Bella!

Isn't she adorable?

Over the past weekend Ri watched a dog for her aunt. She's a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy, only 2 months old and her name is Bella. As you can see, she is so adorable! Her floppy little ears and big brown eyes are really cute and her fur is so soft, the minute you see her you want to hold her! Excuse the scrap of me in the background; the zoom in wasn't working on the camera.

Here's Ri holding Bella. No, she's not choking her, merely petting her!
Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to go e-mail these pictures to Ri.

In Memory

We are sorry that there haven't been any new posts but this past month we have been very busy. I have been visiting my out-of-town grandparents and they have been visiting us. Of course we have also been busy with school but the most difficult thing of all is that our lovable puppy dog, Toby has died. On Monday, February 25th, our Toby was hit by a car and immediately died. The day that we got Toby was on August 25th and just the other day I realized that we had had him for exactly 6 months. For me, those 6 months were the best of my life. We all loved him very much and miss him very much. We are thankful that God brings us comfort even in the midst of heartbreaking circumstances.

Toby

Today I played assistant vet and dog groomer to my mom as we gave our dog, Toby, a bath. Toby is a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and fairly small - about fifteen pounds. He is a sweet, cute little dog who will keep intruders away by licking them to death. Anyway, today was Toby's time to take a bath and he also needed some stitches taken out. Mom and I trooped down to the basement and proceeded to start by taking out his stitches. Let me tell you, that was not an easy task! Toby was a little apprehensive and did not like what we were doing to him. My job was to restrain Toby and mommy took the stitches out. Once finished, we proceeded on with his bath. Lots of warm water, calm reassurances, and nice smelling shampoo made for a clean dog. After we had semi-dried him with a towel, we took the brush and blow drier to him. By this time, Ri had come over to visit and ended up helping trim some of Toby's hair. In the end, the white of Toby's fur now looks very white and he smells much more respectable. Hanna