So literally seconds after I posted about getting our visas renewed we got out of the car to walk into the building. We could see dad coming out through the glass doors. He was walking a black lab, my first thought was that this was some security dog he had found and wanted to show us because he looked like Denmark (our recent dog that passed away, yes, he is what my sob story dog story posts are about) then I realized that that would just have been cruel. The minute he got outside I knew it was Ivan.
For the passed four months we have been traveling all over America, Texas,Kansas,Minnesota,Wisconsin, New York, Maine, Florida, you get the picture. When we were in NY we stayed with John and Glynda Spencer, some really great friends who we love to death. They are so easy to talk to, I could share anything with them. They're really fun too, and took us to see lights on the lake! One of those long drives with the millions, no, billions, of Christmas lights. They have three dogs, Moe, Cali (Like California), and Ivan. Moe and Cali are shih tzus, and Ivan is a 3 month old black lab. He reminded us so much of Denmark, this was before Denmark died. So this was all happening 2 months ago, we left NY and slowly made our way back to TX.
And we all thought we were renewing visas, yes we thought it was a little odd, we didn't think we had to do that with our new temporary residency status, but we didn't question. It was kind of annoying because we had to drive up to Fort Worth from Lindale to do this whole thing, and we ended up having to stay an extra day because they changed the dates on us. On the way to the airport dad had to stop at walmart and get some bungee cords, we didn't think much of this but now it makes sense.
So standing outside that pick up office at the airport, it dawned on all of us that Papa John and Aunt Glenda had given us Ivan. They had been looking for a new home for him because Papa John is really sick right now and Ivan was too much to handle (Papa John is getting better :) But you can keep him in your prayers!), so when they heard about Denmark dying, they knew who to give him to. So for the past few weeks all those times mom has rushed us out of the room when dad was on the phone, was them planning to get him over here. Mom was so amazed that we didn't over hear anything.
So no visa renewals, just another addition to our big happy family :) We crammed Ivan into the car strapped his kennel to the back (using the bungee cords, yup that useless information ties in...ties in...get it....ties...) I wasn't able to type this up till I got home, because I had Ivan on top of me haha, Aubrie says we should teach him to sit and stay, Brooklyn barely visible under the large puppy, says we should teach him to scoot over, that's him I hear right now, I better go.
For the passed four months we have been traveling all over America, Texas,Kansas,Minnesota,Wisconsin, New York, Maine, Florida, you get the picture. When we were in NY we stayed with John and Glynda Spencer, some really great friends who we love to death. They are so easy to talk to, I could share anything with them. They're really fun too, and took us to see lights on the lake! One of those long drives with the millions, no, billions, of Christmas lights. They have three dogs, Moe, Cali (Like California), and Ivan. Moe and Cali are shih tzus, and Ivan is a 3 month old black lab. He reminded us so much of Denmark, this was before Denmark died. So this was all happening 2 months ago, we left NY and slowly made our way back to TX.
And we all thought we were renewing visas, yes we thought it was a little odd, we didn't think we had to do that with our new temporary residency status, but we didn't question. It was kind of annoying because we had to drive up to Fort Worth from Lindale to do this whole thing, and we ended up having to stay an extra day because they changed the dates on us. On the way to the airport dad had to stop at walmart and get some bungee cords, we didn't think much of this but now it makes sense.
So standing outside that pick up office at the airport, it dawned on all of us that Papa John and Aunt Glenda had given us Ivan. They had been looking for a new home for him because Papa John is really sick right now and Ivan was too much to handle (Papa John is getting better :) But you can keep him in your prayers!), so when they heard about Denmark dying, they knew who to give him to. So for the past few weeks all those times mom has rushed us out of the room when dad was on the phone, was them planning to get him over here. Mom was so amazed that we didn't over hear anything.
So no visa renewals, just another addition to our big happy family :) We crammed Ivan into the car strapped his kennel to the back (using the bungee cords, yup that useless information ties in...ties in...get it....ties...) I wasn't able to type this up till I got home, because I had Ivan on top of me haha, Aubrie says we should teach him to sit and stay, Brooklyn barely visible under the large puppy, says we should teach him to scoot over, that's him I hear right now, I better go.
Aww Yeah! He's going into such a good home!
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