OK, let me show you the really cute picture of our new puppy first and it just happens to be the picture of the day.
Adorable!!!
How sweet is that right? Well, we all just love him and he’s so spoiled already.
We were originally had to go all the way to south western Minnesota to get our new puppy, but the family that raised him was going to a volleyball tournament closer to us so score! It saved us 3 hours of driving and that’s never a bad deal right? So we were able to leave a little later than we originally thought and before we left William was in the laundry mode. He was trying to get as much laundry washed and dried as he could before he headed back to college tonight. After throwing some laundry in the washer and handing the last load to dry on the clothes line, we were off. A quick to pick up something to eat and on the road we went. We didn’t have any trouble finding the family and soon we were holding our new little puppy! The puppy is a boy and he seems pretty shy yet. You know you kind of forget that ‘new’ puppy smell. And to be honest it was also kind of strange being on the other side of this puppy business. We’re more used to be selling to the families not being one of the families that are buying. Now I really know and understand how anxious you can really be when you finally see your puppy. But we didn’t waste too much time and we headed back home again. We were racking our brains trying to think of a name and we all agreed on one. Our new puppies name is Kaiser. Now if you’re wondering why Kaiser it’s because Kaiser in German means Emperor. Cool huh. The ride home was uneventful and the kids took wayyyy too good of care of him. 
William and Jude took turns holding him and then they all crawled in back of the car and hung out. 
We knew that the 3 hours of driving might be a long time for a puppy not to go to the bathroom so we stopped at a rest stop/gas station so everyone could get out. The kids took Kaiser out to play and Daryl and I checked out the station. 
Now I have no idea why these huge statues were inside – but it looked like a photo op to me. 
I also laughed when I saw this one food display. Now normally no one thinks too much of this display in a gas station around us. But the other day I was watching a cooking show about cheese curds and she was making such a big deal that you can buy cheese curds in about any gas station in the midwest. So when I was watching it I thought, well yea. And then today I took a good look at not only this display, but there was also two other cheese curd and beef stick displays in this same gas station. I would love to hear what she would have said about that! 
Soon it was time to get back on the road and I really wanted to see if I could catch a picture of this really cool house that I saw this morning. You know how you think it was in a certain spot but reality was that it was about an 1 1/2 hours later? Yea, that’s what happened to me today. I was just sitting there with my camera just ready to snap the picture. I was also secretly worried that my battery was going to go dead in the mean time. But no big deal and when I finally saw it, Daryl pulled over so I could catch a shot.
He’s getting so good at letting me do this all the time! All of a sudden Daryl and I noticed how quiet it was in the car and when I looked back I saw this. 
Yup, everyone was sleeping. But when we pulled into our yard, well that was another story. Reno came to great us and I don’t think she knew exactly what to do. 
Kaiser was pretty shy at first, but later he would kind of dance around her and nip a little bit at her legs and nose. I was thinking at first .. poor Kaiser, but now I changed my mind and I’m thinking poor Reno! And with a new little puppy in our family – what an adventure this is going to be!