Today I Lost My Best Friend

Yesterday was just a normal old day, nothing really to do but sit outside and let the kids play because it was still to cool to swim and we could not really go anywhere because we had the last night of V.B.S. So Me and the kids and My dog Sassy was all out side just hanging out when all of a sudden we noticed that Sassy was gone! we hollered and yelled and looked but nothing! I got on the 4wheeler road in the weeds and the soybean field and nothing! I was in shock it was like she had just vanished, we looked some more and the kids went to the neighbors doors and told them and still nothing!
We called Pat who was still at work and he brought the crew home and they searched and still nothing, it was getting time to get ready for V.B.S so I had to leave and he said that he would stay and look. So when I got back home I was hoping that she was standing in My kitchen, but nothing!

She took off at around 2:00 o'clock and it know was getting around 8:30, and I was afraid that if we did not find her before dark she would not find her way home because she had cataracts and could not see good, so the search was on again all the way up until 11:30 and still nothing, I started thinking the worst due to living on the busiest road in the state I knew she would not last long. So we left the back door open hoping she would come and scratch at the back door but she didn't.

It is now 4:00 in the morning and still nothing it is getting ready to storm,"o" she hates storms and she will die out there she absolutely hates the thunder and lighting and what will she do, I hollered and hollered, My hope was gone, it is 6:00 and it is storming so bad and lighting i just knew she was scared, I layed back down and waited til it was over and about 8:30 we took out again, and we road down the road that we had drove down 50 times hollering one more time, And there she was laying in a ditch," Sassy was GONE" she had walked so far and was so scared from the storm that she must have fell over with stroke or heart attack, it was like she said"I am tired" and layed down and died, she was still warm and not even wet from the rain when Pat picked her up and put her in the truck, I was devastated, screaming and crying blaming myself what if we had went out sooner? She looked perfect what could have happened Shelby Ann said,

how do you answer to a 7 year old when you don't know the answer yourself?

You see this just aint a story of a lost dog, she was My Best Friend and I had had her for 13 years and this was just not like her to just take off . I got Sassy Mae when she was 8weeks old just 2 weeks after Pat and I married and she was my first baby! she loved only me, she had love for others but it was not the same. This Girl knew more secrets than anyone else that I had told, she could really have told a story on me if she could have. She had won dog shows, Shelby had showed her off in the fair, She was my mouse patrol dog and she loved the swimming pool!

I will forever Miss and Love you Sassy Mae
Sassy Mae 1997-2009

The Polar Express

This week was Vacation Bible School at our Church and the title this year was the Polar Express. We had about an average of 65 to 70 children each night and there was 8 souls saved, Praise the Lord.

And each night there was a penny offering, boys against the girls. The Pennies this year was going to an orphanage in Uzbekistan where one of our Missionaries are at,that we support so that they could have Bible school. We collected over $350.00 in pennies and believe me it was a good running against the boys and the girls, although the boys did win over all. The pennies was weighed in the BIG SCALE , yellow side the girls and the white side the boys.The Big Scale

Shelby and her new friend Ellie from Midland Texas, She was visiting one of our members from church and she was one of the little girls that accepted Christ! I already cant wait until next year!

A Trip to the Eye Doctor

Yesterday we took Shelby and Nate to the Eye Doctor to get their eyes checked for school and to our surprise they had to be DILATED! Shelby was not happy at first and Nate he had never been dilated so he didn't know what to expect. But they did just fine and everything checked out great but leaving was a little hard beings they could not see very good:)

So after the appointment we decided to stop by Wendy's and get something to eat and take it to Freeman Lake. This is their favorite place to go have picnics and feed the ducks

As you can see they got those shades on cause they cant see!

They just love coming here!

And of course while the kids played on the play ground mom and me just sat and watched how the two of then have grown up so fast and that they may not always get along, but they do love each other!

I Never Thought

Today was a day that I thought I would never have to experience, But I did! I took a Little girl to a place she had never been before, you see Shelby has always associated school with church because that is where my sisters and me went, but this year is going to be different! Larue Baptist is not going to have enough students to keep the A Beka Book Program, and that is real sad leaving me no choice to put my little Shelby in the Public school system. I mean don't get me wrong there is nothing wrong with the public schools I also went there up until the 7th grade and loved it, I am just upset that out church wont support the school 100% and it has been this way for year.
Shelby and Nate are a pair so he will be going to,and the kids are excited and they don't know that we are sad and we will never let them know we are, we are trying to make it exciting for them and they are asking questions like do we get to eat there and do we have to take our LUNCH...... They had to at Larue Baptist, so this is a big thing. They got to meet their Teachers Yesterday as well and we seem to like both of them so this a good start.

So on Thursday August 6 My little Girl Will be attending Hodgenville Elementary school, So Please pray that this will be a good transition for both of them.

Pat's Big Day

Saturday was My husband Pat's 35th Birthday and as always have a get together for a cookout. we all had a good time eating and just relaxing, being Pat did work on his birthday and didn't get home till right before it started!Pat and me getting ready to eat The wonder full Carrot Cake Kacey Made It is Pats Favorite Pat and his buddies, Nick and Bro-Inlaw James

Kacey, Deidre and Jaden Hanging out at the party, Jaden loves it at My house!

Pat trying to get away with a piece of that CAKE!!!!

The guys playing a little corn hole

Pat and Jaden He was getting some Luvins from him!

All Four of us!
us killing time until Shelby got home so we could blow out the candles, as u can see James and Kacey still have that Special appearance about them!! lol

And we had to take some good pictures out side!
And Finally we got to blow out the candles!

Then the presents!

Pat really had a great Birthday and he always loves Family and Friends over

We will have to do it again next year!

A Day Out with Mammaw & Pappaw

"When You are with your Grandparents Nothing Else matters"

Nate and Shelby Summer 2009

Yesterday My Mom and Dad took the grand kids out fishing, and they loved it and of course my Lil Sister Tess and Lil Brother Nate went along too! They had a great time, I think Shelby caught the first 5 fish before anyone else did, She gets her Fishing skills from Her Pappaw Harold, Pats Dad.

It was the perfect fishing spot

Shelby's Big Catch

Nate's Big Catch

Dad and Tessie's BiiiiiiG Catch Wow what a Fish!

This was Really Pappaws Big Catch Jaden!

Shelby Loves Spending Time With her Mammaw( Her second MOM)

Priceless!

They ended the day by casting in the Last Fish together!

Just a Rainy Old Day

Today has been a real rainy day and just nothing to do and Shelby if you have ever been around her she just sings all the time, in front of the mirror, on the pot and in the tub, I mean its all the time. She will even sing in church with Kacey and Me.

So today I was working on Pat's books and trying to concentrate but she was just a singing so when I turned around there sat the next AMERICAN IDOL! Just let me tell you she was getting with it, Taylor Swift better watch out!!!!!!! Because here comes Shelby Ann........

Maybe she will be this bold at the end of the month when she has to sing in the Pageant!

Sunshine and Pool Time

Today was a good day for swimming Shelby said this morning when she woke up,and Of course this is the first thing that comes out of her mouth every morning the sun is shining. So to the Pool we go, straight out the back door and to the deck we go! Yea we didn't have to go far! shelby was so excited that I had called kelsey to come back over to swim today and she didn't know it.

It was so pretty our dog Sassy even laid out!

And you see What happens when Shelby gets the Camera she takes a picture even when she shouldn't!

Thank God The Dog was My Cover up! You Just gotta love your kids no matter what, As my sister Kacey would say "she is making MEMORIES"
We had a great time and we will probably do the same tomorrow!