Skunks dont wear flip flops!

Well, we had some suspicion all day yesterday that we had a skunk in our garage.  It was confirmed last night after I went out to get my iPad from the car and came face to face with the little "stinker"...tail up.  It all started Saturday night.  I was coming down stairs after checking on the girls at bed time when I heard a scratching on the door to our garage.  I assumed it was the cat that shows up every  now and then.  He usually finds a place to sleep and so I figured he just got shut in when Harley closed the doors.  Anyway, I opened the door and did not see or hear anything (the cat usually meows when I open the door) so I shut it back and went to bed.

The next morning Hayleigh was heading outside to check on her rabbit and she came running back up stairs all excited saying she saw a skunk.  When Harley went out there he couldn't find it anywhere.  We were late for church because of all the excitement - but we did have a good story to tell.  So, after church Harley swept out the whole garage and cleaned out some other things....no skunk.  We just assumed that somehow it must have scurried out that morning when Harley opened the garage doors.  We had Hayleigh's family birthday party and everything went just fine.  About 9:30 that night I went out to my car and there it was.  I calmly came back in and informed Harley...he went out and saw it as well.

We spent the next 30 minutes or so trying to coax it out of the garage and away from the house, all without getting sprayed.  There were rakes involved and a lot of close calls.  I wish I had thought to take a picture or two.  Anyway, the crisis was everted.  Nothing or no one got sprayed!

I mentioned before about Hayleigh's family birthday party.  We had a great time celebrating with family. I made her a possum pie and we ate lasagna and garlic bread.  We are thankful for Hayleigh in our lives. She is such a blessing.  She works hard at everything she does, whether it's learning to hit a softball or working on math facts.  She will be 8 years old on Wednesday.  I'll post some pictures as soon as I get them off my camera.  

One last thing, Harley started his new job as the Fayetteville Fire Marshall today.  I am very proud of him.  It was a hard decision for him to leave the guys on shift to take this promotion.  He has a lot to learn about the job and he has never sat behind a desk before, but I know he will do a great job.  He's excited about it and he gets to go to Las Vegas next week for an arson training.  I'm trying to think of a way that I can get the school to pay for me to go to Vegas :)  Just kidding, but I would like to go someday.  

Hope everyone has a great week!  I need to thank my mom and grandma for helping with the girls all the time.  I don't know what I would do with out them!