Daddy's little helper and our last picture of Sammy....

This post is a tough one....while the picture is very cute of Jetta helping her daddy put mommy's new elliptical together, it's our last picture of Sammy. It was a rough week for us a few weeks back. We unfortunately lost Sam, our sheltie. He was 7 1/2 years old and was a great dog. He had been sick with his thyroid for quite some time and had been fighting a weight problem. Unfortunately 3 weeks ago on a Sunday afternoon we lost him. He was here at home with us, which I'm grateful for, but it still was very hard. He was such a good boy and we miss him immensely. We had him cremated and got him back last week and Shannon put his final touch on his box....he didn't have Sammy put on the tag, rather he had Chubby and for any of you who know us, Sam went by many names, Chubby, Chubs, CB, Table Top to name just a few. There are many more, but these are the ones that we used the most. I do however feel grateful that we lost him here the way we did, because just a few days later, our neighbor's car went through our garage and may have hurt him to a point that we would have lost him anyway. The side of the garage that the car went through was the side he laid on and with him being so heavy, he may have not been able to get up out of the way fast enough. Fortunately both Peanut and Takai were able to escape unhurt. They were both just shaken up and Peanut had made .6 miles of a trek away from home. We finally found her 5 hours later and she was very glad to see us. I'm sure glad that even though she crossed two major roads and was gone for an extended period of time that we got her back safe and sound. So, as I said, the picture is very cute and shows just how big Jetta is getting, but it is also hard for me to write about this. So, for now Chubs I write this to you and you will always have a special place in our hearts and memories. I've also included one of our favorite pictures, the black and white one of him, it shows just how sweet he was.