Our dog and the flu

We got our dog and the flu yesterday. Apparently we brought a stomach bug back from Kansas. Yuck. It sure has made the adjustment to the dog more difficult. She really wants to go outside and eat the chickens and cats. I have very little energy today as I spent most of it being really sick last night. She is strong and jerks me around quite well when she hits the end of her leash. She pulled my youngest off his feel once already. She pulled out of her harness and took off after the chicken. It was smart enough to flap, fly and fuss into the barn where it lost Snickers. Snickers is a good natured girl. As I was throwing up last night she would nose into the bathroom to check on me. She is a golden lab with sad brown eyes that she uses in much the same way my kids use their sweet eyes. Well that is about all for now. When I get enough energy I will post some pictures of Snickers and the boys.

Quick Trip to Kansas

We left Iowa at 5:30 pm on Wednesday night. Arrived in Olathe at 10:30ish. Had a fun visit with the Warners and ate a fabulous burger with the boy cousins at midnight. Up and at 'em the next morning and on to Douglas, KS for Thanksgiving with the Flippo Family. We met Uncle Russel's new dog, played in the hot tub and made a decomposition column of the dinner scraps with the twin cousins. Dan and I did some Black Friday shopping at Menards and Barnes and Noble. Fun date time together. We owe a BIG thank you to Brad, Kathy and Jac for keeping the boys. I enjoyed some girl time with Kathy and Jacqueline at some girly shops in Wichita before we headed to McPherson, KS for Rocco Thanksgiving. It was good to see my sisters, nieces, nephews, aunts and cousins. We used Thor's hammer and smashed the great pumpkins from this year's Grammy's Pumpkin Patch's contest! One hunderd twenty two pounds of splat. We picked up our generator from Papa and now are on the way home to Iowa. Full weekend... full of food, family and God's incredible blessings!