Happy 4th of July!

It has now been a little over a week since we returned from vacation and things still haven't slowed down much. I was hoping that they would but have now decided we must really like things busy. Tuesday both girls had appointments in another town and all went well at both of them. We got a call Tuesday from a family in Colorado that we had sold one of our boxer puppies to say that they needed to get rid of the dog soon. We had always told people when they bought dogs from us if they weren't able to care for them or had to get rid of them for any reason we wanted the fist chance to get them back. Mostly we did this to make sure the dogs would never be left off somewhere or something like that. We had been in contact with this family since the end of the year and knew there was a possibility that we might get the dog back. He had become very protective over his property there and loved to chase other dogs. Well Wednesday he was upstairs on their second floor and saw a lady walking her dog down the alley and decided to jump on the window that was open and the screen fell out and so did the dog. He was strong enough the fall didn't phase him and he continued to run after the lady and her dog but didn't hurt anyone. The neighbors called and told them if they didn't get him off the property that day they would have him sent to the pound and put to sleep since there had been other incidents. That is what brought them to calling us and needing to get rid of him so quickly. So yesterday (Wednesday) me and the girls spent the entire day driving to North Platte to meet the owners to pick up the dog. He was very timid at first and also very scared but did great once we got to the house. He is the sweetest dog and really was attached to me. He followed me everywhere and wanted my attention all the time. Since we knew some time ago we may get him back we had lined up a home for him here in Lincoln. Scott works with the guy who wanted him. Him and his girlfriend came over tonight to see the dog and get to know him. They fell in love with him and decided to take him home to see how he does with their little dog. It was very hard for me to let him go and I really wish that we could have kept him. I guess if he is meant to be ours he won't work out for this family. They also know that we want him back if it doesn't work. All we want for him is to have a good home. Our trip took about 8 hours and I was very glad when we finally got into Lincoln. The girls really did do a great job on the trip considering it was so long. Today we got several calls from our foster care agency about doing respite this weekend so we are going to have extra kids this weekend. Tomorrow we will have 13 and 9 year old girls staying with us until Saturday evening. Sunday morning we will be getting an 11 year old boy and he will stay with us until sometime next week. It should be a fun weekend with all the 4th of July activities going on. Scott's dad and step mom will also be coming tomorrow and staying at a motel here in Lincoln until Sunday. It should be a lot of fun getting to see them and hanging out at their motel and swimming some too. My sister was suppose to be staying with us but got sick at the beginning of the week with mono and isn't getting better very quick so she isn't going to be able to come. We hope everyone has a great holiday weekend and stay safe!