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Our pets

  Like most people, Our pets are a part of our family, so I thought I'd write a few words about them.    We've had our dog back for a few months now so this post isn't really new information, but here's the story.   We bought a puppy when we'd been married almost a year, we were in the process of buying our first home, so it seemed like the natural thing to do was to get a dog. I had done my research, we wanted a breed that was good with kids and a loyal family dog. I had always wanted a Boston Terrier, after all, who could resist that cute little flat nose? Anyway, the breed fit our criteria so we found our puppy, she was listed on puppyfind.com and was the most affordable choice even though she was located in Arkansas. So with our free flight benefits, we hopped on a plane and picked her up, and I must say, she was the cutest little thing I'd ever seen.   Russ came up with the name Annie Belle because it sounded southern and we wanted to give her a na...

School!

  My little boy is growing up!   Last week Taevin started kindergarten. Back to school night was on Tuesday so I went a little early to help clean up and volunteer for the first few hours, and after directing people and trying to answer questions for other parents for two hours, Russ showed up with Taevin and it was my turn to be the nervous mommy with lots of questions.   We went to the kindergarten room first and met the teachers and were very impressed, next we were off to pay the bus fee and figure out the lunch situation, and after a few pictures I was much more at ease and ready to get Taevin home and into bed so he'd be nice and rested for school in the morning.   I was up by 5am at the request of my hungry baby so I got ready and got Taevin up at six. He put on his cute uniform and his brand new school shoes that we had laid out the night before and headed down for breakfast.   I had wanted to drop him off on t...