Another 4 feet

Well, it's obvious that I've been absent from the blogging world for awhile.  Honestly there hasn't been that much going on, at least nothing that has been blog worthy, until a week ago. 

We welcomed another puppy into our family.  Yes, you read that right, we welcomed our 3rd puppy. We welcomed a little Havanese girl to our pack.  She is spunky, feisty and fearless.  Her big sisters don't intimidate her. In fact, she bosses them around.  She is the drama queen of this family whining to get what she wants.  She's wears the diva crown around here. 

I'd like to introduce you to Antebellum Dixie Girl.  We call her Dixie along with many other names...Bite Size, Half Pint, Littlin', Little Bit. 

You see this face? This is the face of determination.  She insists on getting her way!

Here are few recent pictures of her big sisters, Sippi and Bama.

"I love black doggies!!!"

2015 Reading Log

I love reading if you haven't figured that out by now.  I hope to one day have a room in my house designated as my library.  I've already got the books to fill it stuffed in cabinets and closets.  They are just waiting to be displayed for on shelves in their own room.  Some may call it hoarding but I call it building my library.

Here is my reading log for 2015.  You can also keep up with my reading on the side bar.  The read alouds are books I read to our boys as part of our schooling.

Sign of the Beaver (read aloud with my boys)
A Lion to Guard Us (read aloud with my boys)
The Secret Soldier: The Life of Deborah Sampson (read aloud with my boys)...
The Fighting Ground (read aloud with my boys)
Little House in the Big Woods (read aloud with my boys)
Timna (read aloud with my boys)
The Book Thief
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Trophy Wives Club
The Pearl that Broke Its Shell
Prayers for Sale
The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder
Cast of Characters
Mary: Mrs. A Lincoln
Red Leaves
The Rocking Horse of Tuscambia
All the Light We Cannot See
Into the Free
Life of Pi

Each of our boys had their own reading log.  Brother B completed 25 books and Brother C completed 26.

Oh Deer, Too!

Hubby had his turn at bringing more meat home.  This is his 9 point.  Yay for more deer meat.  It's about as organic as we can get.  It's the first deer he has killed in the 16 years I've known him. 

From Shooting to Cooking

This past week, he has signed up for competitive shooting sports and attended a cooking class. 

There will be a day when this little man of mine, Brother B, will shoot it, drag it home and cook it. 

In Honor of....

The 2015 College National Football Champs

 

 

 

 

Oh Deer!

Our Brother B killed his first deer this past weekend.  It was even his first shot a deer.  To say he was proud and excited would be an understatement.  It been 4 days and we are still killing that deer. The neighbors know about it and the strangers we met yesterday know about it. 

Brother B and JB enjoy their time together out in the woods of AL.  They look forward to the thrill of the kill and I look forward to the deer sausage.

As you can see, the deer isn't the largest to ever be killed in the hunting world...but it the largest Brother B has killed in his world.

Our Southern Belles

This past week our family grew by 8 paws.  We welcomed 2 Lhasa Apso puppies into our family last Saturday, December 12th.  After communicating with the breeder for about a week, we traveled 3 hours, one way, to pick up these little bundles of fur. 

We had originally decided against getting them but the breeder asked if I would reconsider and not only take one but take her sister, also.  It was hard to resist 2 puppies who look at cute as these girls. 

Even only having them for just a week, they have brought joy and smiles into our family; along with some puppy incidents. 

We look forward to many years of puppy love added to our family. 

The one with white on her face is Missi Sippi Girl.  The all black one is Alli Bama Girl.  We call them Sippi and Bama...our Southern Belles.

Alli Bama Girl (Bama)

Missi Sippi Girl (Sippi)