Pippin pops in...at our house!

 We are having a first this week...we are kitten sitting Pippin, the Weaver's new kitten, while they are at Lake Powell.  He's such a funny little thing.  He's always busy cat fighting with something...until he's all tired out and has to take a catnap.  We are having fun with him, but know that we are not ready for a pet again yet.  It's too hard find tenders for them when you want to leave town whenever you can.  

Roxy - RIP - 1/2025

Derek and kids had a hard blow this week.  

Kaebri's tribute:

“A goodbye is not forever, farewell is not the end; they simply mean I'll miss you until we meet again.”

These past 8 years have been crazy and chaotic, but through it all we had Roxy, a beautiful Border Collie/Aussie mix we adopted from a shelter. The first time we met her, she was so happy and cared for all of us. We adopted her on Christmas Eve in 2016 and she never stopped caring for us. Roxy was so smart and emotionally intelligent, she knew when you needed her. As a descendant of herding dogs, Roxy would usually be walking around the house checking on each one of us and making sure we were safe. Her happy howls were her way of saying she is having a great time or she was successful in ‘herding’ us all into the same room. She loved making people happy and there are so many people who love her. After limping with a fractured femur head for a few months, we scheduled a surgery to get it fixed. While the surgeon was in there, they found cancer. She had one back leg amputated and lots of cancer removed from her tummy. She was healing very well for the first few weeks, but then her incision got infected and the cancer came back with a vengeance. She accomplished her mission and we let go of her on January 31st. Roxy, your family loves you and can’t wait to see you again on the other side.