Izzy needs a Kennel

We came home from church yesterday to find that Izzy had chewed or clawed the front blinds trying to see out. She used our new couch to climb on, which we put in front of the window. Izzy has shown signs of separation anxiety before, with howling and whining and jumping at the door. But she usually calms down and lays by the door waiting for us to come back. But this time she had a couch to jump on and look out the window. Then later that day, we found her asleep on the couch, when we had been downstairs. She has never had a problem with getting on the furniture before. I think it is because the couches are new to our home and we put them in the once empty front room, which is where her bed is. David has told me to get a kennel for when we leave, or she will have to go outside on a chain. David is missing Skip more now. He has realized what a good dog Skip was and can't really see the dog Izzy could become with proper training. I don't think she will ever come close to Skip in David's eyes.

24th of July

In Utah, we get an extra holiday in July. The 24Th is Pioneer day. We get to have another parade, rodeos, and fireworks. I realized that I had not changed my background since Easter (opps). HAPPY JULY!!!

Stitches

After almost 8 years of active boys and no stitches, we were in the doctors office last night getting stitches. We had just finished swimming and everyone was wrapped in towels, heading into the kitchen for a yogurt. Scott was the last one in, slipped on the wet floor and fell head first into the edge of the kitchen chair. This happened at about 4:30. It bled for about 10 minutes. I was going to call the doctor to see if I should come in when David got home, took one look at it and said that I needed to take Scott in, he needed stitches. I got through to the clinic on the way there. Scott was very brave. They had a cotton ball with numbing liquid on it. They had me hold it on the cut while they got the instruments ready. Scott (who hadn't cried since before David got home) laid right on the table when they asked him to, didn't even flinch when they stuck the needle in three or four times (I on the other hand, couldn't look and still got faint). When it was numb, they put the cloth over his head with just the cut showing. I thought that Scott would at least have a problem with that, because he couldn't see me, but my brave boy laid there and let the doctor do what he needed to do. Scott got 4 stitches. When the doctor was done, Scott sat up, and I sat down. I was about to faint. They had me put my head between my legs. It took me a few minutes to get my color back. I gave Scott some tylenol when we got home so he wouldn't hurt so bad when the numbing wore off. The rest of the night was uneventful, but since this was not the first time the boys have slipped on a wet kitchen floor, I will make sure the kitchen floor is not wet or have the boys wear their slippers in the house from now on.

New grass

We finally got around to cleaning up the front yard. I made the front flower garden smaller and we planted new grass, in sections. The first section grew in great. Today, I planted the second section and Ben helped me plant some flowers and transplant some from around the front tree and other areas of the old flower bed. It looks better already. I also cleaned out the area around our front tree. We are getting rid of the rocks and planting grass all the way up to the tree. I still have the corner flower bed to clean up. We also have the side tree that is threatening to take out our fence. It is partially cut down and looks bad, but David hasn't had time for much. We still haven't got our shed up. Still a work in progress.