Summer 2011

            I thought keeping up on this blog was going to be easier than this. It has been a crazy summer...    


                                                   Although, we have not really done much, besides our 2 week trip! 

We did go to Texas for 2 weeks. We spent 3 of those days at south Padre Island.  We stayed in a hotel on the island that had a board walk off the back of the hotel. It also had an amazing swimming pool right in front of the beach.  The kids kind of bounced back and forth between the pool and the beach all day.

        

FYI: South Padre Island is only 10 miles from the boarder. We had to go through a check point to leave.

My favorite time. Was waking up at 6:00am and walking down to the beach.  I can not explain the feeling.  I walked out to the beach. The sun had not come up yet. There was a layer of fog in the air. There were a few joggers running by every once and awhile, but for the most part I was the only one out. There is a soft breeze that was coming off the ocean. You have the sound of the waves coming in. Then the sun starts to come up. The feeling that came over me was a wash of emotion. It was so serene. I could not help raising my arms in the air and closing my eyes to feel it.  If you want to feel close to heaven go sit on the beach all alone on a perfect morning and watch/feel the sun come up! 

I brought Avri, Hattie and Belle with me the next morning.

Although they did not feel what I did, it was neat for them to watch and I got some cool pictures of them.

Fog before the sun came up.

Love that face!

We found some cool seashells! 

We all played in the sand! The kids dug up so many tiny clams...that the next day I told them "today we are going to go dig as many clams as we can, then we are going to take them out of their shell and microwave them for lunch" So funny all the kids were ready to go catch some lunch!

Trying to make a face in the sand.

Avri

Matt and His dad hanging out in the shade

Me and the kids making sand sculptures

Back In Houston...Where grandma and grandpa live. The kids were entertained by the dogs! I am not sure who had more fun..the kids or the dogs.

Kids swimming with aunt and uncle in Houston pool

The twins celebrated their 8th birthday in Texas.

Friends mom wanted to make up the twins and take pictures. 

Kyle started football. He has been practicing 6 days a week for 2-1.5 hours.  He is loving it...Maybe not as much as I wish he would! I have always told him he is going pro...He may play and act like he enjoys it just for my sake!

The twins got baptized August 6th.  It was a very personal day. We only had a couple family members show up and a few neighbors, but the lack of people did not make the big day any smaller. The spirit was so strong...I just wish everyone else could have felt it.

 So thats our summer!  





             

New Puppies!

Some how!

Long story short!

We promised Hattie a lizzard for her birthday.

Matt is a softy and we ended up with two NOT one.. but two miniature poodles.

They are sisters. They were 8 weeks when we got them. They are now 11 weeks.

Aside from all the potty training and keeping them out of the boys arms they have been very good puppies. 

Yesterday they found their way to a tray of strong D-Con we had in our garage.  Luckily I was outside and saw them eat it. We got them to a vet within an hour and a half. The vet induced vomiting and then gave them a charcoal treatment. They are also on vitamin k for the next 30 days twice a day. The vet said we were very lucky to have caught it as the puppies both would have been dead by morning. The vet also said to do follow up blood test every 10 days for the next 30 days to make sure they are not going into organ failure and that their blood is clotting normally. We are to watch for bruising and blood anywhere else on the body.  

That being said.. an after hours vet clinic on a Saturday night YA!  Lets just say we have some golden puppies!

It makes you think!

I am the one who says put them down! BUT in the moment....where do you as an owner draw the line on the measures you are going to take to save a pet.  The bigger question...Your children's pet?  It is weighing heavily on my mind. Blood tests another couple hundred dollars....and if they come back and say it is not looking good!  Then what?  IVS lots of medications LOTS of $$$... Where do you draw the line especially if you have already spent more than you ever swore you would on a pet or pets!!!