Quick Catchup… By Dott

We are so sorry we’ve been offline for so long. Grammy’s been having some major health issues, but is doing better now.

She was in the hospital for a while, but we tried to make sure Papa didn’t get to lonely.

They say it was something about a “Congested heart failed her,” but it really didn’t fail her cause she’s still here and around, though she DOES have a LONG oxygen tail that follows her everywhere. We keep tripping over it.

She says that at least they served her good food while she was there, 

but that she missed us big BUNCHES. I know WE missed HER bunches!

Neither BG nor Gimli have been in a fight (though they’ve grumbled a bit at each other) since she got home. I think they are afraid she left because of them and they don’t want her to leave again. They stay right near her as much of the time as they can.

Mama OC HATES to have Grammy out of her sight now, and barks and barks until she can see her again.

We are all so glad she is home!

Our grain hay is growing really BIG now since we have had a lot of rain and then some nice sunny days.

The horses are eating in areas that are fenced off from the growing hay, but I’ll bet they can hardly wait to get out into it!

The wildflowers have started to grow in our fields, so pretty soon the hillsides will be full of them, too!

Of course, that also means the weeds are growing, too! These behind BG are almost as tall as my Dad, Robert, and HE is over 6 feet tall!

He pulled a bunch of them up, while BG supervised.

Grammy had him put them on the table so she could pick Mallow “peas” from them to cook for dinner. She also used some of the smaller, tender green leaves and cooked them up with onions, bacon, and tomatoes (like she does with spinach) for dinner too.

WE just love to eat the peas fresh from the bush, now that she showed them to us!

We went to Mimi’s this weekend, after church, and Mick and Jenn, came by with Kody and Anna. It was a surprise, and Grammy was really happy to see them! Anna is growing so FAST!

Well, you are pretty much caught up for now. We sure have missed everyone, but we don’t want to bug Grammy to much as she is resting a lot right now. Have a good week! 

TWO “Somebodies” are in TROUBLE! by Grammy

SOMEBODY… took MY neck pillow outside! And THEN, SOMEBODY ELSE was caught PEEING on it!

I SUPPOSE I should be grateful they are working together again instead of fighting… :)

P.S. By OC: Grammy’s been in the hospital again and is now home with an oxygen tail. I’ll try to post more later…

Camping is FUN!!!

We had a WONDERFUL time camping in our new Trailer this past weekend! I got to go, along with BG, Gimli, and Pippin.

GrandPaw Robert had put the camper shell on the pickup and they put our foam mattress into the bed for me and Gimli to lay on during the trip. We got a BIG SURPRISE when we found out that Grammy’s Kody Bear was getting to go with us because it was his parent’s wedding anniversary.

Grammy’s sister and BIL brought their trailer and their Shih-Tzu puppy, I-Lee, and had the campsite right next to us. They also brought two of their grand-daughters which get along wonderfully with Kody, so they really had a blast!

We were right on the river and had the last two campsites on that side, so no noisy neighbors.

Our people had most of their meals together. They always carried me over there with them, too.

It has warmed up quite a bit this past week and so the weather was absolutely PERFECT! It was in the low 70’s… not to warm and not to cold.

I got to lay out in the sun ALL DAY instead of having to stay inside on my pillow!

I could roll in the grass and pee when I wanted, without having to wait for someone to take me out! 

And I could watch when Papa took the boys for a walk. It was WONDERFUL, and Grammy said I smiled all day long!

I didn’t have to stay on a leash because I can’t move on my own, but that is the one thing the pups weren’t very happy about. They DID have to have a leash on whenever they came out of the trailer. Still, they LOVED having actual GRASS to run around and roll in!!! Grammy had taken a 50 ft. long lead to give them plenty of room to roam.

Gimli liked watching everyone and watching the river with the ducks swimming around on it.

Saturday, there was a “Fishing Derby” for the kids until 4 p.m. and then anyone could fish in the big pond where they had planted the fish. The kids had fun trying to catch something, but no luck.  :(  Kody was pretty disappointed.

But Pip and BG had fun watching, and Pip almost dug a gopher out of a hole!

I-Lee was content to just stay near her Mama while she fished. She’s about 5-6 months old now, and is a pretty laid back pup.

The only problem came when BG was able to get under Papa’s chair and grab Gimli by the ear again, shredding the end of it and making it bleed all over. 

They ended up being tied on a line that ran from one tree to the other, only made so they couldn’t get near each other.

The trailer was really great too! It is so roomy because it has a “pull out” in one side.

Pippin enjoyed laying in Grammy’s bed when Papa was in the trailer, except at night of course, when he slept with Papa and BG in the BIG bed. Grammy has to sleep almost sitting up because of her breathing, so she had to make up a bed that would let her do that.

Papa made Grammy a wonderful omelet for breakfast on Sunday morning, while her sister and BIL took the kids out fishing again… (still no luck for them, though.) It had kielbasa, bacon, cheese, onions, sweet peppers and celery in it. It was so pretty and she said it tasted GREAT, too! (I thought so too, but she only shared a little taste… :(

We felt bad for Dott and Mercy because they didn’t get to go. They weren’t happy about it either, but we already had to many dogs that went, and the ranger said only two next time… :(