OUR PRECIOUS BABY GIRL

WE HAVE A NEW BABY IN THE HOUSE AND SHE'S THE SWEETEST LITTLE THING I HAVE EVER LAID MY EYES ON. HER NAME IS "ROSIE BELL". SHE WAS BORN ON MAY 19TH. KATIE NAMED HER THAT WHEN SHE GOT HOME.

SAD PART IS, WE LOST MY YELLOW LAB OF ALMOST 13 YEARS WHOM I LOVED DEARLY. HER NAME WAS MAGGIE, ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE NAMES, AND SHE HAD THE BEST PERSONALITY. SHE USE TO RIDE IN MY TRUCK UP FRONT WITH ME EVERYWHERE I WENT!! I ALWAYS NEW SHE WOULD PROTECT ME.

I WILL MISS MY GIRL ALOT, I HAVE ONLY TALKED ABOUT IT TWICE. I JUST CAN'T STAND TO CRY ABOUT THINGS SO I WILL JUST CARRY ON KNOWING THAT MY MAGGIE IS NO LONGER IN PAIN.

LITTLE ROSIE IS A BEAGLE!!! WE THINK THAT'S GREAT. WE WENT TO A FARM IN LEBANON AND PICKED HER UP. SHE HAD NEVER BEEN OUT OF THE CAGE OR ON THE GROUND, BUT IT DIDN'T TAKE HER LONG TO CATCH ON OR TAKE TO SPOILING. KATIE HASN'T LET HER DOWN BUT TO POTTY AND EAT SINCE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. I HAVE TO PRY HER FINGERS AWAY AT NIGHT SO ROSIE CAN GET SOME REST.

WE ARE SO PROUD! AND NO YOU CAN'T HAVE HER, BUT I KNOW WHERE YOU CAN GET HER SISTER OR BROTHER. I DO BELIEVE WE GOT THE PICK OF THE LITTER!

FUN IN THE SUN!!

WE HAD A WONDERFUL TRIP IN JUNE TO THE BEACH. IT WAS AN UNEXPECTED AND MUCH NEEDED SUPRISE, AND BEST OF ALL FREE. YES I SAID FREE.

WE PLAYED PUTT PUTT GOLF WHICH WAS HUNTERS FIRST TIME AND WE RODE GO CARTS AND MORE... WE HAD SO MUCH FUN JUST BEING TOGETHER FOR 9 DAYS.

KATIE AND HUNTER HAD A GREAT TIME "RIDIN THE WAVES" I DIDN'T GET IN BECAUSE I HEARD THE JELLYFISH WERE BAD AND I WAS RIGHT. HAROLD PULLED OUT 6 IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.

WE HAD A GREAT TIME FISHING OFF THE PIER. I'VE NEVER FISHED WITH SHRIMP BEFORE BUT APPARENTLY THE FISH LOVE IT!! THEY KEPT STEALING OUR BATE!

WE WENT "CRAB HUNTING" AT NIGHT. THAT WAS GREAT UNTIL WE ACTUALLY FOUND A CRAB IN HIS HOLE. I DUG HIM OUT AND HE TOOK OFF AFTER US. HAROLD AND I LOOKED UP AND HUNTER WAS ALMOST TO THE TRUCK. NEEDLESS TO SAY WE DIDN'T GO BACK ANY MORE BECAUSE OF THAT AND THE "WHITE SAND BEARS" THAT ONLY COME OUT AT NIGHT STORY THAT I TOLD KATIE ABOUT. YEAH, I HAD HER HOOK, LINE, AND SINKER! PRETTY PROUD OF MYSELF, UNTIL SHE WANTED TO GO BACK TO THE ROOM, FINALLY SHE ASKED ME IF THE STORY WAS TRUE AND I HAD TO SAY NO, IF I EVER WANTED TO SEE THE BEACH AGAIN, SHE SAID "THEN WHY DID YOU TELL ME THAT" I SAID "BECAUSE PAW PAW USE TO TELL ME STORIES LIKE THAT WHEN I WAS LITTLE" SHE SAID "DID YOU LIKE IT WHEN HE DID THAT" I SAID "NO" SHE SAID " WELL I DON'T LIKE IT EITHER!" MAN SHE SURE CAN SPOIL MY FUN!!