Driving home from dinner on Friday night, Ben and I saw this adorable little puppy crawling in the gutter on the street.  She was completely terrified!

I jumped out of the car and picked her up and we brought her home with the intention of finding her owners over the weekend.  But she didn’t have a collar or tags, and we’ve since come to the conclusion that she was probably abandoned.  She is sweet as pie and gets along great with our other animals, but we just cannot keep one more pet in this house . . . so we’re trying to find her a good home!  She’s sweet and loving and seems to be healthy (no fleas, no worms).  If you know anyone who’d be willing to rescue this totally adorable stray, please let us know!

Don’t let their cuteness fool you — they are some serious troublemakers!  These next few are of Murphy . . .

And here’s Ollie (his fur is pretty short in this first one — you’ll see it’s grown out quite a bit since then):

This one cracks me up:

This one too! 

And here’s a few more all scrambled up — it’s getting to the point where it’s even hard for me to tell them apart in photos!

I have to admit, they’re a pretty great pair.  I don’t know what I’d do without them!  (Except maybe clean less . . . )

This one is Ollie (with his typical tongue placement!):

I’m fairly certain this one is Murphy:

Ollie again, I think:

This one is definitely Murphy; he runs in a diagonal line across our backyard over and over again . . .

Here he is taking a break:

And here they are together!  I don’t know why I like this photo so much, it’s completely out of focus . . . but it just seems to fit them!

And one shot of Ollie for good measure!

Here are a few from our move . . . into our first house!

I left Houston early in the morning before the movers arrived and brought the puppy and cats up to the house, where we hung out alone in an empty house for eight hours!

As you can see, it was pretty much just me, the pets, and some dog toys.

The kitties took it upon themselves to inspect every inch of every room in the house.

The only break in the monotony of the day was when Sears delivered our brand new refrigerator!  I am pretty darn excited about it.  (And yes, being excited about appliances means you are officially old!)

When you open this baby up, the Hallelujah Chorus plays!

Anyway, after several hours of sitting around with no internet connection and nothing to do, I started taking photos of the pets in the kitchen.  It has a huge skylight and the light is gorgeous!

On a side note, the relationship between the puppy and cats has, unfortunately, not improved much.  This photo pretty much tells the whole story:

As you can see, the cats give Ollie a wide berth!  The only good part is that the cats seem to have been united in their hatred of Ollie . . .

I’ve never seen them so friendly before!

But that was pretty much it for the move.  By now we’ve gotten all the furniture where it belongs, although there are still lots of finishing touches to get in order.  I’m not starting my new job until October 1, though, so I’ll have plenty of time to decorate!  Stay tuned for more photos of the new house, the pets, and–of course–Ireland!