Meet Ruger...

Well, yesterday was the day that we were able to pick out our newest addition...Ruger! He will be 8 weeks old on Wednesday and I think he is perfect!! Getting acquainted...

Brace yourself for all the cuteness... :)

Be still my heart!...

A look back...Ruger at 5 weeks. Notice his ribbon? Yep, Ruger is Purple Boy!

We all can't wait to bring him home...the big day is June 13th!

Break time...

As I am up to my eyeballs in studying for finals and finishing projects, I was reminded of some recent incidents that made me smile...incidents that keep me going in this pursuit of teaching...

For the past 9 weeks I have had the opportunity in assessing a sweet, 1st grade girl (let's call her Emma) who is an emergent reader. Each week I would go to her class, pick her up and we would go to the "Reading Classroom". On this one particular day, Emma was finishing some schoolwork so I waited for her to finish; a classmate of hers walked up to me and smiled from ear to ear, revealing her last front tooth dangling by a thread! Here's how the conversation went:

• Me: Oh boy, you are about to lose that tooth! Do you know what you should do?
• Girl: No! What?
• Me: You should eat corn-on-the-cob!
• Girl: Hmmm...that's not in season, is it?

On my last meeting with Emma, I shook her hand and thanked her for helping me to become a good teacher. She smiled and said, "No problem. I'm gonna miss you!" My heart melted...

I am so thankful for these opportunities and look forward to what the Lord has in store me and what other fun stories I will have to share!

Okay...that was a nice break, now back to the books!!

SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO....my cousin Nicole!

• Happy birthday to you. happy birthday to you. happy birthday, dear Nicole, happy birthday to you!

Hope you have a beautiful and blessed birthday! We sure love you! xoxo.

Which One?...

As I have mentioned, this summer we will be adding to our family. Yep, a new rottweiler puppy!! Here are the parents of our new boy...meet Sgt. Pepper, the dad.

• Gorgeous, huh?! Here is the good mama, Katie, with her 10 pups! ~5 girls, 5 boys...
  The puppies are in Monrovia and we were finally able to meet them at 5 weeks of age, last Wednesday. Following are pictures of the 5 boys we will choose from. We get 2nd male pick and probably won't decide until the puppies are 7 weeks old...so which one will it be?
  
  Blue Boy? (the runt and Dillon and Dalton's favorite as of now)...
  
  

  Purple Boy?...
  
  

  Red Boy?...
  
  

  White Boy?...
  
  

  or Yellow Boy?...
  
  

  The woman with the puppies is Jeannie, the breeder and a rottweiler dog show handler. She is wonderful and taking such good care of all the puppies! She is hosting a "puppy party" next Saturday and I can't wait...never been to a "puppy party" before! I'll be sure to document the activities... :)

  • So which one do you like?
  • Hard to choose, huh?
  • For me, it will come down to temperament because they all are adorable!