Our new doggy-Molly Girl!!!

On August 14th, Joey and I woke up and had ourselves an ordinary Saturday morning. We drank coffee, played sequence, and talked about what we were going to do that day. One of the things we needed to do was to take Duke to the vet for a check up on his sprained tail and get a shot. Dukes vet is at Petsmart and that Saturday the 2nd Chance Humane Society just happened to be there with adoptable dogs.

While we were waiting to see the doctor, Joey had to go to the bathroom and when he came back he was like you have to go look at a lab back there. So of course I did and we both got all excited and decided as soon as we were finished with the vet we would go back together and look.

When we went back to look, Joey had never seen the shiny black lab that I had my eye on. So we looked at the other lab he saw originally, but something kept bringing us back to the black lab they had named Lindey. So we asked if we could walk around with her and see how her and Duke got a long. Well we ended up spending 2.5 hours walking around with both dogs discussing what we should do. At one point we gave her back and said we needed more time to think about it, but for some reason unknown we could not leave the store or stop staring at her. In the end she won our hearts over and we went home that day with another dog.

We decided to change her name to Molly, since Lindey was a name that was just given to her when she was brought to the humane society and she did not respond to it at all. They said she was brought in by someone who found her on the side of the road and thought she was about 9-10 months old. Well, that night we found out she was a little younger than that because while we were watching the two dogs play we saw that Duke had blood on him. Once we realized he was fine and that the blood had come from Molly's mouth because she was still losing teeth, we realized that there was no way she could be older than about 6 months old! The vet agreed as well that she was about that age.

Molly is a completely different dog than Duke. One word to describe her would be "CRAZY". She is just a bundle of energy and we found ourselves comparing her to Duke constantly. They are just completely different dogs. Duke is totally a Daddy and Momma's dog, he likes to be with us, wants to please us, gets excited when he gets to go places with us, he is just such a good dog. Where Molly is completely opposite. Molly is a free soul, she likes to wander around, she is super stubborn, when she is up she is full of energy and can't sit still, and nothing really seems to phase her.

We found ourselves getting stressed out with her because she was so different. And it wasn't until someone finally said to us, "you know the dogs are going to be just like your kids will be, different from each other. Did you really expect to get another Duke?"

When we stopped and thought about that question we realized that, yeah we did expect to get another Duke. And then we realized how ridiculous we were for thinking that. Once we realized that and started to accept Molly for who Molly is, our stress level has gone down and we have begun to enjoy her much more. And realized she is just as great of a dog as Duke just in a different way!

Having Molly now for over 1.5 months, she has completely stolen not only our hearts but Duke's as well as they have become best friends. I honestly can't imagine life without Molly in it! She is our new addition!

But to all those out there wondering when we are going to stop with the dogs and have real kids.

(Mom this question is for you)

I did tell Joey that we can't get anymore dogs until we move to a bigger house with a bigger yard and mostly because I want a baby now!! So no more 4 legged friends for what I hope is a long while as we have our hands full with the two we have. Hopefully in the near future I will be blogging about a new addition that doesn't have four legs!!

How could I forget???

We now have been living in Texas for over a year! Hard to believe but we have! And living in Texas you must attend these 2 things to really understand Texas living! And I forgot to mention it in my last post when I was updating!

First, we have gone to our first Friday Night Lights in the good old state of Texas where football is everything! It was almost like we were at a college game, just not quite as big! Football down here is everything and we learned that when we attended a game with my MaMa (aka Mrs. Ferrell). High school football games that we attended when we were in high school can't even compare. Just on the visitors side there were probably as many people as what a North/South game would have total! It was very easy to get caught up in all the excitement and we look forward to another Friday Night Lights game!!!

Us with the Ellison Eagle Mascot!!! We are so lucky to have gotten this picture!! Ha

And the second thing I forgot to mention was we went to our first Texas Rodeo. It was probably the most fun thing we have done in awhile!

The rodeo was so fun,

there was music playing,

Ice cold BEER,

A crazy clown that really did nothing but be a comedian,

Little kids riding sheep,

COWBOYS (HOT)

Cowboys riding the bulls

AND

Best of all I got to share these fun memories with my best friend and husband!

Thanks Joey for making these memories possible!

I am loving this adventure we are on!!!

Been awhile....

Since Joey has been home, everything seems to be a whirlwind of activities! Time is just flying by. I wish time would of gone this fast when he was gone and would slow down a bit now that he is home!
But I am so thankful he is home and that we are able to be a family again!

Here is an update of what we have been up to:

~Joey and Duke reconnected and I believe their bond is even tighter now

~A new addition has been added to the Ross Family: Molly (a black lab)

~We traveled home to Wisconsin where we got to enjoy:

**Both of our families

**Got to see Katy in her wedding dress and she looked BEAUTIFUL (can't believe she is getting married) and tried on a bunch of bridesmaid dresses! Can't wait till their very special day!
**Went up north for almost a week, which was just what we needed. It was just Joey, Duke, and I getting to go to our favorite place together and just spend much needed alone time together with no demands put on us! Thank you Mom and Dad Ross for letting us be able to enjoy the cabin...we are very blessed!

**Enjoyed a very fun night with some great friends! Thank you Roeder's for letting us come and hang out! Eli is way to cute for his own good!

**D got to meet his new Momma! Holly and D both seem to be enjoying each other and we are very glad we were able to give D to a good home! Holly will be a great Momma to my little man!

**My parents threw us a great party where we got to hang out with some family and friends. It was so great to see everyone and so nice that we did not have to go chasing to see everyone! Thanks Mom and Dad for such a great party, it meant a lot to us that you did it!

~We have been taking many trips to the Lake to help cool us all off as it is still very warm out

~Met some new friends

~Been working on the house a lot-Joeys big project is painting the trim on the outside of the house! Looks so much better so far! Pictures will come when it is all finished!

~We have started watching the show the office and have become quite addicted and perhaps it is our new favorite show!

~I am back to work and so far it has been a very busy year!

AND

~We just had a WONDERFUL visit from Mom and Dad Ross! Great to see them and spend time with them, but very hard to say goodbye!