Fresh Start

HELLO BLOG WORLD!!! OH, how I've missed you! I cannot believe it's been a whole school year since I've last posted so needless to say, I've got a lot of catching up to do. My last post showed Joshua starting kindergarten and tomorrow is actually his last day of kindergarten. We're entering the big world of First Grade next year and he's been pretty excited about that. Although, he's looking forward to his summer too so "school can wait." (LOL) I will definitely have a post tomorrow about his last day with pictures to celebrate!

We have had quite a year this past year and I can happily say that as I sit here today to tell you about it that God is good and we are at such a great place in our lives. God is faithful and knows exactly what we need at the exact moment we need it and my life is a complete testimony to that from everything we've experienced and gone through this year.

One of the sweet things that God has provided at the exact right time was a special little friend for Joshua. He has been wanting for a dog for the longest time and we have gotten to a place where we could surprise him with this and it was amazing at how same time we started looking for a dog we found out about a litter of golden retrievers that had been born and were able to go meet them and let Joshua pick one out.

Here's a few snapshots of our visits with Rocket over the 6 weeks we had to wait for him.

Here's Joshua meeting Rocket for the very first time. Rocket was only 5 days old in this picture.

Rodney and Rocket meeting for the first time.

Meeting Rocket's brothers and sisters.

Mommy and Rocket. Rocket was about 3 weeks old in this picture.

Rocket was almost 6 weeks old in this picture.

Joshua visiting Rocket one more time before he gets to come home.

We brought Rocket home on Memorial Day and him and Joshua have already become such great buddies. Rocket follows Joshua from room to room. Anywhere Joshua goes, Rocket is not far behind him. Joshua had to take a bath before school this morning and Rocket decided that if Joshua was taking a bath that he was to so he jumped right in there with him. It's so cute to watch Joshua and Rocket and I'm so thankful we were able to get Joshua a dog. It's going to be really neat watching them grow up together

Here's a picture of Joshua and Rocket on the way home this past Monday.

And, here's a picture of them hanging out. Anytime Rocket is asleep Joshua tries to curl up next to him and wait for him to wake up.
They are extremely cute!!!

So, this is a little/big part of what we've had going on. Stay tuned for a lot more updates!! :)

YAY, for blogging again!!! :)