Bit of a sad day for the Fletcher family. Our dog, Abbey, died either last night or early this morning. She was Maddy's favorite so Maddy has been on a bit of an emotional rollercoaster today. She is sad because she can't play with Abbey anymore and didn't get to show her some of the new things she's been practicing, but she's happy because Abbey is in heaven. Right now we aren't getting into the whole do animals,have souls debate with her. We are just letting Abbey be in heaven for now. We sure wish she could have made it long enough to go run and play on our Colorado land. Houdini is pretty mopey right now. He has never been without Abbey. She was a good dog and a good watch dog. She protected the family and never barked unless a real problem was going on. She was a smart dog. We will miss her.
Back in April, we decided we needed to do a short family getaway after the semester was over. The last time we'd been on vacation just to vacation (not going to see family in CO) was when we went to San Antonio when Maddy was 3 months old. We found Beavers Bend State Park close to Broken Bow, OK and decided to go there. We booked a cabin in the state park and eagerly awaited the day we could take off for our getaway. We left on Sunday afternoon and stayed through Tuesday afternoon. It was short, but so fun and relaxing. We had no computer and no cell phones while we were up there. We just got to enjoy being around each other and the beautiful scenery. We built a fire and roasted some marshmallows. Also popped some jiffy pop. Aaron had never done one of those before. This is a 100 year old cabin they had at the visitor center. I like the mud chinking ( I think that's what it's called). A couple named Comma and Mabel lived in the cabin when the CCC was building t...
Comments
brittany