Skunked

We are all happy to be done with traveling for the summer and spending the last days at home.

Yoda continues to be the best puppy ever. No accidents for 8 days now and he is so sweet. The boys are really good about taking him out for walks, although Cooper is the only willing pooper scooper, Jackson flat out refuses!

We continue to try and trap animals to make the place safer for when we get chickens. The raccoons continue to steal the bait. We did manage to trap a skunk with pepperoni and peanut butter. I wish I had a good photo, but I was not willing to get that close to a live skunk. Once dead I tried to roll him over to get a snapshot, but that caused the stink to leak out. Needless to say Chris and the boys were not happy with me.

Last week we got or final house plans from the architect so we are chomping at the bit to get our permits and begin lineing up contractors.

School starts in two weeks and the boys are not thrilled. Chris has some job prospects that he is really excited about. Things are really coming together here in Watermark Woods.

The Dog Days of Summer

We have been pretty lazy lately.  Chris hurt his ankle about 3 weeks ago and he is just now walking with a shoe on.

We are getting lots of tomatos, peppers, artichokes and eggplants from the garden.  I am anxiously awaiting my parsnips.

We adopted a dog last week and he has kept us all busy.  Yoda is a yorkie-poo and has proven to be a very good breed for us.  He is not a barker and is starting to get the hang of potty training.  He already knows sit and the boys can't wait for him to learn some more advanced tricks.