Just some cute pics of Rusty, Lola, and Casey that I couldn't resist sharing. 
From Left (Lola, Rusty, Casey) It is so unlike other dogs, but they do not like being outside unless I am out there with them. 
From Left (Lola, Casey, Rusty) Following me around everywhere is their favorite hobby! Here they are in the kitchen with me while I am making dinner.
Garrett's dad Tom (Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force) will be leaving for another military deployment this week. He is heading to Iraq however during this trip he will be transporting wounded men back and forth to Germany. So hopefully he will spend lots of time in Germany and away from the danger. He should be back to home in the US within 6 to 8 months.
Tom: Be careful over there, you are in our prayers. See you when you get back!
From Left: Natalie (Emily's sister), Garrett, Jodi, Emily (Garrett's Step Mom, Tom (Garrett's Dad, and Jake (Tom and Emily's Dog). 
From Left: Garrett, Emily, Tom, and Jodi
It's pretty crazy how much rain we have had in the last couple of days. Although we are fortunate that we are not flooded like some areas in the state, it was still pretty amazing how much standing water we have in our yard. Half of our backyard is flooded. Only a few inches deep, but it is still crazy. How do we go from all that snow with freezing temperatures to floods and 50 degrees? Weird!!! Anyways, the back yard puddle is so annoying because little miss Casey loves playing in it so much, while Rusty and Lola completely try to avoid it. I can't get Casey out of the water to come inside. Instead she stays outside running around in it while getting completely soaked. Even though we just adopted her, I can already tell she is going to love the lake in the summer =)
The front yard has a ditch where water runs. It is a little flooded as well, but not too bad. 
We received most of the bloodwork results for Lola, which was perfectly normal. We are waiting on the other half but supposedly, the part we already heard back on is the most crucial. So that is a relief. As I discussed with the doctor before, there are different kinds and causes of seizures. We did the bloodwork which is the first step to rule out anything bad. The next step would be a MRI, but we would not do that unless she started having them more often. So it looks like she may have just had a idiopathic seizure, which means that there is no identifiable brain abnormality other than seizures. It is common for the dog to suffer their first idiopathic seizure between the ages of 2 and 5 (Lola is 4). The Labrador Retriever is also one of the breeds that are genetically likely to develop the idiopathic seizures. This means she may be likely to suffer future seizures however they are usually roughly a year or so apart. But hopefully this the only one she will ever suffer because we don't want to have to go through that again!
