Tea Time ~ Remembering Jasmine ~ 9/29/17

 

Grab a cup of tea, coffee, hot chocolate or your favorite drink
while I share a few things that made me smile this week :)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

It hasn't been a very happy week for me.  In fact, tears are streaming right now.

Our little Jasmine passed away suddenly Monday and the rest of the week has been spent wondering why and missing her little face :(

I can't really bring myself to do smiles right now...

So, here are 5 pictures of my Baby...

 

Jazz and Daddy sleeping.

 

 

Again, Jaz and Daddy resting :)

My little crochet buddy.

Kaylee and Jazz rocking.

Laken and Jazz playing Pretty Princess.

 

 

Please leave a comment with a link so I can return the visit!
 

Linking up with Friendship Friday, Five on Friday, Show Off Friday, Awesome Life,  Friday Favorites , High Five for Friday , Tricky's Five , Friday's Fave Five. Fresh Friday Finds, , Sweet Inspirations, Funtastic Friday .

Feature and Follow ~ Pets ~ 4/25/14

HAPPY FRIDAY, EVERYONE!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Q: Have any pets?  Tell us or show us.

We have two dogs.  Lilah is our well-behaved Black Lab.  She is a big sweetheart.  Jasmine is our little mouthy York-a-Pom.  She likes to cuddle and is very protective.

We also have 3 rabbits.  Prince Poppycock and Princess Charlotte are Lionheads.  Little Joe is a Floppy Eared Bunny.

How about you?  What pets do you have?

Have a great day!

Heart and Home ~ Take the Time ~ 1/8/13

Click above to join in and share how you’re creating home or cultivating faith this week.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

We had such a beautiful White Christmas this year.  All total, we ended up with about 10 inches of snow.  My 5 year-old, Laken, was so excited by the snow this year and wanted to go out and play constantly.

Everyone was on vacation the week between Christmas and New Year's.  Except me.  When does a mom get a vacation?  There were still dishes to wash, meals to make, laundry to fold, floors to sweep, etc, etc, etc.  You get my point.

There were times Laken would want to go outside and I would tell her to take the dogs out with her to play.  It got me off the hook so I could get more housework done.

One day, everyone was outside playing but me.  I forget what I was even doing at the time, but my husband stuck his head in the door and called for me to come outside and play with them.   At first, I resisted.  I would have to stop what I was doing, get my boots and coat and gloves on and take time away from my daily "schedule".

Then I came to my senses!  What was I doing?  There will always be chores and tasks and schedules.  I'll always have things to do.  But I won't always have my babies wanting me to come play in the snow.  I wouldn't always hear, "Mommy, watch me make a snow angel!"

That girl was rolling around in the snow more than she was on her feet!  What joy filled her little face :)  I think it was right after this angel that I had to sit my camera down to participate in a snowball fight instigated my the hubby.  Who did he think he was messing with??

This is Mr. Snowman.  He is in touch with him feminine side and had no problem wearing a pink scarf as long as he had his camo hunting hat on.

Look at my beautiful family.  What happy faces!  Even Kaylee smiled for me with her mouth full of braces.  And Jasmine made sure she got in on the picture, too.

Now, the girls are back in school and Doug is back at work.  I still have a full list of daily to-do's but now I also have these precious memories.
Today, I encourage you to take the time to make special memories with your family.  They won't only be your memories.  When your children think back to their childhood, they will be their memories, too.  They'll look at you and say, "Remember that time..."  
And you can say, "Yes, I do remember."  

30 Days of Gratitude 2012 ~ Day 14

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I am grateful for:

Pets, especially my hounds.

1.  They let us know when someone is coming :)
2.  Companionship.
3.  Unconditional love.
4.  They get so excited to see us come home.
5.  Cuddles.


Thank You, Lord, for pets.

Camera Critters ~ 6/16/12 ~ We're Home!

Camera Critters is a Saturday meme hosted by Misty Dawn at Camera Critters  which is all about photos of animals/critters. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

We got back from our almost-two-week vacation last night at about 12:30am.  We were so excited to see the hounds and they were extremely excited to see us.

I'm sure they thought we had abandoned them forever!

Here is just a simple picture of Lilah and Jamine in the yard with the girl.  It was taken a while ago.

I look forward to sharing some critter pictures we took while on vacation.  Stay tuned :)

Have a wonderful Camera Critters day!

Camera Critters ~ 6/2/12

Camera Critters is a Saturday meme hosted by Misty Dawn at Camera Critters  which is all about photos of animals/critters. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

School is officially out for summer at our house!

My Mom has been doing a pre-k curriculum with Laken two days a week.  One day at her house, one day at ours.  On the day Mom comes down, Jas does  school-work with Laken. 

Jas has her pretty school dress on and a comfy spot to sit.

She got a little bit distracted by my picture taking :)

It must have been hard work because it looks like Jas is ready for a nap.  Apparently a bunny came to school that day, too.

This fall, Laken will go to Kindergarten and it will just be me and the hounds home during the day.  I don't know how to feel about this.  I guess I'll find out...

 

Have a wonderful Camera Critters day!

Camera Critters ~ 5/19/12

Camera Critters is a Saturday meme hosted by Misty Dawn at Camera Critters  which is all about photos of animals/critters. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

We got Jas as a pup and have had her for almost a year.  Technically, we say that she was Doug's Father's Day present but he doesn't always want to claim her.  It depends on if she's been bad or not.  Then he says she's MY dog.

Naming her was a familly event.  We would go around the house and shout out names as they came to mind.  Any member of the family could shoot down the name if they didn't like it.

We finally settled on "Jasmine Belle".  Most of you will get the reference but for those that aren't into Disney (shame on you!), Jasmine was the princess on "Aladdin" and Belle is the pseudo-princess on "Beauty and the Beast."

Here is Princess Jasmine Belle in all her finery!  It can be tricky getting her to hold still.  Kaylee had to "help" her out a little.

Only 16 days until our Disney Vacation and we get to see the "real" Jasmine and Belle!

Have a wonderful Camera Critters day!

Camera Critters ~ 5/5/12

Camera Critters is a Saturday meme hosted by Misty Dawn at Camera Critters  which is all about photos of animals/critters. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

It is Kaylee's job to give Jasmine her bath and Laken is the assistant.  One evening, I asked them to give her a bath and they readily agreed.  The three of them went in the bathroom and shut the door.  Scary.

About 10 minutes later, the door opens and out zips Jas.  She always rips and tears through the whole house like something is chasing her.  It is absolutely hilarious.  We just stand back out of the way and watch.

Inevitably, she'll end up on MY bed rolling and flip-flopping all over the place trying to get dry.

All over my freshly washed quilt....

At least she wasn't muddy.

Have a wonderful Camera Critters day!

Camera Critters ~ 4/14/12

Camera Critters is a Saturday meme hosted by Misty Dawn at Camera Critters  which is all about photos of animals/critters. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This is Jasmine, our York-a-Pom.  That is also our front porch that REALLY needs a new coat of paint!

Here is Super-Jasmine leaping into the air.  I had the top window down on the door and she was jumping up at me to let me know she wanted in.

This dog can JUMP!  It is quite amazing for such a little dog.

Have a wonderful Camera Critters day!