Life in Phone Pictures

Whew!  What a week it's been around here.  Last Saturday our dogs wandered off and couldn't find their way home.  Thankfully, after 60+ VERY stressful hours, they finally returned home.  I'm just glad this week is almost over.

Last weekend, the Little Lady and her Grandpa took a few minutes to hang out and watch the goats play.  The baby goats are really cute and fun to watch run and jump around!

Sunday afternoon, we went to my uncle's 50th birthday party.  I made him this "50 sucks" sucker bouquet and the Little Lady painted him this beautiful card.

Here's the Little Lady all decked out in her birthday party outfit, waiting to get her 2-year-old pictures taken.  Well, enjoy this picture, because it's as good as it gets.  When it was her turn, she had a COMPLETE meltdown.   

Meltdowns are hard work.  Here she is on the way home.  I tried to take her headband off because I thought it would be more comfortable for her.  She insisted on keeping it on AND having it pulled down over her eyes.  Whatever.

Monday, John Wayne and I both had the day off work for President's Day.  We just moped stayed around the house, hoping the long lost dogs would come home.  We did have some hot cocoa.  The Little Lady thought that it was pretty darn tasty!

Tuesday, the long lost puppies finally returned home!

Another big thank you to all of you who said a prayer for our pooches {and us}!

 

I had to go to Denver this week for several meetings.  One of my meetings was at the State Capitol.  Let's just say it made me appreciate the fact that I live in Wild Horse and work in Limon even more.

So yeh, no tragic events {and our one tragic-to-us event had a happy ending}, but I will still say that I'm not sad to see this week come to an end.

Happy weekend from the Trailerhood!

Home Sweet Home

After a very long, stressful 62 hours, through the power of prayer and by the grace of God, Lucy and Lacy are HOME!

My Mom called me shortly after I arrived at work this morning..."I have some partially good news, Lacy is home."

While I was thrilled that Lacy was home, it was bitter sweet, I was then instantly more worried about Lucy. There was only one logical explanation for this is my {stressed out} head: Lucy was dead.

Well, thankfully I was wrong, and about two hours later, I got the phone call from my Mom that I was hoping for..."Lucy has been found!" Our friend at a neighboring ranch said they were shipping cattle when Lucy wandered in.

Lucy was found about 7 miles away, only two hours after Lacy came home. John Wayne and I have determined it played out something like this:

Setting: the middle of the pasture, two tired dogs, after being gone for two days.

Lacy {the good dog}: "Screw you Lucy, I'm going home. I've had enough of this being free crap, I want to go home to my warm bed. And food. And Mom and Dad and Tressie. And food."

Lucy {the rebel dog}: "Fine Lacy, you big baby, do whatever you want, but I love being free."

Lacy: "Fine."

Lucy: "Fine."

And off they went their separate ways.

Several hours later, after being reunited.

Lucy: "Lacy you schmuck, you had to run home and I got a pick-up ride."

We are just SO thrilled to have all of our happy little family together again. Thank you so much to each of you who prayed for us and our pooches. Like one friend reminded me on Facebook, "God cares about our pets too!"

Lucy and Lacy

My heart is breaking this morning...our two beloved golden retrievers wandered off yesterday afternoon and now can't find their way back home.

I know all of you out there are too far away to help look for Lucy and Lacy, but please do one thing...pray for their safe return home.

Thanks : )

Happy Birthday Lucy!

Today is Lucy's 6th Birthday! John Wayne and I got her right when we graduated from CSU in December 2004. She was one of twelve in a litter of pups that Mom and Dad's dog Hannah had.

Lucy has always been a very loyal, kind heart.


She absolutely LOVES her baby! I don't think anything can come between these two.


Lucy spent the first six months of her life on the Ranch while John Wayne and I shopped for a house in the big city. She made the adjustment to city life just fine (however she always missed the terrible Wild Horse water and would drink a swimming pool full every time we visited), but our move back to the Ranch has rejuvenated her! Goats and kitty cats have now made life worth living again!

Happy Birthday Lucy...your family LOVES you very much!

Wrong Crowd

We moved to the country to give our kids a better life.

These two may still look innocent enough, but they've gotten in with the wrong crowd...


They've become members of the "Kitty Kat Killers."