A snake bite!

I took the kids to school this morning as I usually do the first day. We left about 7:15 and Jesse and I returned home around 7:45. I found Bitsy with a very swollen face. It was a little scary. I didn't know what had happened as she was fine before we left.

I called the vet and they said it was probably a snake bite or a bite from some other animal. I took her into the animal hospital and the Dr. looked at her and said "snake bite, probably copperhead".

That makes me very nervous because I have little wild ones that like to play outside. I will just have to be more vigilant when they are out.

So here are some really sad pictures of her. I hope she has learned to leave snakes alone!


Her head and nose are normally quite thin. Poor little dog!

Ah, school time again

Here are the little cuties~Elias has grown so much! It is really noticeable in this picture.









Jesse is excited to start his school too. He loves to cut and paste and use markers and crayons. I have a curriculum for him that I think he will do well with.












It is Eva's first day of school. She has Miss Lackey~the boys both had her for 1st grade, but she now teaches kindergarten. She is excited but a little nervous.












Saul is not really excited about school. He would rather stay home and play all day. He has Mrs. Ghassimi this year for second grade. He is looking forward to seeing his friends and spending some time with them again.








Elias was counting down the hours until he returned to school. He is in fourth grade and his classes are in a different hallway. He is excited to have an actual science class and not just a little portion of the class be about science. His home room teacher is Mrs. Treat. I'm sure he will have a great year.

Talk about busy....

This is from the back side of the car port. We spent all of Saturday putting up the walls and making, and putting up the roof trusses.












Here is the side/front view with the trusses up. It wasn't really too bad just a long day! Chad and I cut and put together all the trusses and then Les and Jacob came up and helped us put them all in place.







And finally, here is 'worker boy'--so named by Jesse himself. He loved handing up nails and braces. He felt like such a big helper.

Helping? build a tree house

Here are the kids at the Fox's. My friend Rebecca's parents live in our ward and she was here for the summer with her kids. We had a great time.
















The kids stayed there one afternoon while Bro. Fox was building this tree house. Rebecca, Elias, and I went to see a movie. They had a great time playing with Joshua.











They got very wet playing in the water which was a good thing as it was very hot that day!










Here are Joshua, Jesse, Eva, and Saul. They were such good helpers!!

What I find interesting......

Is how many other Latter-day Saints are out there blogging. I sometimes just click on next blog--many times, I come across an obvious LDS blog. I think it is great that there are so many people out there who set a good example in their writing and pictures for others to partake.

I have been working on a friend of mine, working to get her to my house so that we can meet up with the missionaries. I worked with her about 10 years ago and she always seemed interested in the Book of Mormon and other aspects of the gospel. The boss lady didn't like us talking religion, unless it was about her church.... so we mainly talked during lunch breaks, when she wasn't around. I lost contact with her after a few years. I have seen her twice now and have her phone number. Her husband remembered me by name and she said he had been wondering about me. I know there is interest there. I hope I have been a good example so that the gospel can be taught and I think they are ready!

That is exciting because in our ward, we have been having about 2-3 baptisms every month. Sometimes more. The kids are a little tired of going to baptisms but I think it is good for them.

So, there you have it, all my thoughts in a jumble. I know the gospel is true. I can't believe I have let myself become shy about sharing it again. I'm going to change that now. Having the gospel in my life is the most amazing thing. Nothing else can bring the peace and happiness it brings----