Introducing our newest family member......

....Martha.

Jess is a dog lover. I am NOT an animal person to say the very least. I gave in early on in our marriage and we had our first dog. Cooper, a huge newfoundland that we loved. He was an outside dog. And after he died Jess decided no more dogs outside when we get a dog it has to be "a part of the family". I was very much against dog smell in the house, an animal walking around me ALL the time, messes, hair, slobber, etc. This put us at an impasse.

Now enter my four or maybe three ANIMAL loving children. They cuddle they love they carry every animal they see. We had a stray cat coming around they named Sophia and told me "if we love it a lot it might choose us to be its home. " They sat outside day after day waiting for Sophia to come around. My resolve started to have a few nicks.

And on came my excuses "when we get our own house", "when we get a fence around our own house", "when things calm down a little", "after our vacation", "maybe after dad gets released..." Then at some point I completely lost my mind and we started going to the humane society. My brain had completely left my body. I am pretty sure it was in Greece gazing out over crystal blue waters. But anyway I started thinking this is the season. Children, chaos, messes, here I am . BRING ON THE DOG!!!!!!

And we fell in love with Martha. Skinny, shy, gentle, and smelly. She was a hunting dog. Found wandering around Koke'e. They named her Martha at the pound. We tried to tell our kids they could change the name but they wanted her to keep her identity.

And she stinks, she makes messes, (she is totally house broken miracle of all miracles) she follows me around all day, I have guilt whenever I have to leave her here, she tries to chase the kids out of the car when I drop them off at school and jerks my arms out my sockets every morning, she is expensive, and time consuming, but......

.....to everything there is a season.