Family Portraits

Charlie

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Clearly the kid needs some work on her spelling and perhaps some emphasis on how much easier it is to read things when you separate your words with spaces, but I love that her artwork is coming with messages these days!

 

Translation: Elephant. Van hat on his head. (She tells me it's a chicken hat!)

These two!

Sad

Preparing to say goodbye to a dear friend. :( I don't have the words to say much more right now.

Happy Birthday Dear House!

There's a list of projects hanging on our fridge. They are the preliminary projects that need to be finished before we start the next BIG project (finishing the basement, or maybe remodeling the kitchen). It is not a short list.

It is soooooo easy to get caught up in how much there is to do around here in this journey to make this place sparkle. I've been thinking a lot lately about how much we have already accomplished and when I went back to take a little inventory I noticed that TODAY is exactly one year from the day we signed the papers and received the keys for this house. And so, Happy Birthday Dear House, and as Ben shovels away the last of the junk heap that is the remnants of our yard overhaul, I will choose to focus on the amazing progress we've made here already and look forward to all the future projects that will continue to make this house our home!

Meet Lefty

Felix "Lefty" Otto joined our household Friday, March 1st after an impromptu stop at the Boulder Humane Society. We had been talking about getting a dog for awhile and our recent trip to Ohio and all the special doggy friends we spent time with there made us feel the time was right. We fell for Lefty and his low key disposition and fancy markings right away and we are growing more and more enamored with him each day! Ben and I have been playing "name that mutt" and have decided that there is a good deal of Basenji in him. He has the white Basenji markings, slight curl to his tail and ears that stick straight up (before they flop over!) He also very rarely barks. As to what else might be contributing we're sort if at a loss, though we discovered today that he has webbed toes which helps narrow it down a bit. We've considered boxer, pit bull, German shepherd, etc. but mostly ruled them out and are now thinking maybe Lab, Chinook, Catahoula Leopard etc. Lefty visited the vet today and got a clean bill of health and a gold star for his manners. He is three months old and expected to be around 50 pounds. He's making great progress with potty and leash training and responds to sit, no, and down. Overall, I guess you could say we got super lucky on our last minute drop in at the Humane Society and we are thrilled to have Mr. Lefty Lou join our family!