Saying goodbye to an old friend...

First let me say I think I am done helping plan the City Ice Cream Social. There have been two years now that horrible things have happened the day of them, which make the weekend following miserable. The first was in 2007...that was a terrible day. That was the day they life flighted my dad to Billings because he had a heart attack. That was a horrible weekend. That was my worst weekend yet.

This year however is running a close second. You see it was after the ice cream social that I went to check on my old dog and knew something was not right. Okay I know she is at least 15 and we have had a great 13 years together, but it is still so hard for me to see her life coming to an end. This dog has been through everything with me, meeting Wes, moving into my first apartment, my first trailer, marrying Wes, our first house, bringing Kassi home. She has been there for all of the monumental things her little stub of a tail wagging with excitement. Wes has once again been so wonderful. I have cried for going on four days now and don't know when I'll stop. While I know she has had a good life and she is ready for me to let her go my heart hurts.

Daisey you have been the best dog. You have been there for me and listened to me cry tears of joy and of sadness. We have had so many good times. You have shown Kassi so much love. We will never be able to replace you and you will always be in our hearts. Goodbye my dear friend. We will always love you.

Camping

We took our second camping trip of the year a couple of weeks ago. Here are some pictures from it. We had a lot of fun fishing, exploring new places and just hanging out at the camper.

She was ready to go!

We tried to hike down in there, but Kassi and Nina's short little legs started to get tired so we decided we would come back another day.

Resting on the way back up.

Two tired girls.

Ahhh.

Once again can we say spoiled. She is a hunting dog that gets cold when it gets below 50.

All smiles!

Kas' Camping List

As we were getting things ready to put in the camper I asked Kassi if she could help me make a list of the things we needed to remember. Here's her list...
1. My little player, you know mom for my movies, and movies to go in it.
2. My colors.
3. A ball.
4. Annie and Bubba (For those who don't know these are her favorite stuffed animals.)
5. Nina and Daisey
6. Some of my friends. (I think she meant both the real ones and her stuffed animals which she calls her friends.)
7. Mom don't forget food.
8. Me
9. Daddy
10. You of course Mommy, don't forget you.

Yellowstone

I sure do love these two!

Just like mom always taking pictures.

The whole reason we went to Yellowstone...Kassi wanted to see volcano's that didn't have lava in them.

The other reason we went...because Kassi wanted to see buffalo.

Too far away, but it was kind of cool.

I should have put down a coin to show how big this ant is. The pine needles next to it are full size. Kassi ran right over and picked it up. I made her throw it down because I was afraid it would bite her. That night she had nightmares that something was biting her...gotta be more careful about how I phrase things.

This fire started while we were there. We had driven by and didn't see anything then the wind started to blow and within minutes the whole sky was black.

I love it when we get a good picture of the three of us!