One less "family"member

Well we finally did what we have known we needed to do. We took our 9 year old dog Lady to the animal shelter so she could find a new home. We didn't want to do that but also didn't not want to do it. She has been having some dog fights with her other two dog sisters. We decided before she got one of the grandchildren by mistake we had best remove her from our home. We sure didn't want to part with her yet we didn't want to have the "what ifs" of not doing it too & having something bad happen. We are praying she will be able to find a good home where she is the only dog.

Our whole family

We were able to get all our family members
together on June 29th for a birthday party.
So I got the much wanted family picture.
We had not had whole family together for
over a year as our daughter Amy & her
family had moved to Arizona last June.
We had a great visit & great time.

New "family" member

We added a new member to our "family", well our animal family.

On Wed July 2nd we went into Grand Rapids to look at a cat we thought we wanted. Yes he was the cat we had been looking for to make a house cat. He was nameless for a couple of days. Finally we settled on Owyn for his name, it means young warror in Celtic. Since he was good at fending off our dogs we thought the name fit. He is a VERY nice cat. Has good manors too. Knows the word NO. He has blue eyes & very soft fur. kind of like rabbit hair. He has had a bath & didn't mind it too bad. I think he is a good addition to the family.