My Mom kept the boys hyped up on cotton candy, throw in some delicious watermelon, sunshine, cousins and fireworks and it's a pretty amazing day to celebrate all of our freedoms!!
Year in Review- 2013
12 years ago
Thursday, September 13, 2012
4th of July
Last year on the 4th of July I was pregnant and contracting the entire time and spent the whole day miserable ready to be done!!! This year was so much fun! Both my boys were having a blast and loved the parade, picnic and fireworks! The 4th of July is one of our favorite holidays. It's one of the only summer holidays we can celebrate together!
My Mom kept the boys hyped up on cotton candy, throw in some delicious watermelon, sunshine, cousins and fireworks and it's a pretty amazing day to celebrate all of our freedoms!!
My Mom kept the boys hyped up on cotton candy, throw in some delicious watermelon, sunshine, cousins and fireworks and it's a pretty amazing day to celebrate all of our freedoms!!
Our Amazing Race
This year for my family's Easter party we threw our annual Amazing Race. We were the defending champions from last year, I was 6 months pregnant and out running my nephews and nieces! This year we decided to work together because every year my family gets a little too competitive. One year a family replaced clues with fake ones and sent others in the middle of nowhere. Another family locked the doors of everyone's cars to get a head start. It's kind of a big deal :)
We had such a great time this year and loved finally having my brother and his family a part of it again. They just returned from medical school and dental school last summer and so it's been their first Easter with us in 7 years!
My nephew Conor is a dare devil and he loves flipping off of everything and I totally fearless, scares us to death. I couldn't help taking a pic of it though. He's one crazy kid!!!
We had such a great time this year and loved finally having my brother and his family a part of it again. They just returned from medical school and dental school last summer and so it's been their first Easter with us in 7 years!
My nephew Conor is a dare devil and he loves flipping off of everything and I totally fearless, scares us to death. I couldn't help taking a pic of it though. He's one crazy kid!!!
Easter 2012
Easter was so much fun this year!! I love having two children and I cannot wait to add more to our family. Each one brings such an amazing amount of love and joy!
Of course we hide the Easter baskets at our house, why would the Easter bunny hide eggs and not the basket? Ruark's basket was in the pantry, he was so excited to get a balance bike! He loves riding it around.
Rhett was crawling all around playing with his little toys. His basket was just hidden behind the chair where he could easily find it. We planted jelly beans this year and came out to find candy had grown up overnight! The kids loved it! It was such a special day!
Of course we hide the Easter baskets at our house, why would the Easter bunny hide eggs and not the basket? Ruark's basket was in the pantry, he was so excited to get a balance bike! He loves riding it around.
Rhett was crawling all around playing with his little toys. His basket was just hidden behind the chair where he could easily find it. We planted jelly beans this year and came out to find candy had grown up overnight! The kids loved it! It was such a special day!
My Focus
The past year has flown by and I haven't been updating this blog. This blog hasn't been my focus, I have poured everything I have into my children. Enjoying every minute with them and getting my health back. It's been a long few years but I finally am feeling more like myself, So it is time I do a little catch up on our blog.
Life is moving at the speed of light! I feel like all I did was blink and Rhett is one and Ruark is almost 4! But we are so happy to be together again. I started doing yearly photo books and having them printed at Shutterfly.com. I LOVE them and it is so great to have a hard copy of all my favorite memories and catalog our years together. I just finished 2011 and now I'm working on 2010. If you watch for deals you can get them for free and only pay for the shipping!!
Life is moving at the speed of light! I feel like all I did was blink and Rhett is one and Ruark is almost 4! But we are so happy to be together again. I started doing yearly photo books and having them printed at Shutterfly.com. I LOVE them and it is so great to have a hard copy of all my favorite memories and catalog our years together. I just finished 2011 and now I'm working on 2010. If you watch for deals you can get them for free and only pay for the shipping!!
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Friday, April 20, 2012
New York
In January we took off to New York to see our best friends. It was a great trip and we had so much fun over those 10 days. Ruark still asks for Alex almost every day. We can't wait to see them again!
Here's the first bunch of pics, too much fun for just one post!
Here's the first bunch of pics, too much fun for just one post!
Our little dog with a big heart
On April 16th we lost Calliope. It was a really low blow. The vet was calling us and keeping us informed she was dehydrated after a seizure and needed some fluid. Her temperature was a little low too so they wanted to keep her to observe her. He said that she would be fine and I could take her home soon. Just half an hour after getting off the phone with him he called to say her temperature dropped and she slipped into a coma and passed away.
Her last few days were hard on her but we all thought she would pull out of it. I can't believe how hard this has hit me, I didn't know I loved her so much. Calliope has always been Chase and Ruark's dog, maybe that why it hurts so much. I watch Chanelle and the boys walk around heartbroken all day. I have to keep explaining to Ruark thy she is gone which makes it all resurface.
Not long after she died I kept thinking where is she, I know where humans go and the Plan of Salvation. But where do dogs go. My heart broke thinking that she was just gone. I felt like I was ripping in two thinking that she was gone and her spirit had no where to go. How do others who are not of my faith go on after the loss of a family member?
I started googling church literature on the matter, I couldn't sleep and I just felt empty. I ran across some greta information to share. I'm sure very few people care about their pets as much as we do for ours, but I hope some will gain a little peace from these quotes.
Moses 3:5
And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew. For I, the Lord God, created all things, of which I have spoken, spiritually, before they were naturally upon the face of the earth.
Quote:
The spirits of animals are in the likeness of their bodies. The spirit is eternal and does not change. The spirit of an elephant looks like an elephant; the spirit of man looks like a man. This is true of all creatures under Heaven. Therefore, the body of the creature cannot change and evolve into something different and still look like its spirit. This principle is simply stated by the Lord that there might not be misunderstandings. (Sacred Truths of the Doctrine and Covenants Vol. II, p. 38)
Quote:
They [animals] will be resurrected and placed in their appropriate places in Heaven. As the fall of Adam affected animals, (see Book of Mormon, 2 Nephi 2:22) so also through the atonement will the animals be heirs of salvation in their respective spheres. (Sacred Truths of the Doctrine and Covenants Vol. II, p.38)
Quote:
We also learn from this revelation and the word of the Lord in other revelations that in the eternities the animals and all living creatures shall be given knowledge, and enjoy happiness, each in its own sphere, in "their eternal felicity." These creatures will not then be the dumb creatures that we suppose them to be while in this mortal life. (Sacred Truths of the Doctrine and Covenants Vol. II, p. 69)
I read these quotes over and over again the past few days. We buried her out at my mom's an hour after she passed. Her body was still warm while we held and placed her in the box. Ruark put in some candy for her, a family picture of us all together and a picture of jesus. We wrapped her in her favorite blanket and said goodbye.
We went to leave the house and I kept calling Calliope to go home instead of Chanelle. We cried all the way home and talked about what an amazing dog she was for our family. She always made us feel loved.
When we got home I let Chanelle out to go potty and had the strangest feeling I was letting both dogs out. I watched closely and I realized no there is only one. I let Chanelle back in and went in to rock Rhett to sleep. Under the tree in his nursery I had the strangest feeling that she was there and I cried and told her how much we love her and we will miss her. I talked for a while and finally exhausted from all the tears I carried Rhett to bed with us while I wrote in my journal. It was all such a jumble in my head I just really needed to process it all.
Halfway through my entry I dazed off thinking about Calliope while I held Rhett in my arms. All of a sudden Rhett reached up and grabbed my lip and yelled down really hard. It snapped me out of it and Chase and I started laughing because that was what Calliope did to us whenever she wanted our attention. Rhett looked deep into my eyes and smiled and turned away from me to look about a foot away and reached out and started petting the air looking at the same spot while a big smile the same way he used to with Calliope. Chase and I looked at each other and said what is going on? Rhett turned back to me again and once again pulled on my lip, looked deep into my eyes and turned again to pet the air and smile at the same spot.
I was so heartbroken that we weren't there with her the last two days because she was at my Mom's and then at the Vet's everyone was doing everything they could to help her. I wish we had held her when she passed away, that we had known she was that sick. How were we to know, the vet didn't! We were there when her spirit went to heaven and she came to say goodbye.
We miss her, all of us. The small spot on our bed where she slept every day for 5 years seems like a crater. How could something so small take up such a place in our heart? We love her and can't wait to see our little puppy in heaven when we get there. I'm at peace that my future children are their with her and she knows them and feels as loved as she did here in our home.
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Her last few days were hard on her but we all thought she would pull out of it. I can't believe how hard this has hit me, I didn't know I loved her so much. Calliope has always been Chase and Ruark's dog, maybe that why it hurts so much. I watch Chanelle and the boys walk around heartbroken all day. I have to keep explaining to Ruark thy she is gone which makes it all resurface.
Not long after she died I kept thinking where is she, I know where humans go and the Plan of Salvation. But where do dogs go. My heart broke thinking that she was just gone. I felt like I was ripping in two thinking that she was gone and her spirit had no where to go. How do others who are not of my faith go on after the loss of a family member?
I started googling church literature on the matter, I couldn't sleep and I just felt empty. I ran across some greta information to share. I'm sure very few people care about their pets as much as we do for ours, but I hope some will gain a little peace from these quotes.
Moses 3:5
And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew. For I, the Lord God, created all things, of which I have spoken, spiritually, before they were naturally upon the face of the earth.
Quote:
The spirits of animals are in the likeness of their bodies. The spirit is eternal and does not change. The spirit of an elephant looks like an elephant; the spirit of man looks like a man. This is true of all creatures under Heaven. Therefore, the body of the creature cannot change and evolve into something different and still look like its spirit. This principle is simply stated by the Lord that there might not be misunderstandings. (Sacred Truths of the Doctrine and Covenants Vol. II, p. 38)
Quote:
They [animals] will be resurrected and placed in their appropriate places in Heaven. As the fall of Adam affected animals, (see Book of Mormon, 2 Nephi 2:22) so also through the atonement will the animals be heirs of salvation in their respective spheres. (Sacred Truths of the Doctrine and Covenants Vol. II, p.38)
Quote:
We also learn from this revelation and the word of the Lord in other revelations that in the eternities the animals and all living creatures shall be given knowledge, and enjoy happiness, each in its own sphere, in "their eternal felicity." These creatures will not then be the dumb creatures that we suppose them to be while in this mortal life. (Sacred Truths of the Doctrine and Covenants Vol. II, p. 69)
I read these quotes over and over again the past few days. We buried her out at my mom's an hour after she passed. Her body was still warm while we held and placed her in the box. Ruark put in some candy for her, a family picture of us all together and a picture of jesus. We wrapped her in her favorite blanket and said goodbye.
We went to leave the house and I kept calling Calliope to go home instead of Chanelle. We cried all the way home and talked about what an amazing dog she was for our family. She always made us feel loved.
When we got home I let Chanelle out to go potty and had the strangest feeling I was letting both dogs out. I watched closely and I realized no there is only one. I let Chanelle back in and went in to rock Rhett to sleep. Under the tree in his nursery I had the strangest feeling that she was there and I cried and told her how much we love her and we will miss her. I talked for a while and finally exhausted from all the tears I carried Rhett to bed with us while I wrote in my journal. It was all such a jumble in my head I just really needed to process it all.
Halfway through my entry I dazed off thinking about Calliope while I held Rhett in my arms. All of a sudden Rhett reached up and grabbed my lip and yelled down really hard. It snapped me out of it and Chase and I started laughing because that was what Calliope did to us whenever she wanted our attention. Rhett looked deep into my eyes and smiled and turned away from me to look about a foot away and reached out and started petting the air looking at the same spot while a big smile the same way he used to with Calliope. Chase and I looked at each other and said what is going on? Rhett turned back to me again and once again pulled on my lip, looked deep into my eyes and turned again to pet the air and smile at the same spot.
I was so heartbroken that we weren't there with her the last two days because she was at my Mom's and then at the Vet's everyone was doing everything they could to help her. I wish we had held her when she passed away, that we had known she was that sick. How were we to know, the vet didn't! We were there when her spirit went to heaven and she came to say goodbye.
We miss her, all of us. The small spot on our bed where she slept every day for 5 years seems like a crater. How could something so small take up such a place in our heart? We love her and can't wait to see our little puppy in heaven when we get there. I'm at peace that my future children are their with her and she knows them and feels as loved as she did here in our home.
I
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