Ellie Mae!

Laeton
I had been wanting a dog. I had the kids constantly asking Lisa if they could get a puppy, in an attempt to wear her down. One day we were sitting on the couch and she showed me the Facebook of her friends’ Golden Retriever breeding page, they were having puppies. I told her I would say yes, but it was completely up to her. We had a deposit down on a puppy before bed that night.

Lisa
Once we had a deposit down on our puppy, it was a challenge to keep it a secret from the kids. We couldn’t just leave it alone though, we had to tease them!

When we went to the Iowa State Fair, we talked about IF we were to get a dog, what kind would everyone want and what would they want to name it. Of course, we told them it was just for fun and we were definitely NOT getting a dog.

Lisa
We went to our friends house, the Pelleys. They had just had puppies and they needed socialized. We got to spend some time playing with the puppies and really wanted to take one home. Unfortunately, they were all spoken for.

Rylee said that we needed to outbid whoever got the little girl puppy…that was when we nicknamed her Ellie, even though they had been calling her Skittles.

On our way home, we told the kids that if they could be completely quiet the entire way home, we would CONSIDER getting a puppy. It was, hands down, the quietest trip EVER…until we got two doors away from home when Anthony shouted “I CAN’T TAKE IT ANY MORE!” The girls were SO angry with him! Oh yeah, we may have let him in on our secret!

January 14, 2024, GOTCHA DAY!

Harper
I was coming home from a friend’s house. When I got in the car, Rylee was in there. Dad said we were going to the Pelleys’ house because Rylee left her jacket there. When we got to their house, Scott told Erin that she should go get our favorite puppy. We were playing with her when dad asked if we wanted to take her home. We said YES! Then he said, OKAY!

See the video for lots of fun and some almost tears!