staying busy

As soon as school got out, I immediately had to get busy doing something. I have had several things on my list of things to do..
1. Clean up the guest bedroom
2. Get the wedding stuff organized
3. Work on our wedding book
4. Work in the yard (This included trimming back the crepe myrtles that I absolutely hate, weed out the flower beds, till up a corner of the yard and connect the flower beds, and plant new plants)
5. Clean out the garage
6. Paint the garage
7. Completely redo the backyard

1-5 are complete. The last two things are to be completed before I start back school, or the heaviest of it be complete. I've been super proud of all the work I have completed.



Last Friday, I noticed a sound going on in the house. It just sounded like water running constantly. After a few phone calls to my rather smart father, we figured out what the issue was. He told me to keep water off that runs into the hot water heater, that there must be a leak in our hot water line. We called the plumber Monday, and they confirmed it was a hot water line leak. We didn't know when they left how serious the matter could turn out to be. They needed another guy to come in and listen for the leak. He showed up the next day and determined the leak was somewhere in the hallway. This mean the floors needed to come up there so they could bust the concrete and locate the leak and make repairs. After much waiting, frustration, 2 concrete busts in the hallway and in the bedroom, and what seemed to be to me a tiny hole it is all finally repaired and things are back to normal. We hope... at least for awhile.







Last Thursday my grandmother had back surgery. They did what they could to help her, and she is still struggling with the pain of the surgery. We hope that that surgery will help her a lot. She has always been such a fun and spunky grandmother and I always hate to see her down. I went and spent some time with her Tuesday afternoon and a little bit Wednesday. Please pray for her, she could really use some extra healing prayers! :)



I also enjoyed lunch at the Country Club with my Mom. It was nice to visit with her. Dad also took us to El Roacho Tuesday night. We had a good time, and all enjoyed the visit home talking about what they should be doing with the oil spill and how they should go about plugging it. We had some great ideas, one of which I can't share! Tuesday morning was also pretty stressful...I had to screen into the teaching program and got in, it was just nerveracking because you dont really know what to expect. But it wasn't too bad!

So far it has been a great summer.

McKenzie is doing lots better! She seems like her hurt, pain or whatever was getting my sweet girl down as gone away! Thank goodness!


This is Allie's favorite ball, but we have to limit the amount of time she gets to play with it. We basically just roll it and act like we are going to take it from her and she growls. She did pick it up off of the ground the other day. I was shocked because she is just 25 pounds and this ball weighs 5.


Also, this past week, we said goodbye to our sweet Jack. He was my grandparents dog. He and his sister Maggie came into our family in 1996. We had to put Maggie to sleep 2 years ago, and Jack died in his sleep sometime Monday night, early Tuesday. This past Easter, we got him on the four wheeler, I'm so glad that we did that now, because that was his very last ride. He was so funny that day and didn't want to get off of it at all! I also got a great shot of him on the back of the four wheeler, and I'm most thankful for that. It is really hard to lose a pet. It is something my parents have had to do twice, and really all of us, but I know it hurts them so much more. I pray that my grandparents will be ok, this was the best dog that they've ever had, and I know they will miss him greatly! Rest in peace Jack, you are now with your Cadillac chewing buddy... pain free and happy!