After our bad experience with the people who brought Riley back after less than an hour of having him (see last post), we got a call from a couple who live out in Independence who wanted to come see Riley. They immediately loved him. They took Riley a couple days ago and he is now happy as a clam. We are so happy for him and for them!
It was so tough to see him go. I would be lying if I said we all didn’t shed a few tears. Cohen screamed her head off when he first left…then we bribed her with a popsicle. She’s still asks for him, but we just tell her that Riley’s out with friends.
He’s a great dog, and now he is with a great family.
This brings the dawn of a new era even closer for us as we get ready to have Isla Reese in about 6 weeks. Our little family is growing and we couldn’t be happier!
We have been thinking of finding a new home for our dog Riley. He is such a great dog, but he has a weak stomach. With a 2 year old daughter it is hard to keep him from picking up her table scraps (or she’ll just feed him her food). And that makes him sick from both ends. Not fun. It isn’t a good situation for him. He’s always getting sick.
We finally decided to put an ad in Craigslist to find a new home for Riley. We got a call in 10 minutes of posting the ad. They came and looked at Riley last night. He put on a great show! Played with them for about 1/2 an hour. They loved him and decided that it would be best to take him today. So we packed up all of Riley’s things, said our goodbyes (cried a little) and I took him out to Dallas (about 30 minutes away). I left Riley with them and said goodbye. It was very sad.
Here’s where the story gets funky. It took about 45mins to get home since I stopped to get Kesha a DQ cone. And a couple minutes after I got in the door the phone rang. It was Riley’s new owners. They said that their apartment building would only accept 15lb dogs. Riley is 17lbs. So they got in the car and brought him back.
So now after all the emotional severance that we went through, we have Riley back after being without him for a whopping hour and 15 minutes.
Maybe it’s a sign that he is ours for good. Who knows?!
Anyway, if you know anyone that would give him a good home (and keep him for more than an hour) please let me know.
Today we buried my Dad. It was a really hard day. It was just our family and a close family friend. We said our words, cried a lot, and then finally put his ashes in the ground. I don’t know why it was so hard. To be honest, I didn’t even know if I was going to cry. But I balled my eyes out.
I am just glad we have some closure. The next time I come to visit, my Dad will have his head stone set up. It will be nice to have a place to go and remember my Dad.
We leave tomorrow afternoon to head back to Salem. I am going to be glad to be done with all this travelling. I miss my bed!
Things have been nuts for us this last week. Kesha and I flew down to Texas to spend some time with a great church. It was awesome to see how they are making a huge difference in their community. We spent a measly 23 hours there (6 of which we were sleeping). Our flight home was all messed up and we ended up flying from Dallas to Albuquerque, then Albuquerque to Vegas, and Vegas to home. We didn’t get home until about 1:30am!
I worked the next morning, and then…
Today we woke up at 5am and hopped on another plane to Calgary — this time with Cohen. She was perfect the whole trip. I was sort of dreading it, but the trip really wasn’t bad at all. We are here all week and we will be coming home Saturday the 16th. The reason for the trip (aside from merely visiting my family) is to bury my Dad. Since my Dad died in the winter, it wasn’t really prime time to dig up the frozen ground. So we are going to bury his ashes this Friday. Tomorrow is his birthday; the first since he died. It is going to be a tough weekend for sure!
P.S. I am sorry for being such a crappy blogger lately. There is tons going in our lives. We could really use prayer. God is moving in amazing ways.
We had a bunch of fun tonight playing at Riverfront park. We even bit the bullet and rode the carousel. Cohen loved it! She wanted to ride the Zebra, but when it came time to hop on she got a little scared. We ended up riding in the wagon instead.
On another note, Kesha is 7 months along. Only 2 months left until we set our eyes on our beautiful Isla Reese. We are so ready to meet her face to face. Kesha has such an amazing glow about her.
