A WEEK WITH THE JOEL'S

What a crazy week. My children had last week off and I of course tried to make it great. We went to two movies the beach twice and the batting cages. I am just tired thinking about our week. We also had two softball games a horseback lesson and Karate lesson. The high light of the week was our new family member. We had to put one of our family dogs to sleep two years ago and I have wanted to get another dog for a while. I new we would get one this summer I just thought it would be later. So the girls and I started looking at all the shelters and a few rescue groups. We found a dog we wanted from a non-profit group called paws for passion. They had an address of La Jolla. Anyway I emailed about a dog. A lady called me back we thought it would be a great match. Then she said she was in San Pedro. Now the dog looked and sounded nice but I was not going to drive with my three kids and my dog to go see it. So we keep looking. Then Friday night at 10p I got an email that she would bring the dog to Enceintes to meet us in Saturday. We meet the dog and fell in love. He was a stray dog that was about to be destroyed till he was rescue. I love that my children are learning that just because a dog is not a puppy, that it doesn’t mean it’s not a great dog. They can see how we are saving a dog from being destroyed. I also prefer older dogs I have to many puppies of my own. Teddy is a chow-akita mix. He is full grown and a little smaller than our other dog. He has let Brayden lay on him drive a truck in to him and doesn’t move. He does bark. Which I like my other dog never does. With Bret getting ready to leave I want a dog that will a least let me know if someone is coming in. Well this is my week. Oh wait what about Sunday we went to church my daughters want to double services because they sing in the galaxy worship choir. I came to second service loved it than I see my loving sons # flashing at the end. So I walked down the aisle prepare my heart for what I was about to hear. I am told about how my son was hitting and bit another child. Now Brayden is a hitter but this is the first bit. Natalie proceeded to tell me that if he couldn’t act like a good boy he couldn’t come back. So I ended my weekend on the knees asking God for guidance about my son. I also spent hours on the internet looking for help. I started my day with a positive outlook awaiting to see what God has in store this week.