THE NEWTON'S

Well we got a little ice storm on Monday and Tuesday. It's Thursday now and I haven't been away from home since Monday morning... I've got the driveway cleared off enough to get the cars out, but am stuck at home because the car battery is dead... the laugh's on me! Hopefully today we'll get it down to the dealership and get the battery replaced. It won't keep a charge, so it has to be jump started to go anywhere. Here are some fun pictures of the kids enjoying the ice and little bit of snow that we got. The first day home, the kids just played in the backyard. We were still getting some sleet, so they only went out for a little while inbetween the sleet/snow coming down. The next day the sun was out and shining and we went out front and slid down the driveway on cardboard boxes and papers (in plastic bags). The kids had a blast, and then went inside to warm up while I cleared the driveway.

So... we have spent the last three weeks looking at puppies online, finding one that would be great for our family. We found an adorable little 4 month old black lab from a lab rescue in Tulsa, about an hour and a half drive away. We contacted them, and filled out the adoption application paperwork. Sent pictures of our fenced back yard, and got approved to adopt her. The lab rescue had named her Regina, for their records mainly- they generally called her puppy and girld so that she would easily adapt to a new name. We bought a large crate (she would get big!) and food bowls and a collar, leash and tag for her and on Saturday we drove to Tulsa to pick her up. The lab rescue was doing an adoption fair, so they had all the dogs they were trying to adopt out at a Petsmart and we meet them there. We got there around 1pm. As I was walking over there were a few people asking about a cute little puppy, and I overheard that it was Regina, and she was being adopted... I then said that I was Jul...

Well I haven't posted on here for a while. The kids are back in school now, and we are getting back into our routine. We had a great 2 week break, but by the end of the second week the kids were starting to get grumpy from being in the house too much. They are enjoying school again. We have been going back and forth over what type of dog and what color of dog to get, but we think we might have figured it out. When we finally get it, I'll post pictures. :)