GOODBYE

With heavy hearts, and a tear in our eyes

after all these years, we must say goodbye.

Please understand we've done all we could

if there was anything we could do, you know we would.

I'm sitting right here, gently rubbing your ears

while I talk to you softly, trying to hold back the tears.

The memories you gave us, we'll never forget

especially the ones of the day we all met.

One last hug, and one last kiss

you have no idea how much you'll be missed.

To look into your eyes, this one last time

you tell me it's okay, you know it's your time.

Close your eyes now and go to sleep

we'll pray to the Lord your soul he'll keep.

Go in peace now, our good friend

we'll stay right here with you until the end.

Dream of that special day and time

when we'll meet at the Bridge, and all will be fine.

we'll run and play, side by side

with a soft warm feeling, down deep inside.

Your memory will live on in each of us,

you'll always be number one to all of us.

Have a safe journey, through the night

I promise when you awake, you'll be in God's light.

So with heavy hearts, and tears in our eyes

just for now my friend, we say goodbye.

We lost our first "baby", Jake, on Saturday August 8th. He had been sick for awhile, and was suffering. Nine years went by so fast, I wasn't ready to say goodbye. I still can't believe he is gone, I was just so use to having him around. I know he is in a better place now where he can run around without feeling any pain, waiting to greet all of us when it's our turn to go to heaven. Goodbye Jake, you brought so much to our lives and you will never be forgotten!

July 2010 slideshow

July was a very busy month for us, not only did Logan finish Kindergarten, but he started first grade! That only left us three weeks to do all the activities of summer. We were able to go boating, played with cousins at the park, went swimming, bmx races, luau party, a trip to the cabin, splash pads, playing at the neighborhood beach, and got a new puppy!

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Getaway to the Vincent Cabin

We spent this past weekend at Jen and Scott's cabin enjoying some four-wheeling, hiking, fishing, and most importantly-relaxing! It was so great to get away for a few days before Logan started back at school. The boys have so much fun playing together, and I enjoy hanging out with the girls~Kensley and Jen. Enzo had fun with Kirby, trying to get him to play with him. The boys absolutely love it up there, and are already asking when we can go again. Thanks you guys for another fun time up there!

Our new baby.....puppy!

We (Anthony) decided it was time to get a new puppy since our dog, Jake, is getting old and we're not sure how much longer he is going to be around. Perfect time to get a puppy I guess?! Anthony came home from work on friday with a 13 week old white boxer puppy. It was hard to get mad at him when I saw the little guy, and the boys were sooo excited. It's been over nine years since I trained a puppy, but so far he's been pretty good with the potty training, chewing on furniture and the boys' toys, preferring instead my shoes and pillows. We named him ENZO, which means "house ruler" in old German (which I'm not sure is a good thing or not). Jake isn't too sure of him yet, but will tolerate him as long as he doesn't eat his food or climb all over him. Poor Jake, all he wants to do is sleep and relax in his old age, and now he has a fiesty puppy to live with. Although it is hard to admit, but getting a puppy right now has been a great distraction for me, and might help with my perceived lonliness coming up next week with Logan starting school all day, and Sawyer starting preschool next month. I now have another baby in the house to take care of!

Summer fun!

We've been having a blast spending some time outdoors and enjoying the summer sun! We've gone a few times to the lake and beach by our house, gone to the park, enjoyed a hawaiian luau at the Vincents, and this past weekend went out with our friends boating on the lake-where we experienced a sudden hail storm and pouring rain of all things! Our summer started late, but we've been able to do some fun things before Logan starts back at school in a few weeks!

BMX Nationals

We spent the fourth of July weekend down at the BMX track where they were having National races. Logan raced his heart out both Saturday and Sunday, and walked away with TWO first place finishes for his age group! The trophy's are as big as he is, and the wins advanced him from novice to intermeditate status. We are so proud of all Logan has accomplished this past year, way to go Logan!!

video of Logan's race on Saturday