No longer a newlywed

I can't believe it, I have been married for over a year now. This anniversary came up so suddenly. Shouldn't be surprising with everything that's going on, it definitely has been a rough year, I am hopeful that this year will be better. Poor Tom had to spend most of the year being a support for me. I have been so blessed to have him. Tom's mom was in town the night before and took us out to dinner at AJ Spurs, she had never been to Templeton before so that was fun. For our anniversary we went out to a nice dinner and bought the newest season of the office. We had planned on going somewhere for a night but instead agreed to go to Oklahoma to visit friends and some of my Texas family who drove up to visit. It was so much fun to see them.

Well I have not posted in a long time, in the middle of August our dog JW went missing after a thunderstorm. We were all very worried and mom called the local animal shelters which gives a list of animals picked up. After a few days JW's description was posted and where he was found (down the highway from our ranch) and the family he was staying with. Apparently if you pick up an animal you can help the shelter by keeping the dog at your home. Also if it's a dog you like then I would suppose you could keep them.

Anyways mom called them and the man said yep, JW had his head in his lap that very moment. The whole time JW was missing our other dogs had stopped eating, they had done this before when our other dog died. My mom took the dogs with her and was sitting in the back of the truck with them while waiting for the guy to show up at the meeting spot. As soon as they saw JW, Micah started whining. When the man let JW out, he ran and jumped in the truck where the other dogs started giving him kisses.

My mom said something about how she hoped he didn't mind JW's talking (if anyone has ever meet our dog he "talks" to you by barking and growling, hes totally friendly but if you didn't know he was just saying hi it would be intimidating). The man gave my mom an odd look and said JW had not made a sound the whole time he was with them. Poor guy.

We are so thankful to that family, they had seen him running along the side of the highway and are so awesome that they stopped. JW immediately ran to them. I'm so thankful for people who will go out of their way for others.

Ok I need some coffee before church...