Grandpa

This isn't an easy post, but it needs to be made. April 19th, 2012 Grandpa Douglas left earth for his heavenly home. J was already in Arizona after receiving a call from his mom over the weekend that his dad's health had taken a turn for the worse. He was suffering from Fronto-temporal dementia. I flew out with the kids the next day to join J. We had a short visit returning after just 4 days. We had a nice time with family, and the kids had lots of fun with their cousins. We will miss Grandpa a lot! He was such a good man and a taught me to be more relaxed, patient, and practical. More posts to come of the events while we were there.

Where oh where has my Chewy gone??

Chewy's gone missing. He does this from time to time. Must be the wild in him.

His brother has already learned what happens when you get wild (see photo below of Obi after his encounter with something - I like to believe a feisty opossum). Obi came back limping, bloody, and sat on our sofa for almost a week only moving to get water (which we brought to him initially). Since then he has fully recovered, and doesn't go on such long adventures anymore.

But Chewy is a different story. In between his naps he ventures into fields, brings home prizes for us (which are not welcome), and enjoys the beautiful outdoors. We would have forced him to be inside, but he knows how to use the dog door and keeping Yoda inside all the time really isn't an option.

Plus, in case you don't remember - he prefers to be wild, so life solely indoors would be no life for him. So today we made missing signs and posted them around hoping that Chewy will abandon his wild ways and come home. So if you see him...please tell him to come home and we will try to make his indoor life a little more exciting.