Carp asked me over and over what I wanted for my birthday this month. I finally came up with something comforting, fun, warm and sweet to the core.
Meet Dean Winchester, my border collie mix that I picked up at the Animal Shelter almost a month ago. He was the runt of three puppies and I absolutely fell in love with him because he was quiet and sweet while his brothers where loud and bossy. When one of them saw me looking closely at Dean he grabbed him by the ear and pulled him away so he could sit where Dean was. I just felt so bad for him being picked on and all. So, we adopted him.
We named him Dean Winchester after my favorite character on the T.V. show Supernatural.
He is a sweet little guy. He sits at my feet when I am on the computer. He sleeps by my bed at night. I just love him!
He is about 5 1/2 months old. He will be a mid sized dog when he is done growing.
Dean fits in great with our family. He is good with the kids and very playful. We are so happy to have him!
Seth left for his first day of high school this morning as a sophmore. He was the first up (not a big surprise) and didn't give me any grief about having to do something with his hair. Yep - I had my doubts about that one, but he came through.
Carson was totally cool and collected getting ready this morning because, hey, he's a senior. He wasn't stressed about anything. He was so not stressed that he didn't bring his school schedule with him. I text it to his phone and all was good.l
My goodness! Two good looking young men in high school! Hold on . . . yep, I'm a bit teary. That feels weird. 
It's really hard to get this kids to smile an average smile. That's actually an awesome quality. Who wants to be just average anyway.
Gabby looks so much older in this picture! We blow dryed her hair out last night and straightened it. She loves the color purple - hence her purple attire for the first day.
Once again I am experiencing a little short gasp of breath. Are they really old enough to look like this? These different stages pass by so quick! Oh.
Gabby is in 4th grade this year with Ms. Mangum. She is really excited to have her as a teacher.
Nathan is in 6th grade this year and has Mr. Kowallis. He has a normal sixth grade boy attitude about school this year.
We ran into Shelby before school started and I got this pictures of Shelby and Nate together. They grow so fast!
Sam ran into a friend (James) at the school before we headed over for her kindergarten assessment. She start kindergarten next week. I just don't know what to think about that.
