of the stories. Danny came home from Indiana a couple of WEEKS ago and the airport destroyed his luggage. So he said all he had to do was come home, unpack and toss it in the trash. This from the guy who has been leaving his laundry in a suitcase until I get tired of tripping over it and empty it. He will starta asking me where all his G's and socks are. I'll say, in the unpacked suitcase and he really won't say much. So this last time we assured me it would be so easy to take care of. So he came home, emptied the suitcase of clothes and it layed on the floor. Then, it layed there some more. One day I thought, he always tells me to put things where people can see them. So I took the suitcase and put it on HIS side of the bed. I never said a word to him about it, cause I was not going to fight with him. He looked at is as he got into bed and said, he needed to get the reciepts out before he threw it away. Danny had to do receipts for things he spent on work trips. Most people do. So the next two days go by and still nothing, but this huge thing in my bedroom floor. So I empty the receipts and TUCK IT INTO his side of the bed. Then that night it's back on the floor. Granted, I could have very simply taken it out and put it in the trash. I was just so done that week. I was tired of giving in, compromising. So I talked to some of my girl friends at playgroup and they all had some fun things to say. So I decided, I wasn't going to let him run from the suitcase. It was going to follow him and always be there around every corner. So the next day (Saturday) this is what he found in the shower.

He just wants to be your friend!

Over the next week it followed Danny to his car and was waiting for him in his spot in the garage when he got home from work. I am happy to report that the suitcase is now in the trash can. I know Danny is glad cause he was not looking forward to that thing coming with us to the nursing home when we are old! LOL!

One of my loves...I miss!

One of the things I did to put myself through college was work at a flower shop making flower arrangements. I have really missed it over the years, but it really does take time money, LOTS of space. Certain supplies are needed too. But I love it and do really enjoy it. I am rusty so when my sister told me that a woman goes around her neighborhood selling fresh flowers I was too thrilled! I go gorgeous flowers for the best price ever. So I put my rusty skills to work and came up with these. They aren't great but it was so nice to do it again!

A little update

Hi to all! This week has been busy, hectic, and a lot of fun. Danny has been out of town, and that always throws us off. The boys and I always love when daddy comes home in the evening. But he will be home today! While he has been gone we have had tons of fun and adventure. Was a bit slow. We stayed home and cleaned...it's amazing how much I get done with one less person messing it up. But then on Tuesday we had lots going on. Some friends and their kids came over to play Tuesday morning and we ate as well. Girl time is always a blast! Then Sara and Elizabeth came by with the kids and we talked and let the kids play more. Since it was already dinner time by the time we got done talking and letting each other shop we ordered pizza! As usual, when it was time for the Archibalds to head home no one was ready for it. The kids were in tears and you would have thought they would never see each other again. Granted they have seen each other everyday this week now! It is still never enough and that makes me feel really blessed. To know that all the cousins love each other so much! Cause my kids are never ready to leave the Vaughns either!

This summer has also been filled with wildlife around our house. First, on Easter weekend Danny and Isaak discovered a nest of baby bunnies right at our front window. There were four of them and we watched them grow and hop around, until they left and now hop around our neighborhood! Then, a few weeks later, maybe a month we discovered some birds had hatched in the newspaper box under our mailbox. The boys would go out everday and check on them. They too soon fly away. Some didn't make it but the boys handled it well. The boys have discovered grasshoppers, catipillars, and house spiders this summer but, just this week we have started seeing the return of the Black Widow! They come around every time this year and we always have to start checking the toys and stuff before we let the boys go play...we have also taught them what they look like and to come and get us if they find on we missed. So after I had killed a couple this week I was feeding the dogs and discovered that a mouse has taken up living in our empty toy box. We thought yesterday he had left but discoverd that he hides uder the water bowl the boys put in there. He's tiny and will be released into the wild tomorrow after Danny returns home. There are lots of fields around here for him to go live in. The only animal I would have been out there killing with anything I could have found would be the black widow, or a snake(of any kind). Other than that I don't have an issue with letting them go, somewhere else! OH NO! I just went out to take a picture of the little mouse for the blog and look what I found!

Um, this may be becoming a problem...he's telling his friends! I've got party mice!

OK, moving on from that! Isaak had his open house yesterday for school! He got to meet his teacher and see his classroom. He really liked it all but as most kids are, he was nervous and I am sure will cry on the first day. He usually does! I think I will be a little too. It's a very nice school and his teacher seems really great! I will be taking him to school in the morning and the bus will bring him home. They have the bus kids there by 7:10 a.m. so I thought I would give him a bit more time to sleep and get ready. But I thought, if I don't have to sit in after school traffic...Yippie!

Here he is posing for me in his cool pot hat!

Now, onto Jack! He has discovered actually sitting and watching a show. He really likes it. Granted it doesn't last more than one show, but it's better than what he use to do. Not, that playing was bad, but I like it when their attention spans increase. Makes me feel like they might be catching what I'm saying. Here he is chilling in his favorite TV chair!

Big chair...Little boy!