The past 24 hours have not been so great. In fact my heart is so heavy.
Let me start from the beginning... yesterday started out great! Dylan, Maddie, Lauren and I went up to the campground where Karla and Joel and some of the softball team went.... Falls View. We took our air mattress to them and stopped to get some ice and candy for them! It was a beautiful day out and such a pretty campground. The view of the waterfalls are pretty.... and I got some good pictures!
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| Maddie...the waterfalls are far away, bigger than they look, and WAY down! |
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| Dylan McStud (lol) |
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| Lauren...Auntie Tara had to get her to laugh to get a good smile! |
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| Even Lily posed! |
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| Auntie Tara, Auntie Karla, Lauren, and Maddie! |
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| The waterfall zoomed in! |
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| The Waterfall |
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| The river below |
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| The river zoomed in... |
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| A large nest....possibly an Eagles nest? |
After we left there we went to Walmart and then to my mom's to visit for a bit. She enjoyed the kids very much! She loves to see her great-grandbabies. She loves visitors!
Then we get to the bridge and this is where we landed....on the bridge while a couple Navy boats went through. The kids took some good pictures!
Lauren took the pictures so she wasn't in them. :( We got home and the kids searched the neighborhood again. The girls went in the pool....then took a shower.
Papa went to get Andrew.... Dylan wondered why Toby kept looking in the next lot. So he put Toby on the leash and walked over there and called me. There was a cat's head. Shook me to the core.... I kid you not. It was gross and disgusting. I came in the house crying....then the girls noticed and I told them we may have found Punkin. The lost it and started crying hard. Lauren was yelling "Why did this have to happen???" Maddie was hyperventilating. Papa and Andrew came and Papa looked at the skull and put it in a bag. The weird thing is.... we haven't noticed it before and it was sitting about 7 feet from the road. Without getting too detailed and gross...it looks like it had been dead longer than 3 days.... and Dylan saw a little fur...but it was black fur under the right eye. She doesn't. Papa thinks the head was too small....I think the teeth were too big. I don't know if it is wishful thinking...but we are still praying it wasn't her. But out of respect... Papa buried it and made a cross a said a prayer.
To say it was a rough night is an understatement. Unless you're an animal lover....you may not understand. And the grandkids love our animals. Dylan had to go to his grandpa's. I sat with him rubbing his back while he cried...but was trying not to. He said "Punkin' was my cat. I loved her." It broke my heart and still makes me cry. I wish he wasn't the one who found it. He was shaking. I am glad his grandpa picked him up. The girls took a long time to calm down. They were afraid. Afraid to sleep in the trailer. Afraid to go to bed. Afraid of everything. They made a bed on the floor to sleep together. All night long they took turns waking up and coming into my room and sleeping with me. Lauren had the hardest time....when she gets like this it turns into missing mom, wanting to go home, scared someone is going to come in and get them....long, long night. For papa too. They would come in the bed and he would go to his recliner. Maddie and I slept in until 8:00. Then Karla came shortly after that and picked up Maddie. Maddie was ready to be with her mom. I ran Andrew to Kevon's again to take care of their dog. Lauren woke up around 10. Papa made us breakfast and we lazed around until Ryan and Amanda got home....then we took Lauren, Mac and Sandy home. Now we are just chilling. Waiting for bed. And still praying.
Enjoy your week and thanks for your prayers and support! Love you all!
