This family loves Dogs & I am missing my Kramer

This will be the last of the Reunion pictures

Are you getting sick of our family yet?

Well I am missing our little farmhouse today

Note to self...next years project

a cupola over the chimney stack

with a cute little rooster weather vane?

Not sure we will be going back over this year

So I was going over the pictures again and

I noticed something...

Dogs, Dogs, Dogs

In almost every picture

someone is holding a

Dog

Jack & Missy

You will never see them apart

This could win a contest on

~Who looks like their dog~

Judi and Kujo

Grandma & Grandpa

with all 4 of their

Granddaughters

&

Missy

Darren & Riley

Deanna & Trisha

 with Kujo

Harley

with his family

Wes

&
Yikes, I don't remember

Most of the gang

Kujo attacking my sheep

they also peed on them...

Harley

My Spanky

Kujo again

Jack, Darla & Devin

Kujo & Missy

Do you see
Harley's smile
This is one of my all time
favorites pictures

The Hubs with Spanky

Rodger & Winston

Nichole & Spanky

Ok,
 Sofie
your too cute for words

Rocky

Derek & Kelcy

Sofie & Rocky

Riley & Kujo
with Judi

Spanky
&
Lilly

I have combined the last 2 years of the
Reunion
all the same players except
my
~Kramer~



On Sept 2 last year
just after everyone went home after the reunion
~Kramer~
got sick
His vet said we had to say
~Goodbye~

Everyone loved him
He loved me most of all
nobody has ever loved
~me~
that much
It was the first time in my life,
and I'm over 50
that I have grieved like that
It taught me a lot...
I think I am a different person after knowing
what it feels like to hurt
that much


Sweet Kramer

Everyone teased us that our dogs
looked like us
This was the last photo taken of him
I haven't forgotten you
~Boo Boo~

................Blackberry Pie

I am linking up to a
Big Outdoor Party at
A southern daydreamer
She is so kind to host this party go check it out
lots of outdoorsy stuff over there

Here is my outdoor adventure this week
and yummm did it taste good
(note my small piece)
I am serious this is what I had
because I need to lose weight
Check out how much Melaine has lost over at
My Sweet Savannah
She looks fantastic
but don't enter that contest because
I need to win!

I have fond memories of

Black Berry Pie

My brothers and I would go picking them every year

just as school was about to start

They grow wild up here in the Northwest

My Mom would always send us with her Tupperware

and we would have a race to see who could get the most

It isn't easy picking those horrible little berries with

stickers that really hurt

When we moved to this home 3 years ago

I was so excited, giddy like a child

when I discovered this place had millions of

Blackberries

Invasive like they are we battle between

 killing them

&

 harvesting them

Up these stairs is a small forest

our back yard

Last year we had work done on our pond

I asked the guy if he would mind spending some time

clearing the brush

mostly blackberries

push it back to the neighbors fence

maybe someday I can have a playground up here

for the grand kids

This is what the entire area looked like

at the top of those steps

So push he did and  now

~wow~

I have a big job

maybe next year I will tackle it

but in the meantime there are still some berries

Can you see them?

Isn't it neat how they wrapped themselves around the tree

and are just hanging there like bananas?

Look how many I got

The Hubs helped because he was out there

Cutting them back

He would just cut out a big branch that was up too high

and I would not have to fight the stickers

I only had 1 finger that got stuck

It was worth it

I missed my brothers though....

Before & After Party at Debbiedoos

Debbiedoos

 is having her

Before & After

Party

Thanks Deb for this fun party

Since fall is fast approaching

I will soon have to say goodbye to these

~AFTER~

~BEFORE~

These were planted first part of

May

I remember them so small I worried if I should add more

This was

Memorial Day

weekend

$100

for all the little guys

This was in July during my Grandbaby

Madeline's

visit

Her and I would give the plants some food and a

*Drink*

Everyday...

I wish I would have gotten a picture of it..

We still talk about it on the phone

It was our special time every

morning

We all sure miss you Mattie....

Viola!

August

Can you even see them in the back, around the Hubs toy?

I didn't get too many pictures of them

didn't know I was going to blog about them

Thanks to my very good neighbor

~Mary~

who watered while we were in

~Montana~

They stayed alive, even

flourished

Thank you Mary

&

Miracle Grow

I know I need to do something bigger, taller for the

Motorhome garage especially...

like trees or something....

huge project I might tackle

next year

Any suggestions would be appreciated!