JR has finally found some rattlesnakes. I think he got about 10. He took a few days off this week and just walked, about 5.5 miles.

This happened a few days ago.

Joseph was over at a neighbor's house. There were some kids jumping on the trampoline at the house behind the neighbor's house. Joseph and some of the other kids had climbed up onto the fence and was looking into the other yard at the kids jumping. There was a dog in the yard and the dog jumped up and bit Joseph's hand, which was hanging over the fence. It was not a bad bite, more of a surface bite. However, his pinky was swollen and looked deformed. Not seeing what happened, I was not sure if somehow he got his finger stuck as he pulled it back and hurt it. So, we headed off to Urgent Care. On the way, I stopped off at the dog's house and the owner, whom I don't know, said all shots were current. Of course at Urgent Care they told me I had to report it, which I did. The Health Department and Animal Control both followed up with me. I never quite realized the process. Animal control contacted the owner and got the name of the vet and called the vet. The vet said shots were not current. So, the dog was removed from the home and quarantined for 10 days at a vet clinic. One of the boys asked me if I feel bad for getting them in trouble. I do feel bad, because the dog did nothing wrong. However, I found a teaching moment and told them that dog owners are responsible for keeping up to date on shots and that family had not done that. That being said, Bree has an appointment next week to get current on her shots! (The finger is healing but the Urgent Care doc was a little concerned that there could be an issue with a tendon because he can not fully flex it. I guess time will tell but might need to get it checked out further).

There was a huge snag in the filming of the book recently. Actually a show stopper. Not sure how this was not discovered or known, but the filming rights for the book are owned by a large production company and they are lifetime rights. So, they cannot shoot the movie. They might be considering doing a short clip to send to the production company anyways. Not really sure. They are discussing their options and how or if they will end up using the grant money. They have Benjamin penciled in to do some filming in a few weeks.