One Tail Ends, Another Begins


Oh Bella B! She was Lillian's 5th birthday present and the girls don't remember a time without her. Yesterday was a hard day when we finally had to decide it was time to let her go. She's had some tumors growing on her for the last several years and it got to the point where we could no longer deny she was in too much pain. She was the best dog and will definitely be missed. We are all absolutely heartbroken, but are so thankful for all the years with her.

We've had some other changes in our house recently too. We were at Jackson's birthday dinner and a friend of his mom mentioned having a kitten she was trying to give away. Lillian has always wanted an animal to sleep with her, and Matt and I knew that Bella's time was soon (plus we lost both guinea pig pigs in the last few months) so we decided it was a good time to add to the family. We've had Katniss about two weeks now, and she is fitting in perfectly! Her name comes from the main character in the Hunger Games, which is Lillian's favorite book. Cozy absolutely adores her and Sammy is warming up quicker than I expected.





On top of those too big events, it's been pretty busy around our house, as usual. We've celebrated Jackson's birthday.



Brynn's birthday 


Kathleen had her first volleyball game, and Lillian and Little Rock ran in another barrel race


There have been A LOT (like 4-5 a week) of baseball games 


Plus, Lillian and I even spent our Saturday night last weekend that was finally free, at a baseball game for my students while Kathleen was at a friend's birthday party


Yesterday, was Kathleen's last field day and my First (and possibly last?)  Field day as the teacher.










And I had a wonderful Mother's Day last weekend that has no pictures. Matt ran all of my "kid errands", by taking Lillian to feed horses twice and taking Kathleen to a private lesson at the Cheer gym. I got a massage, took a nap and we all four went to a baseball game after Matt's delicious meal of steak, asparagus and potatoes. Perfect day! ❤️

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