Oh Lolai Wells

On Decemebr 5^th we lost a big piece of our family, Haidyn’s partner in crime and my very best friend. It’s taking everything in me to write this post for all of you. Honestly, it took me a week to do it because I couldn't get all of my thoughts and emotions down quick enough without crying.  Explaining to Haidyn that Rory will not be with her anymore will probably be one of the hardest conversations I will have with her. She still doesn’t truly understand what happened or why it happened  - shit neither do I, but I’m glad that our Rory is in her a better place wherever she is. I hope that she knows how truly loved she really is and will always be.

I saw Rory on a facebook ad and I KNEW that I needed to have her in my life. I remember immediately texting Waymon a picture of her and told him I don’t care what we need to do but I’m getting this sweet dog. I never really had a dog before so for me to feel like this towards a dog was weird. I was attracted to her. Waymon knew how much I wanted her, even if it would mean I would do most of the work with having both girls but I didn’t give a shit. It was a rough time but I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Like any other dog, Rory was the biggest pain in my ass. But she was the best thing that ever happened to our little family. She gave us a reason to smile every morning waking up to her nosey little self. She always loved more than anything else and protective when she needed to be.  She was the best little big sister to Haidyn and I'm devastated that they don't get to grow up together a little longer as we planed, but I know if she would've had a choice to stay with us she'd be here today with us.

I would give anything to bring my girl back. She can eat all my stupid shoes, Haidyn's toys, lipsticks that she wants if only that would bring her home.Thank you Rory for all of the best times in the time that you were with us. You are so loved sweet girl.

Rest in Peace baby girl Mama, Daddy, Haidyn and Sassafras love you. 

Lorelai "Rory" Gilmore Wells 02/08/16 - 12/05/17

Thanksgiving 2017

The holidays are always so stressful for me. The plan leading up to the holidays seems so seamless, executing the plan is another story. I usually forget something important for the dinner, there is a rip the outfit that I’ve chosen for family pictures or someone ends up fighting . I dread the holidays because of the last thing. It takes everything in me to keep sane during the holidays but the fighting just sends me through the roof and has be questioning why even celebrate in the first place. But this year, was different. Holy shit, was it different! For the first time in what seemed like forever we had the perfect thanksgiving WEEKEND. Oh yeah, you read that right . I had the perfect thanksgiving weekend. It was everything that you’ve ever wanted from the holiday season and more.

We planned the food perfectly, we made sure to set sometime aside for family and we ate until our hearts and bellies were more than content. There was no fighting whatsoever throughout the entire weekend , that even includes us not fighting with Haidyn (that’s a rarity since my little angel has the temper of her Daddy and patience like her Mama). We headed out to Hootsee and Papa's Wednesday after work. Haidyn was already counting down the days to see them since last week.



Our first order of business was prepping all of our food the night before Thanksgiving, eating all the cool whip just because and getting ready for a nice 4 mile run . Don't get your hopes up, Waymon is retired from running so I ran with my MIL. I grew up in Fernley, but I don't think I've ever really appreciated my little home town until recently. My 4 mile run was beautiful. I wish that Rory was behaved enough to run it with me.

After our run , we visited Haidyn's great grandma for a pre-thanksgiving snack fest. She was so excited to be out in Nixon with some of her cousins. Any time this kid can get outside and run a little she will take advantage of it , but I'm glad that she does. After our visit, we started our own thanksgiving . We had all the fixings you could imagine and then some. I personally ate all of my FIL's ceviche until there was no more. Yeah I overindulged, so what?

 Everyone had a plate of food (maybe more) and sat down to watch the Chargers kick some Cowboy ass. ( I should also warn you that I'm a football fan now, but not a fan of the Chargers sorry Jon!!) Speaking of Jon, my Thanksgiving was made when I got that surprise face-time from him. I haven't facetimed with him in such a long time, I almost forgot what he looked like. :)

We headed back home on Saturday to catch up on the house chores we've been slacking on, but also to lay around the house even more. Sunday we got the courage to finally go outside and do something! The weather was awful, but we managed to watch Coco. If you haven't seen it, YOU MUST GO NOW!

After a weekend of actual relaxation, family bonding and eating non-stop I didn't want to go back to work. Can you blame me? The holidays are so stressful, but I'm so glad that I got this time to actually spend time with my family. I hope your Thanksgiving was just as wonderful.