Our Growing Family

Today was a big day! We have always planned to expand our family once we bought a house here in Oklahoma. I had such a hard time parting with our dogs in South Carolina, and still feel guilty for not bringing them with us, even though I know it was what we needed to do. Therefore, we didn't want to get any more pets until we were sure we could give them a "forever" home.

For the past weeks, Ben has been scouring petfinder.com and occasionally sending me links. This past week he got lucky. There was this one dog that captured my heart. So yesterday Connor and I went to Yukon (about 30 minutes away) to meet her while the girls were in school and Ben was working. She stole my heart in about 2 seconds! She's a pretty mellow dog, and a mix between a Brittany Spaniel and a Blue Heeler (Australian Cattle Dog). Ben wanted to get the whole family together to go pick her up to make sure it was the right choice before bringing her home. So this afternoon, we headed out.

We had some varied reactions in the car on the way to the shelter:

Olivia couldn't stop grinning...

Connor took a nap...

Ben didn't want his picture taken...

And Kelsey thought the trip was taking too long.

Once we got there, the rest of the family fell in love, too. So we decided to bring her home. The car ride home was a lot more exciting!

This is apparently her favorite position. She loves a good belly scratch!
The name the shelter had given her was "Sundance", but once we got her home we felt like she didn't like it very much. So of course we had to pick a new one. We came up with a few suggestions to see which she liked most and let the girls be the judge.

So what's her name?
Trixie!

She's not the only one enjoying her new digs, either...