We found a new home for Pixie yesterday! It's such a relief to have this taken care of. She's a good dog, just not the right fit for our family right now, so it was causing extra stress here at home and the situation really wasn't fair for her either. I think her new home is a much better fit for her - no small children, no other dogs, and she'll get lots of attention. :) I talked to the new owners today and they are just thrilled with her. I guess this whole experience is one of those things we have to come to terms with as an expensive life lesson and leave it at that - at some point I hope I can stop kicking myself over the money spent... For some reason this situation reminds me of the plane ticket to Mexico that I didn't end up using my senior year of college (LONG story!) - there's a good chunk of change that I'll never get back! :)
Roxy is growing like a weed. She put on about 6 lbs in three weeks. I could definitely feel it, she's like a brick when you pick her up! She's doing pretty well with training.
It feels like I've been more "referee" than "Mom" lately. Fighting, fighting, fighting all. the. time. I've gotta figure out how to deal with this because I don't think it's going to get better any time soon! (At least that's what the expert, my hubby, says... I think maybe he and his brothers kinda started getting along by the time they were in their mid to late twenties???)
Levi's finding out that sometimes it just stinks being the little brother. His big brothers get to do things he can't do, and he feels bad about that. Mike was "Deacon on duty" this week, and when he locks up on Wednesday nights he takes Caleb and Logan around with him. Levi was bummed that he didn't get to do it. And, the next night, Mike took Caleb and Logan with him to help with soybean harvest, and Levi got sad about missing out on that, too. But, I took him with me to run a few errands, and then we went to McDonald's for a treat, so that helped him feel better. :)
Last Saturday I got to pretend to be a Soccer Mom for the morning. It's just too bad that the weather then wasn't as gorgeous as it is now... :) My niece and nephew spent the night Friday, and I took them to their soccer games Saturday. Brrrrr! At least it was dry for Boden's game, it was nice and rainy for Heidi's. Then, when Eric and Lea Anne came to pick up Boden and Heidi, they took Caleb, Logan, and Levi home with them because Mike and I had a wedding to go to in the afternoon. It worked out nice to do a swap like that! Took several times explaining it to the boys to get them to understand the logistics of it all. :) Mike and I went to our friend Aaron's wedding - we all worked together at Schreur's way back when, and Mike has actually known him since they were kids because their moms are cousins or something and they grew up going to the cottage on Barlow Lake together.
It's a beautiful day and there's lots of outdoor work that I'm not getting done. Oh well! We're off to a "harvest party" at my parent's a little later.
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