a few miscellaneous shots from the past week...

Brandon after playing basketball on his bad ankle...enjoying a 'snack'!

...after a 8th-grade girls game...several 8th-grade boys painted their faces and were the cheering section! Lots of fun...
Our crazy cat enjoying a bath with Riley...(see Kelly, you don't have the only cat who enjoys water)...I thought Lou was nuts the first time he did this. So glad I was able to get a picture this time!

Champ is a good boy!

Tess is so gorgeous...but...gone. Jeff spoke with Steven's mother a couple days ago...and Tess is happy, they absolutely love her! So it worked out good for both of us. :)

Happy Thanksgiving everyone...

Sad news, same news, good news

Greetings from West Point, Illinois. It has been awhile, so here goes.

One little lab is no longer with us. No, she did not die. Tess turned out to be a puppy who thought chickens were stuffed animals. Unfortunately , for the chickens, Tess thought it would be nice to pluck the chickens while still alive. One was so bad that I had to put it down. Tess is now residing in Warsaw with the son of a lady I work with. It is ironic because he wanted a lab out of this litter but didn't get one, so now he has one.

While Tess was the major problem, Champ did his part as well, We are praying that we can rehabilitate him. We will see. He is lonely now but he listens so much better than Tess.

The goats are doing real good. Getting fatter by the day.

Brandon suffered a really bad ankle sprain in basketball practice three weeks ago. He is back to playing but is evident that he is not healed. I doubt if it will for awhile until he quits running on it.

Riley is doing well. She does pretty good in school. but I think she would rather be with her animals. I have to remind her to do well in school or she can't be a veterinarian.

Deb helps out at school on Fridays. She enjoys it alot. She is so happy at how well her mom has done. I am happy to, but it really reminds me how much I miss mom. At deer camp this weekend, John was telling me stories about mom and dad. I envy him for remembering so much. Not all memories were good, but still, they are memories.

Can't wait to see you all this weekend. If anybody is interested, Emma plays basketball at QND on Saturday at 12:30. Hope some of you can make it.