Watch Out!! Here comes Thunder and Earthquake!!

Well, Eden's name isn't really earthquake, but she does an "earthquake"! When you are riding her, she does a great big shake. I guess it refreshes her. You better be holding on! She did it with Landon for the first time the other day and he just laughed and laughed!

We brought Eden and Thunder back over to our place, now that winter is over. It is soooo nice to have them back!! Eden has been out, giving rides around the yard. She's so sweet. Thunder was jealous! She kept calling out to us, but her time will come, then she'll be wishing she could go back in the corral and eat hay. :)

5 Kiddos at the Park!!

Last week was pretty fun and busy! We had two little ones from shelter care, staying with us. Also, Kamber stays with us one night a week. So, at one point, I had a 6 mo old, an 18 mo old, Korbin-2, Kamber-4 and Landon-6!

I had promised Kamber, the week before, that we'd go to the park the next week. She NEVER forgets, so off to the park we went!! It's quite a lot of work to get all 5 kids into car seats. At least Landon can do his himself. We had sooooo much fun though!!

Here's Kamber Lee on the BIG slide...it's seriously deadly...lol..I tried it and it was frightening! lol...

Here's Miss Betty Boop helping me with her brother.

And Landon and Kamber walking Diamond. I had a cute picture of Landon on the swing, but my computer is being silling and this one is downloading better.

Here's me and Mathew. He's tiny! He's 6 months old if you can believe that! He was a sweetie pie and loved swinging with me. And that's how bad I look after taking care of 5 kids! lol!

And of course we can't forget little Korbin. He is old enough now to really enjoy the park and he LOVED this little climbing wall.

All in all it was a really fun week! But, let me tell you, I don't know how people do it with that many little ones around, every day! Takes someone special to have 3 kids under 2 in the same house, plus two more!

Daisy...May she Rest in Peace

Our sweet little Daisy dog passed away tonight. She was a great friend and family member. She will be deeply missed. She was only 5 years old, but due to her undeniable instinct to hunt, her life was ended early by a porky pine attack. Numerous quills went into her lungs and there was nothing we could do.
She will forever be remembered. She has been burried under her tree, in the front of the yard. She loved her tree and she loved laying under it, when the weather was nice. I have painted daisy seedlings growing on my kitchen table, so as soon as the frost danger is over, the daisies will be planted over Daisy's grave, in honor of her.
Daisy was amazing!! When I was very ill, with my pregnancy with Korbin, hooked up to IVs, unable to walk, she would gently creep into my bedroom and slowly and gently put her head under my arm to comfort me. She always made sure to be extra cautious, so as to not pull out my IVs.
When we brought Korbin home from the hospital, Daisy got down and slowly pulled her body along the floor to creep over to him to say hi. And although she was excited about Korbin, she thought we'd gotten rid of Landon. Then, when Landon come home from his grandma's, Daisy went nuts, realizing that her boy was home!!
Daisy saved my life from a cougar that tried to attack me. Without thinking, she ran, jumped and intercepted the cougar before it had a chance to land on me. In mid air, they intercepted and Daisy fought hard to make sure I was okay. She was unlike any dog.
Although, we have our humurous moments, like when she got on point and Chris said, "Get the bird" and out ran a black bear! But then again, this is the dog, who would play with rattle snakes! She thought she was invinsable!
Daisy was an exceptional hunting dog and someone even offered us $3,000 on the spot for her. Of course, we declined, she was our family member. She won 1st place in her very first pheasant trial, against professional dogs.
But, not only could she hunt, but she knew how to comfort. When Kamber, our foster daughter, would have terrible nightmares, Daisy was the only one who could soothe her. We would spend hours with her trying to get her to calm down, with no luck, then one night I thought, "Let's bring Daisy in". Kamber immediately calmed down, gave Daisy a love and Daisy spent the rest of the night on her bed, held in Kamber's arms like a teddy bear. From that night on, Daisy spent countless nights comforting a little girl in need of love that only a furry, four legged creature could give her.
I could go on and on, but for now, I will end, just saying that she was the greatest dog anyone could have ever asked for!! She will be remembered always! May our sweet little girl, Daisy dog, rest in peace.

(Sorry the last part of the song is kind of loud. We just loved the first part of the song. I'd like to cut it off, towards the end though. :) )

Adoption Update

Well, I think most of my family knows we are trying to adopt a little girl, but for those of you that don't know, I will tell you now! lol..
There is a beautiful little girl, 9 years old, in Oregon that we are hoping to adopt from foster care. Her name is Kayla. We've put in our homestudy and now it's in God's in hands. :)
We have no idea how long this process could or would take, hopefully a decision can be made before too long, for Kayla's sake. Whatever may be, we will be praying for Kayla. If I hear anything else, worth saying, I will certainly keep you updated!!

Our Signature Picture

This is a picture of our horse, Thunder. We LOVE the picture!!! And while I'm missing riding the horses, due to bad weather, I figured I'd post a picture of Thunder.