Wednesday, July 2, 2008

A sad day

Today was a sad day at our house. We had to let our little Peanut go....

Peanut had been very sick for several weeks now. We took her to the vet, but she just couldn't find anything in particular wrong with Peanut. She suspected something was wrong with her kidneys or possibly her digestive tract because Peanut could not eat anything. When she did try to eat, she would become very sick.

Peanut had a surgery about two years ago to remove some kidney stones. The recovery was very hard on Peanut and we really weren't sure if she would ever recover. She did eventually get better, but she was never quite the same. So, when the vet suggested a surgery to investigate the problem, we made the decision not to subject her to that again. The vet did give her some medicine to help with her nausea, but it did not fix the problem. Last Friday, the vet examined Peanut again and expressed concern because of swelling in Peanut's lymph nodes. Shelby had the same symptoms. Although she could not confirm the diagnosis without further testing, she was fairly certain that Peanut had some type of cancer. Ronnie made the arrangements for today and we spent the last few days loving on Peanut.

Peanut was such a gentle, loving dog. She will be greatly missed.

Monday, June 30, 2008

Through the Lens - Digital Photography 101

I've been contemplating a photography class for some time now, and as I was perusing through Home Sweet Home recently I saw that Dawn had written a post about a Photography class. Hallie at From the Rubber Room has graciously taken on the role of "instructor". Click here to read more about the class.





We've only had one assignment so far - to read our camera manual. Who knew what all those buttons on my camera could do??? Obviously, I would have, had I read the manual! Now I know and wish I would have read the manual long ago, and especially before we went to the beach last week!!!


If anyone else is interested in this class, it's open to anyone and free! All you do is go to the website and click on the join group link and send an email to Hallie. It's all very easy. I hope to learn many things and will, of course, have more photos to share.



Saturday, June 28, 2008

Over already??????

It seems like we anticipated our trip to the beach forever and ever and now it's already over. We had a great time! Well, who can't have a great time at the beach? Here's a little glimpse of our week.

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Ordination Service

Today Brother Chris was ordained as a deacon at Mt. Paran and the Lord blessed the service tremendously. We had a wonderful time visiting with many friends.



Thursday, June 19, 2008

Our latest piece of art work

A few days ago, I posted about the fun we have with the Rub-A-Dub Tub crayons. Well, today as I was running Joshua's bath water, he drew me a new picture......on the wall in the hallway!

Of course, it is a masterpiece, but I asked him, "Joshua, why did you draw on the wall instead of paper? Aren't we supposed to draw on your paper?" His response was so unexpected, "Momma, (but) I draw in bathtub!" Touche'!


You may not be able to see the art work very well in this picture, but it is drawn with a beautiful red crayon. Yes, we are leaving it on the wall.

Monday, June 16, 2008

Happy Father's Day

I'm a little late getting this post up, but still wanted to tell Ronnie how much Joshua and I love him!! We had a great Daddy's Day!!!!

Monday, June 9, 2008

Bath time is fun

Bath time is usually a fun time at our house, but is even more fun with Rub-a-Dub Tub Crayons. They're even better than the bathtub finger paints!!