Obedience class for Hershey

Hershey has finnished her 6 weeks of obedience training. She made some friends along with getting much better at walking on a leash and behaving. She is such a good dog. I don't think we could have asked for a better personality for our family dog. She is fun loving and very good with the kids. She loves people and other dogs. If she's this good as a puppy she should be excelent as an older dog. Anyway, her favorite friend from class was Sebastian. He is a 5 month old St. Bernard. They play really well together. Hershey always wanted to know where he was. Her other friend was Rosa. She is a short haired German Pointer. They got along well also. So classes are over but training continues. Good job Hershey!

Girls will be Girls

So a new era has arrived to our house hold. The girls have discovered shoes. Not just any shoes mind you but mom's shoes. I had to take a picture because they've been walking around the house in my shoes for a few days and I still am finding that my shoes are not where I expect them to be because they've been borrowed at some earlier time. The girls would now like a pair of their own boots with high heels. Oh, we've only just begun!

In August while setting up for Emily's reception, I realized that my center stone had disapeared from my ring. Two of my prongs had broken and so I have been without my ring since. We didn't want to replace the center stone because no one would cover it if this happened again. So Pete took me ring shopping and we found a new ring. It is nothing like the original but it was beautiful and we both liked it alot. So thank you Pete for my early Christmas gift. I love it!!! Sorry about the movie of it. I haven't been able to take a good picture.

So the last little lady in this blog is sweet Hershey. We had her spayed on Friday. She was really out of it that night and the next couple of days she was doing okay but on the third day she was having some difficulty. She was dehydrated and hadn't eaten much and was sick to her tummy (we wont go into details). I took her in for her check up and they gave her some fluids and some very bland food to try. She got sicker later that day and so we kept an eye on her. This morning we came downstairs to find some not so lovely surprises. She seems to be doing better though and we hope to see her recover quickly!

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was hosted by Bob and Kim. Thanks for having us! I forgot my camera and so we get to see things from the girls perspective. I have enjoyed Courtney's pictures. It is fun to see the things she see's. Pete's mom and dad came up for the holiday and his brother Mike and Kim came too. The cousins had a great time together at the dinner table as well as on the wii. Friday I did one quick run to an early bird special and came home all ready to go back to sleep. Alas sleep evaded me and everyone else was still asleep. I decided it was a great time to give Hershey her shower. After everyone woke up and had their breakfast we started to decorate for Christmas. We got the house all done on Friday except for the ornaments. Saturday we went to see a friend who hosted a "get your tree" gathering. We have an artificial tree I admit but we were able to get this pretty Holly wreath. Thank you Vickie. Courtney took pictures of our decorating (no I did not prompt her) and so I have fruits of our labors! The girls were a huge help with getting things up. Thank you girls for your help. I do have to mention that Connor was not feeling well so that's why he didn't participate much. Hershey wanted to be wherever we were and is happiest if we let her stay close. I still don't want her on the carpet! Christmas is coming fast and I hope we can enjoy this season and remember what it's all about!!

Dogs and Kids

I decided I wanted a new background to look at for awhile and then thought I should post since I was at it. Life continues on and I have pictures of daily tid bits. One night when Pete and I were watching T.V. I happened to glance over and saw Hershey asleep with the Celtic basketball. She certainly is fitting into our family well. We were able to watch our nieces and nephew one afternoon. I had to take a few pictures. The kids were having a ball together and Pete and I had fun watching them. From what I gather, my niece hasn't fallen asleep like this for anyone else besides mom and dad. I guess we wore her out. (Plus the fact that Pete is a furnace!) Allie and Mallory were sharing their piano abilities and later Allie and Courtney decided to show us their fashion sense. We had deemed Hershey an outside dog for the day but Kate was enthralled with her so we gave her a closer look (safely behind the glass of coarse!) If you look closely you can see her face in the glass. She was pretty cute!

After a long day of waiting outside and finally let inside, Hershey girl wanted her blankey and her bed. Nightie, night puppy. Sweet dreams.

Happy Halloween

Connor's scout group got together and carved pumpkins. Connor's is Batman it turned out really cool. The girls wanted a vampire jack-o-lantern and so that's what we did. They had fun with dad carving it out. My job was preping them. Hershey wanted to eat the inner's but we kept her at bay.

The kids had a fun day today. The school had a spirit assembly at 8:30am that was a lot of fun. Later in the afternoon they had their costume parade and then classroom parties. I was mostly in Mallory's room helping out but made it to Connor and Court's for a few minutes. When the kids got home I took them trick or treating at a shopping center with some friends. It was fun to see all the costumes.

We had dinner out and then went out for the "real" trick or treating. I had been on my feet for too long today so I drove the car and Pete walked with the kids. They had fun and even met up with friends by chance. We even missed the rain. It stayed dry all evening and was even a little on the warmer side. Thank goodness!

Things we've been up to

Pete introduced me to Sliders. I had seen and heard of mini hamburgers but had no idea they were known as "Sliders". I have to say, I enjoy them more than your average hamburger. I also need to add Pete makes the best ones I've ever had ( besides a guacamole burger ). I'm not sure if they taste better because they're so cute or if it's because I feel like I'm eating less. No matter, I like them a lot.

We had our family dinner again but Bob, Kim and the younger boys were out of town so we had our nephew's over to represent the fam. T.J. needed to feed Kinsey so he took the girls with him to feed her. When he got back he said he was glad he had conference to listen to because the girls were dead silent the whole way! I was amazed they could be so quiet for that long! Anyway, he brought Kinsey back with him so she and Hershey could see each other again. (It has been since the 4th of July.) It was pretty funny to watch. Hershey wanted to play soo bad and Kinsey wanted no part of it. Hershey was tired after it all from attempting to play so it worked out well for us.





The kids also had their dentist appointment and all went well. No cavities thank goodness. We even left the dentists office without having to take any bouncy balls! Mallory's teeth have started coming in finally. I'll post when you can see them better.

We have also been enjoying beautiful weather lately. The days have been clear and warm and the gorgeous fall colors abound. One afternoon the girls and I decided to rake up the leaves in the front yard. We made our pile and then the girls played in it. I took a picture of my fall hydrangeas because I like their fall colors. It was a good afternoon.



We also took a picture of Hershey so we could see how much she has grown. She is 6 months old now! She is growing so fast. She is a really good dog. We lucked out big time.

Tomorrow's Thursday?

I honestly can't believe how fast time is flying by! I also feel like that's all I say anymore. Schedule has resumed in our home once again. I do much better by it and as long as I pay attention things can go smoothly.

Mallory has the hardest time in the morning of the bunch. I believe she gets it from me. Sorry Mal, it doesn't really get much easier. You just learn you have no choice. Well no choice until all of your kids are in school and instead of doing what you're supposed to be doing you get back into bed until a phone call wakes you at 9 am. (That was a nice day : )! )

This week I did slow down a bit. Monday I played hooky from aqua class and finished the sabbatical scrapbook (from 2 summer's ago), Tuesday is the day I slept in. Today I went to my aqua class like a good girl and did the things I needed to. I've been in charge of our school movie fundraiser so I go in every Wednesday and Friday to fill the ticket orders. I've also volunteered to get the after school activities organized, and up and running. They didn't have anyone in charge of it so there hasn't been any activities going on. Hopefully we can get things together pretty quickly.

All in all I do think the days are no longer 24 hours long. Some way some how the days have shortened and no one is telling us. I hope I can slow down and find the things I enjoy in life. Like the smell of fresh laundry, the sound of rain, and time with my family and friends. Here's to another week almost gone.