Look What We Got!

I've been begging Rob for months for a dog and I decided to do it without his blessing he finally gave in. We welcomed little Miss Sassy a few weeks ago and it has been so much work fun! The kids absolutely love her, but she has added a few more things to my "to do" list (because I needed just one more thing)! She is hillarious and has done fairly well with the training.

She really is a cutie and I've even caught Rob snuggling with her a few times. She's a Bichon Frise and isn't supposed to get really big. I wanted something substantial enough that the kids wouldn't kill, but also small enough not to be a huge nuisance.

All of this kind of happened after I accidentally killed our family cat. Yes..... I killed it. Shut the garage door on its neck.........doh! It was traumatic for all of us. Poor Sandy was the BEST mouser. He was not, however, the most friendly pet. He was tough, though. There were several occasions I thought that cat was on the last of his nine lives when LO AND BEHOLD--- he would pull through. Not this time. Rob, Tate, and Avery came home from a walk and Rob saw him stuck under before the kids could see.

We realized how tough he must have been when a week after we buried him, we found where the coyotes had finally gotten the best of him-- this time when he couldn't fight back :(

I hope we have more pictures to show of Sassy in the coming years. I think maybe even Rob has gotten a little attached. It helps that she is just so darn cute ;) And the little girl holding her isn't so bad, either :)

I thought I'd join in on Jessica's fun this time. I've started a post several times and never got to finish it ;)


Tonight, Avery got out of the bathtub after spending a little too long and says, "Look Mom, my hands and feet are OLD!"


Avery comes into the living room last night and sings:
"Don't you wish your girlfriend was hot like me."
I swear she learned that at school.


A few weekends ago, Tate decides he wants to try a "pizza burger" from our local BBQ drive in. Now a pizza burger in NE Arkansas consists of a fried patty of some sort with some italian seasoning and a piece of cheese melted in the fried stuff. It's regional flavor ;) After trying it, he decides that it wasn't for him. Later he informed me that "on the Billy Mays commercial for Big City Sliders, he makes a hamburger with ALL the ingredients of a pepperoni pizza". Too much TV? Naw.


Avery wants to be a mermaid when she grows up.

He Did It!

Well I never doubted that I would be able to type that title, but it did get a little scary along the way! Rob will graduate this coming Saturday with a Bachelor's in Fine Arts! Yay! This past Thursday, he had his Senior Exibition and, for those of you who weren't able to make it, it was fabulous. I was a little concerned with the location at first, but it turned out to fit his work well. He had about 50 or more in attendance and everyone seemed very impressed with his work. Here are some shots of my artist and his "wares".
Congratulations, Rob!