Duke

This is the newest member of our family, Duke! He is a 7 week old Jack Russel Terrier!I got him last Monday. He is just so much fun! I love having him around! I am working on potty training him right now and he is doing really good! He didn't soil his kennel at all last night! :D

Look at that cute face! And this is his favorite way to lay down...

So, I bet you're wondering what Chance is thinking about all of this, eh? Well, he loves Duke!

Chance was at home sleeping, and I went into town to do some grocery shopping. I pulled into the Wal-Mart parking lot and saw a sign for jack russel puppies... and stopped to have a look. I saw Duke and fell in love! They were asking for $200 a puppy, without papers, and they were all boys. I told them I would think about it while I was shopping. I went in and priced some puppy stuff and still kept debating on it. I called mom, and she told me to go ask them some more questions, that I didn't have a whole lot of information on them. So I went back out, got my information, and was offered $175 if I bought him right then. Well, I hadn't done my grocery shopping yet! I told them that I was from out of town, and couldn't take him right then, and that I was still really thinking about it. I walked away, but with the owners phone number... just in case. I did my grocery shopping and while I was still in the store called the owner back and told him that I wanted the puppy! I wasn't sure if he would still offer $175, so I asked and he said yes! I purchased my stuff, got Duke, and headed home! :)

When I got home, Chance was still sleeping. I figured I would break it to him gently, since he knew I was wanting an inside dog, but thought I was saving for something else later on down the road. Well, I wasn't paying attention to the time and didn't hear Chance get up. He walked into the kitchen all groggy and saw Duke sitting in the floor looking up at him. He simply said, "What's that?" I said, "This is Duke!" "Oh." Then he turned around and went to get in the shower! I thought he was mad! He really wasn't, just a little shocked... and after he got ready for work, he played with Duke!

Welcome to the family Duke!
Daisy And Duke. (They will love each other eventually!)

Past Time...

It is way past time for me to update this thing! Visiting Devin, Heidi, and Corey in Idaho was a BLAST! It was super good to see them, and I miss 'em like crazy! The scenery up there was very beautiful!
While there we visited the Yellowstone Bear World! They had a drive-thru animal park and fun rides for kids! My favorite part was driving through the animal park and seeing all the bears up close and personal! They would walk right by the car and not even think twice about it! Some of them were HUGE too!

These are some funny t-shirts they had at the gift shop! :)

And here is a picture of their new puppy Darby! He is such a fun little dog!

I would post more pictures, but I seem to have deleted them before saving them to my computer! Sad, sad day! (The only reason I even had some pictures is because I took some on my cell phone.)

And some other news... I started working again! Yay! I work for an optometrist that does eye screenings out of town. I am still learning a lot of new stuff, but am starting to get into the swing of things! We go about every other week (sometimes more), leaving on Wednesday nights and coming home Friday evenings. Not bad, eh!? I really enjoy that it is enough to keep me busy, but not enough to over-whelm me.

AND, in October, I get to go to my very first Girl's Weekend! YAAAYYY!!! The married women on my mom's side of the family try to get together every year for a special weekend with just the girls! I have been looking forward to this since I was little! They didn't do one last year, so I missed out, but this year we are going to Time Out For Women. I am soooo excited and wishing that more of us could go, but I know it's hard for everyone to coordinate!

By the way, is ANYONE else ready for fall? I can't wait!