Meet Millie!

We finally got to go to Dallas to pick up our new Golden Retriever, Millie.  Here are some pics capturing her first 48 hours with us.

the car ride home

she's getting plenty of attention from the kids

worn out from her first bath and a full day of playing

While we were in Dallas, we got to spend a lot of time with family.  They joined us at the Dallas Zoo, which was pretty much our best zoo experience to date.  The weather was cool and sprinkled off and on.  This apparently made the animals very feisty and active.  We got to see them all alert and walking around, and even saw some zebras wrestling and a giraffe running (strangest sight)!

feeding the giraffes

mimicking the cheetah

Addie was REALLY excited to see the zebras!

Perhaps the coolest thing we did was feed these birds.  The moment you step into this enclosed area, they flock to you and perch anywhere they can.  It totally freaked the boys out--they ran away screaming.  I died laughing.

Finished early!

Our master bath remodel was supposed to take 4 weeks, but they finished in 2 weeks, 4 days! That made this mama very happy.  

BEFORE: phone-booth-sized shower, pepto-bismol-pink tile, an ugly, rusty, old shelf thingy over the toilet, a broken light fixture, rusty sink, grout that was falling out of the wall, and the worst part...CARPET.  Ewwww.

AFTER: Step into my highly functional (and good use of a) small space. Ahhhhhh. 

The shower is now twice as big and has 2 shower heads. It's my favorite part!

No more tiny cracked, plastic shelves to balance our toiletries on...they built us 2 cubbies for them!

 I asked the carpenter to use every inch of space in the vanity he built.  He definitely came through.  And yes, that is a hidden outlet behind the top left drawer!