We're back!

We've missed you!

Our little world has been anything but boring since my last blog post!

Let's catch up a little..

The kids are great. Keeping me busy as ever.

My sweet dh has taken a new job that has taken him away from home for a little bit.
He's doing well, and is keeping very busy. He'll be home soon.

Our sweet Lily has had a rough time of it. She disappeared. The last time we had seen her was the day our neighbor was out shooting on his property. We thought she was dead somewhere. The neighbors in our area have been loosing sheep, so they have resorted to shoot first..ask questions later. We looked for her everywhere. Could not find her anywhere. We were so upset about it. Then one day, just shy of her being gone for 3 weeks she came hoping around the house. I was standing in the back yard, and I honestly had to look twice to believe it was her! She looked awful! She had wounds on her back paw, and 2 huge opening's on her hindend and on her side just under her front right paw. I rushed her to the vet. She had been shot with a .22 3 times. The vet said she had been wounded for at least a couple of weeks, and he was amazed she was still alive. She's a miracle! He cleaned her up, stitched her up, and put her on strong antibiotics. He said she looked good considering everything, and thought she'd make full recovery..all except for her front right paw. When she was shot it grazed her leg and shattered the bone. It healed, but she'll always have a limp. Amazingly enough she has made a full recovery!! The picture below is what she looks like now. Pretty and sweet as ever! It's a blessing!!
Needless to say she doesn't leave our sight anymore. She's a fulltime house dog, and only goes out under supervision. We have no proof of who shot her. We have a good idea, but we'll never really know for certain. We decided to let it alone, and be thankful our Lily is back with us.

A couple of days before Lily came back home, we got this little sweety.

Her name is Breeny. She's a cairn terrier. Lily didn't take to her very quickly..as you can well imagine, but she finally came around. They're good friends now, and you don't see one without the other. Kadin loves Breeny! She's just his size. LOL!

We went to Cloudcroft, NM with my parents for our springbreak.

We hiked in the mountains.

Stayed in a really nice cabin.

And played in the sand at White Sands, NM.

It was a good time!

Easter was fun!

I made these for Kaleb's class.

I got the idea and instructions from here: Bunny Tails.

We had a lovely Easter at home. The Easter bunny was good to the kids.

My parents and sister came for a visit.

It was a great time, and we enjoyed spending the holiday together.

Our latest excitement (and I say that with tons of sarcasm) has been snakes in the chicken house.

We've had not 1, but 2 giant snakes in there in less than week of each other!!!

The man in the picture is a good friend's husband that was kind enough to come out and take care of them for us.

He told me they are chicken snakes. They were eating our eggs. The chickens didn't seem to mind them, as they kept laying the entire time the snakes were in their house.

I really hate snakes. I'm so scared of them.

I'm seriously thinking about finding new homes for my feathered friends.

I definitely can't do snakes!

Anyway, that's a little of what we've been up too.
I enjoyed my break from blogging, but I miss having this small record of our little world to look back through. I'll definitely be posting regularly again.

If you're still out there...thanks for checking in with me!

Sincerely,

Michelle