Oh my heart ACHES as I post these pics!!! I miss these fluff balls like CRAZY!!!
I was asked to take in these 3 pups that were left on the doorstep of a Vet's office. They were estimated to be 4 weeks old and had been left with no mother. So I immediately picked them up since I was going through major "puppy withdrawl"--oh yeah...it's a real thing--from the chihuahua pups:) I was "told" they were border collie mixes but who knows, they were just plain CUTE. I joked all the time about what they "actually" were in my pictures of them.
Roxy: She was the most playful and adventurous of the bunch and she just LOVED Rocco. Roxy and Rocco were quite the pair:)
Vicious dog attack:)
Puppy or bear cub?
Puppy or Werewolf?
Puppy or Hyena?
Olive: This little girl was probably my personal favorite. I just loved burying my face in all her fluff:) One day I was outside with them and I was picking up dog poop. I came around a corner to see Roxy staring over the pool edge and waves being made in the pool. I threw the shovel, poop went everywhere and I RAN to the pool to see little Olive treading water like a champ in the pool. I immediately pulled over out and she was completely fine--didn't cough up water or anything. I was just so glad that I was there for this and said LOTS of "thank you" prayers for sparing this little girl. We totally bonded over this event as I held her in a towel drying her off.
They were soo tiny at first:)
Puppy or baby skunk?
This was her "serious" model pose:)
Fiona: Also known as "Fifi." This little girl seriously looked like a stuffed toy--she had to have batteries somewhere right? We also thought she kinda looked like a baby girl Wookie or Ewok. SOOO dang cute. She was the runt of this litter and pretty much the boss too:) She would also be the first of the 3 to get adopted!!!
Definitely bear cub right?
Puppy or Baby Girl Chew Baca?
Rocco just loved them too!!!
I took these puppies back to the shelter on a Thursday and ALL 3 were GONE by Saturday!!! I was beyond happy to know that they went so quickly. I am just sad that I don't personally know any of the people who took them. But they got off to a great start with TONS of attention and TONS of love and now they're off to good lives in good homes and that's what matters most. LOVE fostering pups! Seriously one of my most favorite thing to do:)
Tatum has waited for this day all year! She knew EXACTLY what she wanted and I think we pulled it off very well! Her hair stayed put ALL day even through PE:)
Our FAVORITE holiday has come and gone way too fast!!! We had such a great time with everything going on over the week of Halloween:
Pumpkin Carving with the Parks:
Our year wouldn't be complete without this event. Kevin and Chris are sure getting good at their pumpkin carving. One little mishap with a rotten pumpkin but everything else went great! As you can see from the pictures, the kids were a little over-dramatic with the pumpkin guts:)
GROSS Ethan!!!
Finished products!
Halloween:
Carlie and Ethan actually got to go to school in their Halloween Costumes. We were joking with Ethan because he school is EXTREMELY patriotic and the Principal is a U.S. Constitution expert so we were "worried" that Ethan might get shot going as a "Red Coat."
The most beautiful little Hufflepuff witch I ever saw:)
Shakesperian Ethan? (He couldn't be the same thing that night:)
Halloween is SERIOUS business to this guy:)
Thank goodness that Chris is such an awesome artist! He's the kid's personal make-up artist every year:) This year for the actual Trick-or-Treating, we had a potluck down at our neighbor's house. It was just our 2 families and we really enjoyed just hanging out while our kids went out together getting way too much candy. Another great Halloween in the bag:)
I'm the worst at taking pictures of Tatum's softball teams! It's usually because I'm such a nervous wreck at the games!!! But we are particularly fond of this fall team--The Blue Angels. Tatum gets to play with one of her very best friends--Chloe V. Chloe and Tatum are the unstoppable Pitcher and 1st Baseman. If Chloe gets that ball, she WILL get it to Tatum at 1st and Tatum WILL catch it. They seriously rock their positions. It sure helps when their coaches are AWESOME too:) They are being coached by their dads this season and just LOVE it! Chris has coached a lot of his boy's teams over the years but has found girl's softball to be his hands down favorite:)
I got to go on a school trip to southern California. There were many great things there like Catalina Island (which i got no pictures of because they didn't allow phones to be seen outside), tar pits, a farmer's market, the Hubble observatory, the Hollywood sign, and Sea World.
Me and my friends at Hubble observatory Dallin, Nik, and Ethan
The Ghostbuster's car and the Ghostbuster dogs at the Farmer's Market
This is the Meeker family residing in beautiful, sunny Chandler, AZ. Chris and I have 4 beautiful kids: Carlie (23), Ethan (21), Maxwell (18), and Tatum (16). Thanks for stopping by:)
