Attempting to be a Super Mom

Yesterday was a sad day in the Tiemann household. We lost our dear friend, furry family member, and canine companion, Maya. Years and years ago, we were looking for a dog. We knew we wanted a young dog, but not a puppy. We were hoping for a housebroken dog that would be good with children, as we had a one year old baby, but scary to potential intruders. After some research we learned that labs or shepherds were our best bet for all that we were wanting. We talked about it with a couple of people, and one of Shawn's friends put us in touch with someone in her family that was wanting to re-home their two or three year old lab. They said they had been too busy to give her the time she deserved, as they had older kids that were quite active in sports and such. We set up a time for them to bring her over and visit, so we could get to know her, and the family could get to know us. Instantly I knew, she was meant to be a part of our family. She was very large, but oh so gentle. She ...

Good evening!!!  I hope tonight finds you all happy and healthy.  Shawn has safely arrived in Minneapolis, the kids are in bed, and now I'm sitting down, in bed, to finally write about our wonderful weekend. We didn't tell the kids anything other than that we had a surprise evening planned for them.  Ben woke up Thursday night with a sore throat, but Friday morning he seemed fine.  I gave him some Tylenol and Mucinex just in case, and off he went.  Around 2:00 (Ben gets out at 3:00) I got a phone call from his school telling me that he had fallen asleep in class and woke up with a fever of 100.2.  Thank goodness he woke up with a fever, because he can't be so bored he falls asleep in first grade, right?  Not in the first week of school, right?  Anyway, I got him into a doctor quickly to find that he had his first real sinus infection.  They gave him a steroid nose spray and an antibiotic and sent us on our way.  With his nose spray, ty...