A New Addition to the Family....

Welcome.....Daisy!

So for awhile now we have been thinking and praying about getting a dog. Ya see we already have 2 cats, one bird and a fish....oh yeah and 4 kids! Umm and we live in the city....so you see where the hesitation comes in?! Anyway I so wanted the kids to have a dog to grow up with and we were getting to the point that if we didn't do it soon we'd find ourselves getting a dog because we were lonely after they were all gone! Ok maybe not quite that bad but you get the point. We decided that when we got home from our spring break trip we would start to look for a dog. We were going to rescue one from the pound and that way would would be saving a dog and staying away from a purebred and all of their purebred problems (been there done that). So the day we got home I was ready to run down to the pound and get a dog any dog just because it was time after all. But Greg.... my ever calm, opposites attract, the Lord sure provides, amazing husband....said we should wait and pray and he was sure that the Lord would provide the "right" dog and we would know when it was. So.... we watched and waited....and on Sat. we took a family outing to the pound just to check out the local dogs (I had been keeping a daily...almost hourly watch on the pound web site updates so I felt pretty sure that there was not one there). The kids wanted to see so...why not? After perusing the kennels and once again not finding the "right" dog we were headed home but stopped to look at the kittens ...and there....amongst the cats was the cutest little chocolate lab you have ever seen! After asking at the desk and finding that she was a stray that they had picked up and they would hold for a week to make sure that no owners showed up to claim her we went home to wait until her release date on Tues. Boy you have never heard more earnest prayers! So Tuesday came and Brock and Greg head down bright and early so that they wouldn't miss her and they were told that the wrong date was written and she would not be released until the next day. Also we were not the only ones interested and so there would be a silent auction. Ugh stress!! Wednesday it was my turn to go down and I don't think that I have ever felt worse in my life then to stand there and bid against someone knowing that one of us would have to go home and tell our kids that we didn't get the puppy! It made me physically sick! But Greg and I had discussed it and we felt really comfortable in the number that we had both had laid on our heart if you will. It helped as I left the house and Brock said to me "mommy if God wants us to have that dog you'll say the right money and we'll get it". Ahhh the faith of a child. Anyway...it came down to one other guy and me and I really thought that I would be going home empty handed ....but....Greg and the kids were right...the Lord showed us and gave us the "right" dog for our family. And boy is she a cutie! Maybe we should have named her Patience and she could have been a constant reminder to me! Hee hee! Anyway she is an approximately 3 month old chocolate lab mix?!? And her name... we think.... is Daisy!