The treasure chest event was great. Thanks for putting forth great effort in creating your chests. I got a lot of good pictures of each group. I decided to just put two pictures up on the blog of two really great treasure chests. I will show you each group shot later in the year. I usually make a movie at the end of the year highlighting some of our events. I will use the treasure chest pictures of each group for that. You will see in June just how much you've grown!
I have always been pretty spontaneous about things, and this week illustrates that. When my daughter was born 15 years ago, we purchased a Shetland Sheepdog. He was the greatest dog ever. He was huge for a sheltie, weighing about 50 lbs. A sheltie resembles a collie in many ways. Our dog looked more like a collie than a sheltie because he was so big. We grew to love that dog as a member of our family.
When when my daughter entered sixth grade, a neighbor of ours had a sister who had a border collie who needed a home. The family was moving to Colorado, and could not take the dog with them. My daughter kept teasing me for the dog, and I kept saying no, as I didn't want two dogs. Well, since I am a dog lover, I finally gave in, and Kali joined our family. At first, the two of us didn't get along as she really hadn't been trained properly. As soon as she figured out how to do things, I grew to love her too. I never dreamed that I would own two dogs at once. I am a dog lover, but two of them?
The two dogs we had grew to love each other, and became inseparable. Our sheltie died two years ago unexpectedly, and our family was very upset. Even Kali, our border collie felt the loss. I decided that we would go back to being a one dog family as it is easier, and cheaper. Then....I started thinking about how great it is to have a companion for the dog we have now...and...I started looking at dogs on the internet that were for sale...and there was one for sale near Johnston-Willis Hospital...and...we went to see him on Thanksgiving morning....and now...we have a new member to our family. His name is Murphy and he is a ball of fire. He will get to be about 70 pounds, the biggest dog that I have ever owned. My daughter, who is 15, has never really had a puppy, as she pointed out. We got our dog when she was a baby, and our border collie, Kali, was an adult dog when we adopted her.
I have some pictures here of my new family member. I made sure I included Kali in one of the shots as I don't want her to be jealous!
See you on Monday!
Mr. McEwen
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