~BE THANKFUL~

Yay! I have been waiting all summer long for fall to arrive. Don't get me wrong I love summer and all of the fun things that happened and the memories I made but fall is the season where you can relax and just enjoy life. And I love this time of the year because of Thanksgiving! All the different pies and all the different food's, the smell of pumpkin pie candles,decorating the house...the list could go on...lol. But as Thanksgiving and Christmas roll around, I think of all the families that don't get to celebrate the holiday's like we do. I think of the homeless out there with nothing, the children that don't get presents at Christmas, the families that don't have a nice turkey dinner, And I realize how thankful I should be for everything I have. A couple years ago me and my cousin went with one of her friends that was a EMT to the firehouse  and helped the firefighters pass out gifts to family's that couldn't afford to buy present's that year. It was so heartbreaking because so many kids were embarrassed to accept the gifts. And you could tell the parents were on the verge of tears. Even for Easter outreach the church we used to attend would separate in teams and go door knocking to pass out flyers for the Easter drama. The team that I was on went to a women/family shelter, and it was sad to see the women there...they were so broken and afraid. Obviously no men worked on the women's side there due to most of the women's pasts. The only man that was with us was the team leader and you could just feel the tension as we walked into the room where the women were gathered. I was trying my best not to break down. Then there was the family side. Each family had a small cubicle where they slept and kept their belongings. As we walked in everyone just stared at us like ''What are these kind of people doing here?''. As we talked to each family and invited them to the drama and said there would be food,prizes and etc...their faces would light up and they would start smiling. When we walked out of there that night I thought of how blessed I was to have everything I have. I hope this holiday season ya'll remember those who have less than us and remember to be thankful for everything you have! Even if you have some rinky dinky car...hey it gets you where your going at least. Even if your house ain't your dream house...BE THANKFUL! I hope ya'll enjoy the holiday season this year.

Yes another blog...

Well I never thought this would happen but I started a photography blog...it's not a professional blog but it's somewhere I can keep all the pictures I take of my sister, my dogs and nature...So I thought I would tell ya'll about that. Anyway here is the link. http://kaylatarpleyphotography.blogspot.com/
Hope ya'll enjoy it! When I'm not on here ya'll can find me on my other blogs. Speaking of I have work to do so adiós! And yes if your wondering I am learning español.

Another German Shepard!

So my dad came home from work the other day and told us he had a surprise for us kids. I kinda figured it would be another dog mainly because he kinda gave it away by going online and looking at this certain dog on Dovetail Kennels website. So finally when he mustered up enough guts to tell us the surprise he told us that there was this male German Shepard that Dovetail Kennels was retiring and that the owner said that if we wanted Chaos(the dog) he was ours for no charge! I almost had a heart attack...Lol. No charge for a European full-blood German Shepard? Wow! The main reason they had to retire him was because he has some eye problems and Dovetail Kennels is a breeding kennel so they didn't want to take a chance with one of his puppies having the same problem. So anyway thought I would share this exciting news with ya'll! We have had him for about five days and he seems to be adjusting well. He loves to play outside but with Gracie allowed in the house, how could we say no to Chaos being in the house? Lol! He's 35 lbs heavier than Gracie and he's taller than her also, so were having to adjust having two large dogs in the house. It's funny because he may be big but when the doorbell rings he don't bark, wherefore Gracie goes nuts.  You would think that him being the larger dog he would be more aggressive but no Gracie is. Yesterday Gracie was trying to eat out of his food bowl and I was sitting next to Chaos on the floor, well apparently Chaos didn't like the fact that Gracie was eating his food. Next thing I know he started growling...Oh my word it scared me sooooo bad! I jumped up and was like ''OK I guess he can be aggressive''. I think Gracie is a little jealous that she's not the only big dog anymore but she's just gonna have to deal with it. I could write all day about Chaos and Gracie but I have to go! Here are some pictures of Chaos and Gracie..

Sad Update 2:

We took Gracie to the vet and had an ex-ray done and found out there's no more puppies ...so she only had one and it didn't live so that means no more dogs for us...*sniffle*...anyways next month she's getting spayed so hopefully after that she will have no more health problems. Right now she's grieving the loss of her puppy that died and she keeps looking for him. It's so sad to watch her grieve. Well I better go...Bye for now.

Sad Update:

Last night Gracie went into labor and after awhile gave birth to a male puppy. When he came out we knew instantly that he was stillborn. She tried to revive him. I gave him CPR and rubbed him down with a warm towel sadly nothing worked. Well we put him in a box and we are going to bury him beside Jake. So we waited for her to birth another puppy but nothing happened. Gracie's about 10 years old so that's pretty old for a Shepard. That could be why she only birthed one. Her belly still looks full so I'm wondering if one came early and the rest are going to come out within the next 8-10 hours? Some people said to wait 24 hours from the time she gave birth to the first one and then if she doesn't have any more take her to the vet. So by 10:00 p.m we will know for sure. Well I just wanted to update ya'll.

Random Post...

Hey I know it's been 4 weeks since I have posted but I have been SUPER busy! Vacation, Birthday Party's and helping some people organize their homes so ya I have had no time to blog..lol! I am gonna be posting pictures of my nanny's 100th birthday so be looking for that and don't forget to check out my other blog. Craftycountrychic.blogspot.com. I hope y'all are enjoying summer because I'm about ready for winter! I enjoy getting to swim and tan and go walking/running but it get's sooooooooo humid here in Texas and it makes it hard to stay outside long unless your in the water..lol. We did get to go down to the Frio river down in Concan,Texas where my aunt and uncle rent cabins. We had a blast down there!! We went tubing and floated like 2 hours down the river. The fun part about floating down the river is that in a lot of spots it's more like rapids...Lol...so half of the time it felt like we were going through a washing machine. Then me and my brother went swimming...which was crazy because the river was carrying us down the river...we didn't even have to try to swim! Anyway's it's been a fun summer and I'm ready for school to start! I'm finally a junior! Yayyyyyyyyyyy! Can't believe it! Well I need to go work on my other blog so I better get going. Bye!

Rest in Peace Jake....

Friday June 12, 2015 our little 8 month old puppy gave up the fight. We had a stray dog named Biscuit show up on our porch...well me being a dog lover, I gave him food and water...well he stayed around for about a week. When Saturday which was on the sixth came around, Biscuit was acting really strange...well he messed up in our yard and moved on over to our neighbors where he passed away. Well Monday evening rolled around and we had a birthday party for my brother out front and I took the dogs with me outside. Gracie has to stay on a leash and harness mainly because  she's a German Shepard. And I didn't see a need for Jake to stay on a leash so I let him roam free (which he enjoyed)...well while he was roaming he ate Biscuits mess. He didn't start acting funny till that night and that's when he started puking and etc...well we thought it was Parvo but it wasn't because Biscuit was an older dog not a puppy... well Jake started getting dehydrated and wasn't eating so we had to start forcing him to drink water with pedialite so he wouldn't die from dehydration. WELL we got to thinking and lately in our town a lot of pet poisoning has been occurring...whoever it is has been using rat poisoning and strict 9 and mixing it with canned dog food and laying it out in the street for strays to eat...well as I said Jake ate biscuits mess and the vet said that Biscuit was most likely poisoned and that's how Jake got poisoned ...and is what strict 9 or rat poisoning does...it burns the inside of the dog's stomach and makes them bleed and within 48 hours it kills them...so we no longer have our little bundle of joy ...it's so sad because he was only 8 months old and he was just so full of life! But I know that he's not suffering any longer which I'm glad for that...It has been very hard on our family losing him but atleast we still have Gracie! And PLEASE pray that he police can get a lead on who is poisoning everyone's animals. There have been over 20 cases of animal poisoning in our town. Our town is barely 2,000 people so I'm hoping and praying that they will catch these evil people that is doing this. I also want to share with ya'll a slideshow I put together of Jake to share with everyone! This slideshow is very special and it took alot of time and tears putting this together. So I hope ya'll enjoy the slideshow. Here is the link for the slideshow! PLEASE WATCH!!

kayla tarpley's Slidely by Slidely Slideshow