our hearts are sad

we've cried all the tears we have. our hearts are a little broken.

micah and i decided that tika and stumpy needed a better home than what we were able to give them. they have been living in a their crate for 22+ hours a day. both micah and i were working and it was just breaking our hearts to see them live like that.

when we lived up in logan the living costs were much lower with renting a place and being dog owners. my family was also all around the valley and many of them were dog owners themselves, so we could always find someone to take care of them if their was an emergency or last minute plans.

with baby isla on the way we couldn't find an affordable nice place that we could do without my income. it was looking like we would be spending $900 and up with tika and stumpy.

after talking and then praying the answer came yesterday morning. i had let them out to run around and do their business before i went to work. they obviously were more interested in playing with each other than going to the bathroom. after 10 minutes of this i was playing with them. and it was like the answer struck me right there and then. this playing around was what they needed. they needed a house to live in. they needed to run around playing with each other. they needed someone to be around playing with them.

i posted an ad on ksl that afternoon. within 10 minutes i had 4 calls and 2 texts.

God had answered our prayers. He sent us a family of four that had a silver miniature schnauzer already. a big backyard. a doggy door installed. and a mom who stayed at home.

here's a little tribute to our first "children"

PRINCESS TIKA BELLA

you were born on october 7, 2007. we brought you home when you were 6 weeks old. you used to crawl behind the cushions of our couch and go to sleep, we had to be careful not to squish you when we sat down. you had an allergic reaction once and your tiny face puffed up so big. that was scary. we found out that we could give you some children's benadryl and you were fine.

you loved loved loved playing with toys. but you chewed up everything. until we found ikea balls that were indestructible. you loved chewing gum like a person. you loved everyone as long as they were paying attention to you.

you were definitely smarter than stumpy. a true dog. you loved running, swimming, and playing with everyone.

thanks for being such an amazing dog.

SIR STUMPY DE LA VEGA

born on january 15 2008 you were the biggest of your litter. micah had to talk me into coming to see you. but once i saw how you were like a little micah, all rolly-polly and buff you were already ours. we brought you home on march 22, 2008 and you couldn't be left alone from there on out.

you were definitely micah's dog. you followed him everywhere. you would whine when he would leave your sight. but when he wasn't around you would follow me around the house while i was doing chores, i seemed to be good enough for you then. you were so soft and cuddly and weren't really interested in toys. just people.

you were not a barker, which was great since tika was. you had the cutest little bark when you were trying to get our attention.

thanks for being so gentle and calm.

tiksters and stumpykins will always be a part of our family. and we're so sad that we couldn't provide the home you needed. but we're so so so so glad that you can finally run around in your own home and be spoiled even more.

love you guys!