Our Aweful Beautiful Life

Monday, 21 September 2009 Well, last Wednesday, we lost a good friend. Jasmine, the newest addition to our family, had been missing since Tuesday evening, and Jason found her Wednesday near the end of our driveway. Poor thing had apparently started to run (she tended to stay close to home, so this was completely new...) and we are assuming either sometime late Tuesday or early Wednesday she was hit on the highway. Jasmine was a good dog for us, one we'd only had since March. She wasn't high maintenance  and she was soo good to Colton. He even said (and still does occasionally) "Jaschy" which is his version of Jazzy. His favorite past time with her was bubbles...he and I would blow them, and Jasmine would jump up and bite them! She will be missed. RIP Jazmine...

Wednesday, 16 September 2009 Well, I'm gonna keep this short & sweet in the verbiage department, and probably quite long and obnoxious with the pictures. I think my jaw his the floor when I realized that State Fair was the last time I blogged, and honestly, that was some time ago! I apologize. Key points since State Fair -- We are loving this weather. 70's/80's during the days, 50/60 at night! It's perfect weather...a wonderful way to end the summer. The last weekend of August we headed to Illinois with Seth & Jen, Jacob, Silas & John for the 1/2 Century of Progress Farm Show. Lots of tractors -- Colton was lovin' it! That, and the fact that we basically spent the whole day on a ranger ride....he didn't want to get out of it to come home!  We also got to see my cousin Kenzie from DC, and Uncle Marc and Aunt Denise. That was a long overdue visit! September 2nd was a huge day -- Mom's Birthday celebration as well as Fa...