New School Year

Yikes, this is the last week of summer. I haven't even gotten a chance to sleep in all summer (because the contract came every day at 7am). It was a summer that went way to fast and we didn't get a lot in. We need to plan ahead so we can camp a ton next summer.

 Ryan will be in first grade, Mrs. Rutkowski

Connor will be in third grade, Mrs. Wallace

Tahoe

DAY ONE:
Introducing the next Moorman recruit, Tahoe. Tahoe was born May 30th, he is 8 weeks old. So here is his story so far:
About a year ago we decided Boji was getting old and wanted to get a puppy so she could teach it the ropes and make our jobs hopefully easier. We stared researching what we wanted and Ray talked me into the "bigger is better" mentality. When he travels and the house creeks at night I want to feel safe. So we decided a big doodle was for us. We didn't want a labradoodle or golden doodle because everyone we know has those. We love the temperament of a sheep dog, then found a local breeder of Sheep-doodles and that was that. Through out the wait we basically were 50/50 that the whole thing was a scam and that our deposit was feeding someone's meth addiction. Then 3 weeks ago out of the blue we got a call that puppies were here, their was one left that no one had claimed and we should drive over to Castle Rock and come meet the remaining pup.

The next night we fell in love with Tahoe. He was the first of the 6 born to Sheepdog Mom, Chanel. 4 boys, 2 girls. His siblings are; Willie, Luna, Pocky, Bruno and Wallace.

 I had the boys take Tahoe across the street so he could meet his sister in a "neutral area"

Tahoe literally slept the whole car ride home. Breeder Penny gave us this blue blanket that was his Mom's so he could smell her.

I read 6 puppy books to prepare us. They all say go 1-2 hours and then take them outside to pee. Um yeah, I have my phone going off in 20 minute increments to take him out. While Penny (breeder) was giving us the low down on all things sheedadoodle (took an hour) I saw him pee on her carpet 3 times (Wide eyed emoji face). We are not doing that.

July- Okoboji Iowa

My 36th year at the lake was a success. Speaking of success, Ray and I had a lot of one on one time (something that in our everyday lives we don't get as much as we need0. We acknowledged that he has come so far in his career and we were so happy that his days of working a few hours up at McDonalds (the only place with free wifi) are over and his vacations are true vacations where we can reconnect and build family memories. We are living the dream baby!

Highlights: no dock, never seen the lake house with out a dock. 5mph no wake boat and jet ski rides (high water). Sawyer! He's alive and spent his first summer at the lake. He spent most of his time walking around while holding onto someones hands, or in his baby pool. Nick. Lizzie has a boyfriend and she let us meet him! Lizzie is my youngest cousin and truly has a heart of gold. She never speaks down about any one, only sees the good in people, has a go getter attitude and I am so happy that she has found someone who thinks she is as special as we do.

 We saw two children's plays over our 14 days at the lake: the lion the witch & the wardrobe and 12 princesses. Grandma put her teaching hat back on and took over KUMON instructor duty for me each day.

 GG (Great Grandma) The kids are loud and being kids, but it is good for her, right? Connor said, "GG, live to be 100 because then I'll be a sophomore in college" "Mom, I think she can make it, she's 86 and doesn't even have hearing aids yet".

 You aren't moving fast enough Grandpa (Sawyer)

 A new swing, and everyone loved it. Travis & Cynthia have fully embraced parenthood

 We took approximately 1 shower in 2 weeks, so we documented it with pictures (Lizzie and her boy)

I've never seen Connor drawn to something more than this swing. He would come tap my shoulder and I thought for sure ask for candy and he would instead say, "Mom, can you push me on the swing?"

Ryan spent 99% of his time on the dock fishing. He is a true fisherman. His tackle box is full of little notes about things he has watched on YouTube fishing videos.