Good bye little bear

One of the puppies died today. "Bear" was born without a tail. She seemed healthy enough, fat and in the mix with the others but she must have had some internal problems. Richard checked on Ida and the puppies and found her. David helped Richard bury her. What a hard lesson to learn, I'm very proud of Rick.

The birds and the bees?

Ida had seven puppies today. She had three black and four yellow, three males and four females. The males are one black and two yellow. She is doing great and we're excited about watching these guys grow!

Richard was able to watch the last puppy's birth. I don't think he learned much about childbirth though. He ran in the house yelling we have seven pups now! Ida just had a black one, it fell out of her butt like a cannon ball!

Buddies

Even though her books are out, Susannah is not doing homework! She did say all of her work was done before she played on the computer :)

Susannah's 12th Birthday

Here it is almost two weeks after Susannah's birthday and I have not posted any pictures from her party. What a crazy night! Some of the girls had ball practice and Susannah and Brooke had an impromptu tournament Saturday. It was a nice, mostly quiet evening (I LOVE having a "kid's wing" FAR away from my bedroom). The girls watched movies and went to bed before midnight! We got up early Saturday morning and headed to the tournament, which was ultimately rained out.

First Tournament of 2007

The girls each played in their first tournament of the season. Susannah is on the 12u team and Michelle the 10u. They were each playing in the same tournament but at different high schools. I dropped Michelle off at her game and went to Susannah's game which was in progress. In route I noticed a "short cut" and decided to take that on the way back to avoid some traffic and many lights. Susannah's team won and I headed back for the end of Michelle's. I was so busy looking for Avery Rd that I forgot it was off Tualatin-Sherwood Rd NOT Hwy 99, which I was on. I missed my first turn and ended up five miles down the road in Tigard!
I got back in time to see the end of the 10u's first game which they lost. They immediately began the game for third place which they also lost. Michelle pitched a couple of innings and did well until she got tired. She also had a nice hit to the outfield which was caught, darn it anyway!
Susannah's pitched in her first game but the other team was hitting off almost every pitch so she was relieved. She advanced a runner two different times and, while pinch running, made a nice slide into home where the catcher lost the ball and it remained under her bottom. Susannah's team lost their second game of the day, taking third for the tournament.
We're all pretty tired and, surprisingly, sunburned. It was a cool and cloudy day so the rays tricked us.
Deb held an open house today and said it went really well. Hopefully we'll get an offer soon.

Spring Break 2007

Well, spring break has sped past. We spent much of the week unpacking and weeding at the old house. We did get to ride the horses one day, hopefully we'll get more riding time soon. Richard's birthday was celebrated with a Mad Science party. Dr Pumpkin captured the kid's attention and respect while he taught the kids about electricity and polymers. They even got to make slime! We enjoyed a nice dinner with Linda Schuck tonight. She brought a couple bottles of wine she made. The red was delicious, we did not get to the white. As I was walking outside with her, a bird caught our eyes. It was a bald eagle! It landed in the pine trees next to the house then it flew away and we were treated again with it's majestic beauty. By the way, her room at school is named "The Eagle's Nest."