It's Official!

Sam Harris it isn’t – BUDDY it is!  Here he is!  The newest, official member of the family!  Shortly after I posted Friday, they called and told us to come pick him up. 

He’s adjusting well to everything but the poor cats; they’ve retreated to the bedroom since Friday night.

Ah well, just letting everyone know it’s official!  Oh…and it isn’t Samantha Harris that’s on the travel channel…that’s Samantha Brown.  Samantha Harris hosted Dancing with the Stars, so that theory went out the window.

In other news, Andy and I had a pretty great weekend!  We hit Ippolitos with Kira Friday night and visited our buddy, Daniel, at the fire station.  Saturday, we hung out with Andy’s parents at the North Gwinnett Football game – Go Bulldogs!  (They won, FYI)  And Sunday, we went to two church services, saw Smoke on the Mountain at the GA Mountain Center, and ended the day with a little hanging out time at the Moore’s house. 

Sadly, the weekend’s over, but there’re only 3 more days til an extra long weekend!

Sam-Harris

This is Sam-Harris.  He’s a one year old, border collie mix that a friend of a friend found on the side of the road.  He’s a cutie right?  Well, backstory…here we go.  My family had to put our 14 year old dog, Jodie, to sleep on August 3rd.  We put her twin brother, Buster, down May 1st of 2009 and now we have an empty house.  We weren’t planning on getting another dog so soon, but my mom is lonely, especially with fall coming up.  My dad is a deer hunter on Saturdays and a high school football official on Fridays and I’m gone with Andy a lot, so she’s by herself.

Sam Harris seems to be a little skiddish but very ready and willing to learn.  We visited him in the vet that’s boarding him while the finder places him in a home.  He’s definitely still in the puppy stage, but he could be a new member of our family as early as this weekend!  So…we wait…I’m really thinking she named him after Samantha Harris from the Travel Channel.  She found him roaming the streets, so it would make sense.

I’m undecided as to whether or not we really NEED a dog right now…I’m hoping it will be for the better for her if nothing else.  We’re also hoping he’ll like the water and the swimming pool if he does get to come and live with us! 

That’s the news for now!  On tap for this weekend?  Football tomorrow and a play on Sunday, otherwise, we’re kind of unscheduled for once.  Andy’s taking this to his advantage in that he’s taking a nap as we speak!  He said give him 20 minutes, but I’m nice, so I’ve given him an hour!

~Melissa

Welcome All

Welcome to our brand spanking new blog!! Melissa and I are just two normal people who through the grace of God and good timing were brought together in this wonderful thing called life. I hope this can be a place to publish our life, our adventure, our journey God is leading us on. Visit often! Stay as long as you’d like! Share your thoughts, feelings, loves, pains, joys, and disappointments. One day I hope we can all look back, possibly here in this space, and laugh and reminiscence at where we’ve been. Come on. Join us…

~Andy