We Have a Dog!!

Almost two weeks ago, my dad said "Lets go to the pound and get a dog." We were all surprised and very excited. We had been needing a dog to chase birds out of our garden, but we hadn't seriously looked for one yet. We were hoping to find a beagle, but we didn't know if the place we were going had one. We ran up to the place 30 minutes before it closed just to see what they had. And there, sitting in the lobby area, was this beautiful beagle! It was if he was waiting for us to come and take him home. We all started petting him and playing with him. We were all glad to see that he was very good with the little ones. We found out that somebody had just adopted him, kept him for less than 24 hours, and brought him back that morning. Wasn't the timing amazing?

Well, a few minutes later he was ours and we took him to the Pet Store to buy him some stuff that he would need. While we were there, we met his original owners sister! She recognized him and asked if we had just adopted him. She was able to tell us some things about him, and she was so happy to be able to see him again.

We are so happy with Squire! He is proving himself to be a valuable part of our family and a great way to keep birds out of the garden. We are so glad God gave him to us and that He worked out every little detail!

Growing a Garden

This year we are trying to grow a garden. It's great to be able to work on it as a family. It's funny though, because whenever we are planting the seeds, it's dark. We call it Moonlight Gardening :-)
We have some good friends who have been doing it for 15 years, and they have been a huge help! They even let us scoop some of their goat poop to use as compost. That may not sound like fun, but it was! We have planted lettuce, spinach, potatoes, and onions. The lettuce and the spinach are up, but they are still pretty small. It is important to remember that while we plan and work, God is the One who blesses us with the food.

Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it. Psalm 127:1