Ok, this video was too cute not to share. Please excuse the crazy hair...it was a crazy day!
March 13, 2010
March 7, 2010
In Loving Memory...
We had to say goodbye to our beloved pet Dakota last weekend. We were saddened to find out that she had cancer and it had progressed rapidly. It was one of the hardest things we have had to do as a family so far!! She had been there with us through several moves, the birth of our babies, and many trips in between. We miss her terribly, but our comforted with the fact that "It is better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all" I found this poem and thought is was perfect for what she meant to us.
My friend is loyal and eager to please
I'd sit in my chair, her head on my knees
I'd stroke her back and pat her on the side
The things she would do filled my heart with pride
I'd sit in my chair, her head on my knees
I'd stroke her back and pat her on the side
The things she would do filled my heart with pride
She watched my house and my family too
She was always there to look over you
Never my house did I have to lock
A bark and a growl at the very first knock
Unconditional love is what she gave to me
From the look in her eye it was all you could see
Sometimes I'd yell "be quiet, lay down"
She'd lay in the corner and not make a sound
As she grew old and couldn't get around
I forgot how she'd greet me with a leap and a bound
Soon came the time she could no longer stand on her own
I picked her up and carried her to see God's home
On the way there I remembered all the good years
I looked at my friend through all of my tears
I told her I loved her
Soon the pain would be gone
I did the hardest thing
I ever have done
I went the last mile
I was there to the end
I know now why they called her
"Man's Best Friend"
She was always there to look over you
Never my house did I have to lock
A bark and a growl at the very first knock
Unconditional love is what she gave to me
From the look in her eye it was all you could see
Sometimes I'd yell "be quiet, lay down"
She'd lay in the corner and not make a sound
As she grew old and couldn't get around
I forgot how she'd greet me with a leap and a bound
Soon came the time she could no longer stand on her own
I picked her up and carried her to see God's home
On the way there I remembered all the good years
I looked at my friend through all of my tears
I told her I loved her
Soon the pain would be gone
I did the hardest thing
I ever have done
I went the last mile
I was there to the end
I know now why they called her
"Man's Best Friend"
In Loving Memory of Dakota Phillips
December 1999 - February 2010
Dakota took good care of the girls!
This was one of the last pictures we got with Dakota just a few weeks before she was gone. She was running around in the snow like a puppy!!
Temporary Home
The song by Carrie Underwood is running through my mind..."This is my temporary home, it's not where I belong, windows in rooms that I'm passing through, this is just a stop on the way to where I'm going...I'm not afraid because I know...this is my temporary home!!! " We finally closed on the house and are living in a friends vacant house for 2 months before we officially leave Charleston :( It has been fun getting to know a different area and exploring the neighborhood. Elizabeth likes to go on walks to explore all the different walking paths!
These are the girls hanging out before we went to church. Elizabeth is such a good big sister...letting Carley lick on her hands and all...haha!
I can't believe this is our 3 year old! She is such a beautiful little girl inside and out!!! And, I can't believe how long her hair is getting...finally :)
That smile lights up the world!!
She is 5 months old and is growing SO fast!!
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