2011 is challenging

Among a lot of other things that have been difficult this year so far (5 days in!?), today we said goodbye to a part of our family...

 Our sweet Maggie was almost 15 years old (that's 105 in dog years) and she has been ailing for awhile.  I don't really know how to stop crying about losing my dog, so I am going to celebrate her with a blog post.

 I said goodbye to her when I was home for Christmas, but I didn't think we'd have to put her down so soon.

 Out of all the dogs we've had, she was by far the sweetest and most accommodating.

 Clearly.

 She and Tucker were good guard dogs.  Mom says they are probably already playing together right now. (in dog heaven)

 Mags liked to sleep anywhere.  And in every position.

 Here are the dog heaven friends.

 She LOVED to burrow on my mom's bed.

 And put up with being decorated for Christmas.

 Tiny puppy legs dangling.

 Getting a little wild with the scissors.

I hope these two sweet pups in dog heaven know how much we loved our time with them.  They were such good dogs.

I love you, Maggie.  (Feb. 1996- Jan. 2011)

Tri-Color family members

Last weekend, I went home. I was super stressed and tired and I just needed to go home and have some quiet and be around my family to recharge my batteries.

As a family, we love cockapoo dogs. There are three in our family. And they are all different colors.

You know this smiling face. Sweet Pheebs is the youngest. For sure.

Next is 5 year old Murphy. She is, by far, the cutest of all the dogs we've had. Her fur has so many gorgeous colors in it and she is an absolute love sponge. Also, she looks like a teddy bear.

Maggie is 14. She may not be with us for much longer because she's very old and she's very sick. But you'd never know it. She scampers and puppy plays. She's completely deaf but she can still seek out peanut butter from a mile away. Sweet Mags.

Sometimes Murphy judges me.

They did some goooood protectin'.

Phebe mostly leaves Maggie alone but LOVES to torment Murphy.

I love our cockapoo family.