Brief interlude

I wanted to take a quick moment to highlight our Boxer, Bella. She is ten and a half years old and

has the most beautiful spirit I've ever seen in a dog.

She has been battling some kind of immune disorder where her immune system won't allow her body to make platelets. She went for another blood check today & she is finally back up to 240,000 platelets! This is absolutely awesome since at one point she was down to 30,000. She is such a great dog & doesn't have one nasty bone in her body. She is a rescued dog & maybe that is one reason that she is such an amazing dog.

While her gas can send you running from the room gasping for fresh air, our lives wouldn't have been the same without her. We love you Bella!

Speedy update

Okay, here's my speedy update...


Ava & Sofia started Kindergarten....Big step for all of us!



We didn't think they'd need their backpacks the first day so I didn't send them in. Of course they came home with plastic bags full of papers I had to fill out. They also came home with a sad story about having to watch all their new friends eat snacks because their mommies sent in a snack & I didn't...I put myself on the bad mommy list for that day. At least we didn't miss the bus...


















Luckily they had each other or I don't think they would have gotten on the bus!!



























Doesn't the bus look too big for them?!





















The next day they wore their "Handy Manny" backpacks & went equipped with snacks & bottles of water.












One morning before school while I was working on the budget & thought they were playing nicely they created this beautiful masterpiece in the living room...




















I helped them clean that up & asked them very kindly to remember the rules about putting away one game before they take out another game! And anyway, how can I be too angry when they are so darned cute!

















One day after school we went to a nearby park that they love so much because they can climb big rocks & I caught Ava telling Sofia a secret. I'm so grateful that I got it on camera.





































Labor Day weekend we got to go to Nonni's & Aunt Sandy & Uncle Andy's beach & they absolutely loved playing in the water.



And poor Ava...This picture just makes us laugh so much that I had to include it in my speedy update. This was in August after a long day of swimming in Nonni's pool. You can see Sofia off to the left on her way to try to fix Ava's hair. There was no fixing Ava's hair...