he's home!

look how happy he is! :) we sure missed him. the house just wasn't the same with him gone! he had gone to lay on his pillow to rest & brenden followed him in there, covered him up & tried to share some mini gummy bears with him.

you can tell he is in some pain. they give them the injections in the back (kinda like where a dog's waist would be), so he's a little swollen there. he didn't eat last night or this morning, but he did eat the treats i gave him; go figure. he did great through it all! now comes the hard part of keeping him calm & unexcited for 4 weeks. i will need some prayers for that too! :)

I was supposed to serve on Jury Duty yesterday...

But I forgot. Totally. Forgot. Jury duty. How does that happen?? I have never known of anyone forgetting they needed to be at Jury duty. But I did!

Yesterday morning I was at work, talking to my friend Vipha & she was saying how she was late to work because her husband had to go to jury duty. I swear my heart fell on the floor. I said "what is today???" The 10th. I ran out & said, um I've got to call Daniel. I was so scared that I was going to be arrested or something. I started crying. I was terrified. I don't want to go to jail!

Well, I called Daniel & his response was, "don't call me, call them!" Oh, uh, yea. Ok, good idea. I called the number they had on the papers, left a message saying I totally forgot. When the lady called me back, I asked her if I was going to be arrested & she paused. Then said probably not. She sure sounded reassuring!

Everything was fine. I have been rescheduled for a date in February. I pray I remember that day! Something tells me I will be arrested if I don't!

A little prayer for my chocolate man

We found out a couple months back that Easton was heart worm positive. We are taking him to the vet in the morning to have the treatment done, to get rid of them. He will stay overnight & we will pick him up Wednesday evening. He started actually showing the symptoms about a month ago-coughing a little bit, & sometimes taking deep breaths. Other than that he is still his active, spazo, sweet, funny self :) If you just have a spare second tomorrow, please send up a prayer for him to be strong & pull through the treatment without any complications. It's apparently a risky procedure & can be hard on some dogs. They did say he was a prime candidate for it, so we think he will do great! Once we bring him home on Wednesday, he has to be calm for 4 weeks. 4 weeks!!! That's going to be the hard part. :) Love you 'Cleason'-be strong. We will have Dino at home waiting for you.

His sense of direction

My mom came over Friday night so I could highlight her hair. We had planned on getting dinner first, & started deciding where we wanted to go. We asked Brenden what he wanted, & he said he wanted to go to the store where his friend is. Ok? My mom & I decided we would just go to a Chinese place up the street. He said, no I want to go to the store where my friend is! I told him we were going to eat, not going to go to a store.

He continued...said he wanted to go to the store where his friend was & where there was a ball, & a horse, and a bucket. I thought he might of had a dream about this, because I had no idea what he was talking about! I asked what his friend's name was & he didn't know. He said he was not in his old class or his new one. I was like, where did your dad take you, and what in the world are you talking about!?! We asked him if he knew where this place was. He said we turn, turn, go over bumps, turn, go straight. :) okie dokie.

So we were getting in the truck, and we decided to get Chinese. His eyes started tearing up! He was determined to go to this place he was talking about. I backed out of the garage, & said what way do I go buddy? He told me every turn to take & what direction to go to get us out of the neighborhood. I said are we going to get on the highway? He said yes. I was wondering if I needed to fill up my tank before we left the area, cause I had no idea where he was taking us!

Some light bulb went off in my mom's head (thankfully) & she said, are we going to the place where you get pancakes?? I wish y'all could have seen the look on his face! He was so excited, we figured it out, finally! He said yes with this huge smile on his face! Cracker Barrel Restaurant (and country store) is the place. And my mom has always called this little ferret thing that has a magnet in his nose, his "friend"! The magnet is connected to a ball (which he mentioned earlier in the night was orange)! He rides a little horse at this place. Oh and his "friend" is in a bucket.

I said, you know how to get there? And he did. I told him he was going to tell me how to get there. He showed me where to go for the highway, what exit to take, & what turns to take to get to the restaurant. We were blown away. Here are a couple pics I took with my phone...

I remember last year he started telling my mom how to get from their house to ours! Guess he's pretty good with direction! Which is good, considering I just figured out how to know what direction I am facing about 3 years ago!

Halloween parade & party

Friday was Brenden's school Halloween parade & party! They all got to wear their costumes most of the day. Here are all the little kiddos in his class, getting ready for the parade...

Here they are during the parade (cowboy's waving at the camera)...

They went back in through the front door & we came in the side door. He thought we left & was just so upset! So was I!

Cowboy & Dad
Cowboy & Mom (or cowgirl, as he kept calling me)

We had a wonderful time & are so glad we are able to be there with him during these times!

Bamaw's company halloween shindig

The law firm my mom works for does this amazing Halloween party every year. Their whole floor is turned into different themes of a haunted house, but not all of it is haunted. Some playful. Here's my cowboy!!!

My mom dressed up as an old lady this year. She did awesome on her make-up! Promise, this is nothing like what she looks like :)

Here she is on the right. That is one of her co-workers in that Mona Lisa frame, mantle piece thing. This area is where the elevators are, so when you step off, it is pitch black. Pretty fun!

Cowboy & Daniel, in one of the scary places...

Little man walking across the stage, during the costume contest...

And here we are, the boring mom & dad, dressed up as parents :)

More Halloween Activities

Brenden & I put together some little goodie bags for his classmates, for the Halloween party day. Let's see...we had goldfish, teddy grahams, & play dough. Brenden insisted on making himself one. He helped me fill some & then he put a candy corn sticker on all 21 of them!

Frankly, this is what he was more interested in-jumping on the guest bed.
And, we also made caramel apples, for the first (and probably the last) time. haha! They were pretty good, and we enjoyed doing it, though. Here are some of the remnants...