bad things happen in 3's... right?

hopefully our string of bad luck is over!  it started about 3 weeks ago now, when i fell off our front porch & ruptured all the blood vessels on the outside of my left foot:(  now, 3 weeks later, it still hurts to walk too much.  sorry no pics of my black, blue, green, purple & yellow swollen foot.

5 days later... we were up out the cabin with all the cousins & the kids were out playing, when all of the sudden, someone comes in carrying becks.  he has a gash in his leg so deep you can see the fat & there is blood dripping down to his foot.  AWESOME!!!  sunday night was spent in the pediatric after hours getting 7 stitches in his leg.  he was a champ though!  he watched the whole thing & didn't cry once.  he told quinn, that it was just because he was there:)  the worst part about the whole thing is that summer was over for him 10 days early.  no water anything while the stitches were in & he didn't get them out until the first day of school.

{a mended wound}

{just playing around before the fun starts}

{easy does it...}

{just checkin' out his new lightning mcqueen bandage}

6 days after that...  i had taken the kids to the park so quinn could get the mowing done quicker.  we had a great time, but when we got home, quinn pulled me aside & told me that lola had been hit by a car.  the most maddening part was, the car didn't even stop.  he assured me that she was fine, but of course i went right to the garage to check for myself.  turned out she wasn't fine... she wouldn't stand up, she just sat there looking at me.  when we tried to stand her up her leg would just flop.  i called my friend, the dogs groomer, to ask her opinion.  she told me some tests to do to make sure she was okay for the night & called the vet to let them know we'd be bringing her in first thing in the morning.  she was fine that night & in the morning we took her in to find out that she had a fractured leg & would need surgery to put pins in to hold it together.  she is doing fine now, but now she is the one that can't do too much.

{one sad, wounded puppy}

{with one seriously bad haircut!}

i really hope that we will be injury free for a while at our house & that lola's hair grows back quick!

meet Lola...

here is the newest member of our family.  when we got charlie, about a year and a half ago, we was such a great puppy & he has grown into a great dog!  so, when his breeders called me & said that they had another litter, i couldn't resist.  we picked up lola last weekend & she is fitting into the family like a charm.  the kids can't get enough of her & charlie is just the perfect big brother... a super protective but really playful too!  

{even after playing in the dirt everyone wants to hold her}

three chicks & a boy...

Disclaimer** don't run off & call PETA!  no animals were harmed while doing these pictures:)

meet lexie & lilly- my sweet friend who i talk about quite a bit, debbie lew, got these darlings chicks for her grandkids for Easter.  so monday morning we went down to take some pics of the kids with the chicks.  by the time we left, becks couldn't bear to leave them.  so being the soft hearted animal lover that i am... we now have 2 chicks, just waiting to get big enough to go the chicken farm:)  so if anyone wants to come play with the chicks-- come on over!  you have to admit~ they make a perfecto photo op!