Happy Monday! =)

This has been an better-than-usual Monday! :)

I rescued a dog this morning... kind of.  I was backing out of my garage to go to work and noticed a big dog on the porch by my front door. I realized pretty quickly that it was an Australian Shepherd (full grown) and that she had a collar and tag on, so I got out of my car...staying right next to it... and called her over to me.  Such a sweet dog, and a little timid... she slowly came over toward me, then immediately kind of crouched down at my feet.  We became friends in no time. lol  Her name is Laynie. :)  After petting her and talking to her a minute, I was able to read the tag and call her owner (thank God she had a tag on - I've got to make the girlfranz wear those now).  She lives 3 houses down from me, and they've only had her for a week and had no idea she'd gotten out.  He was at work, but gave me the garage code, and I let her back in to their house (making sure their Beagle didn't get out while I was at it -- hooray for friendly, non-threatening dogs).  I was impressed that she just walked right beside me the whole time and went right in the house without any issue - that would never happen with my dogs. lol  My drive to work after that was really nice... I was so happy I was able to get sweet Laynie back home, feeling like I'd done my good deed for the day (or week - lol)!  And to make it even better, when I came home at lunch, her owner came over and introduced himself and brought me a dozen cupcakes to say thanks! #awesomesauce

A good Monday for kind neighbors and friendly dogs and sugary treats! lol

(I failed to get a pic, but she looked a lot like this.)

In other news, I went home (to my parents' house) this weekend for Father's Day!  Friday night, we went to Hideaway for dinner with Bill and Jill.  They told us all about their Alaskan cruise, which sounded amazing, then we started planning our Niagara Falls/NYC trip in 2016... staying at this hotel!  #epic

I LOVE waterfalls and could just watch them all day long, so I'm pretty excited about this trip, even though it's almost a year away.  I'm also happy to finally have a reason to get a passport! Yay!!

"There are some pretty spectacular selfies of me, but I'll spare you those... they're mainly for framing and hanging somewhere later!" ~Bill (while showing us some of their pics from the cruise).  They're always so fun and funny! :)

Saturday morning, we went to JoBug's and celebrated Father's Day with Grandad!  We had Chick-fil-a and cookiecake, then Mom and Grandad and Babah came out to sit under the umbrella and watch us swim for a while.  Mom took several pictures, and this is one of my favorite pics of Grandad... he hardly ever poses a smile for the camera, so you have to catch him in a real smile. :)

(After having some blood work done a couple weeks back, Babah fainted and hit her arm and the back of her head.  They've done x-rays and she's fine internally, but still in the process of recovering, so prayers appreciated!)

Kristin and Diesel joined us, and it was his first time in a pool - cuteness! He seemed to really enjoy it :) ...but being in the sun that long kinda wore him out. #metoo

Kyndal Faith was in a mood through a lot of this weekend, at least with me. lol  But I find her adorable even when she's saying, "Nooooo" and pointing her tiny index finger! lol

In other news, I said "totes" unironically this weekend: "Oh gosh, I totes could've opened that door for you."  All the words that I start off using with sarcastic disdain end up coming out naturally at some point.  Like "presh," for example.  It's a staple now. lol  And hashtagging - I used to mock that, too.  #whatevs ;)

Anywho, here's one last swimming pic of Carter pulling K-Faith. :)

We had dinner with Charlene at Cheddar's on Saturday night.  Always fun to see her!  When we got home, JaceMan announced with great enthusiasm, "Lindsey, Bob Barry, Jr. was in a motorcycle crash and died.  Died, died, died.  He went bonk!" then he proceeded to crash himself into the wall a couple times for dramatic effect.  (He has no idea what that really means, obviously, but picked up on the dramatic tone when he overheard Rach telling Josh, and was eager to be the first to share the big news!)  Very sad, obviously, but Jace's delivery was still entertaining.  (And apparently was repeated for his LifeKids class the next morning.)

Church was good on Sunday, then we went to Father's Day lunch with the Parrish fam and Charlene at Texas Roadhouse, where it was an absurd battle to get Jace to try mac n' cheese! #stubborn #missingout

Here's a Father's Day pic of Josh and all four kids before their water balloon fight! lol

I got the puppies ready and we headed out right before Sunday afternoon naptime.  Bad decision - I was soooo tired on the long drive, and I took a nap as soon as I got home! =)

So there's my weekend recap.  Work was semi-boring today, and training with Melissa was intense but good tonight. The highlight of the day was definitely meeting Laynie! :)

I'll leave you with this gem... Peace out!