Chucky Boy

Our sweet Chucky boy went to Heaven on Thursday.  He had a couple of seizures on Sunday and his health declined from there.  Our vet, who was great throughout the last week, said that it would be best to let him go.  While it was such a sad decision, Ryan and I know that we made the right decision.

We miss him and we know that Lucy misses her buddy but we also know that he's up in Heaven and has found some friends to play with and probably some human that will let him be a 70 pound "lap" dog!:) We love you Chucky...you were a nuisance at times, but faithful until the end!

Saying good bye to Chuck

Arrgh...Chuck the pirate

Chuck the clown

Chuck and Lucy's first meeting...instant friends

Relaxing

Not helping with the unpacking of boxes

Dora and Diego

Where Have We Been?

Here's a not so quick pictorial review on what's been going on with the Butlers...

These sweet girls were supposed to be surprised
with a trip to WDW for Valentine's Day but...

this sweet boy woke up with a 103 fever,
double ear infection, and bronciolitis therefore
cancelling our trip (they still don't know about
the WDW part - good thing it was a surprise!)

Kate and her date to her Daisy sock hop

5 stitches as a result of falling off the slide stairs
at school

Go Sparkles!

Maggie enjoyed her field trip to the zoo
and she and Liza loved the petting farm

Spring break in Haslet - at a Haslet town event

Ben loved "driving"

Cheering on the Jayhawks and hoping
for a win over UNC sending them to
the Final Four

And it worked! Although we lost
to Kentucky in the championship game.

A fun Easter egg hunt at Lexi's house - checking out
their loot with Catherine Wynn

Maggie's egg hunt at school - her favorite friends, Liza
and Anna (we were missing Lucy in this one)

The Cariker Easter egg hunt - lots of kids, lots of fun!

A worn out Ben at Easter brunch




Ben makes it difficult to get a good picture!

Happy Easter!

In addition to all that, we moved in March into a rental and are hoping to break ground by May 1st! Whew...hopefully I'll stay on top of this blog thing!:)

It's Been Awhile

A 6 week review in pictures....

Ben has been hanging out
in Chuck's bowl

Kate has been earning some
Daisy awards

Kate celebrated the 101st day of
school - dalmation style

Ben has loved this unseasonably warm
winter weather

The girls loved the Micky/Princess Live show

Mags was excited to hibernate
with Snuggly Bear

Maggie and Lucy enjoying their Bear Breakfast
in their "cave"

Kate and Caroline had a blast at
their first Jayhawk game at
Allen Fieldhouse

In addition to all that, I had gum surgery to correct my receeding gum line and our house is under contract so we're looking for a rental while we build our house. Busy times!