Slumber Party!

Before I get into the slumber party, it must be said that one of the reasons Joe wanted to move to TN was because he was/is afraid of FL flooding since it is surrounded by water and not much above sea level. Ahem! With that said, here is what it looks like around here after a few hours of heavy rain and a few hours of light rain in one day. One of these pictures is taken 5 minutes from our house, one of these pictures is on our street!

5 minutes from home

Our road!

After seeing this after one day of rain, I am very concerned about flooding around this area! Much more than I've ever been in FL. What if we had a storm lasting a few days or a week!?!

 

ANYWAY! So tonight the girls had a sleepover with their two closest friends here (their only friends really). Originally it was only going to be Laura staying the night, but their friend Lacy was here with them most the day so I invited her to stay as well. They played with toys, they played Minecraft, we had spaghetti for dinner, cinnamon buns for dessert, they painted, and now they are lying together watching a movie. Laura and Ashely fell asleep by 9pm but the other 3 are still awake. Hopefully they will be falling asleep soon! Here are a couple of pics of all of them tonight.

 

 

 

 

 

Some of you may know, but for those of you who don't, we will be getting a puppy within a few weeks or so. I feel ready to move on and feel I am ready to give love to another dog. At first Joe didn't want to get a puppy, but he DID want a 4-wheeler, so we made a deal. He gets the 4-wheeler and I get the puppy. He said he wants to be part of the process, so when my friend's puppies are ready for a new home we will go together as a family to pick out a new puppy for us. Not looking forward to the housebreaking again, but other than that I feel I am ready. 1st thing will be picking out a puppy that is NOT skittish, because that is why we couldn't get Petey back in the house. If you tried to approach him like you were going to pick him up, he'd run away scared. He was that way his entire life, even before we got him, so it really couldn't be trained out of him. We'll be looking for a medium energy, friendly, playful puppy. I will start training early, and the dog will not be allowed outside while were are leaving the house, under no circumstances. The dog is just a mixed breed "mutt" and will be free, so really looking forward to seeing how this puppy will do for our family compared to Petey, since he/she will be completely different than Petey was. Though I still miss my boy very much so. :o(