Bear

Near the end of June we made a weekend trip to see Grammie and Grampie Skaling. We had a great visit with them and Uncle Shawn, Auntie Ang and cousins too. I snapped this picture of Eva after church waiting for Grampie to leave. He had promised her a drive with him and so she bolted out of church after the service, grabbed her booster seat from our van and seated herself right outside the vehicle....she was NOT missing that ride with Grampie!!

On the way home from our valley trip, we made a few stops......We were looking for a particular thing and had lined up a few visits to see if we could find it. Our dog Jake had gone back to live with his former owner as her circumstances had changed and she was able to take him back . That left us missing a canine companion terribly, and we had our dreams on another Newfoundlander like our beloved Lucy, who had passed a few years ago.

Baby Elle and Lucy

Our First stop was to see a whole bunch of furry little puppies. They were too young to take home , and they had only females unspoken for(Ryan was desperately hoping for a male!!) ,but we wanted to visit them in case we wern't able to get a male either place .

All the girls had their arms full of puppy.

                                        We were so in love!!!

The next stop was to see a litter with much older puppies . They were all supposed to be female as well, with 1 male available but not on the premises. .When we got there however, there was a male there with all his sisters and we could take him home with us if we wanted.....well, we had not planned to purchase on that trip, just look and meet the parents...ect.. but here we were with an adorable bundle of fur and a big decision....

 So we took a little time to think and a 15 min. road trip to Peggy's Cove ,where the girls had never been.

         We were treated to bagpipes.

Lots of sunshine!!

And we talked it all over.

                           And we decided......

To go back to town....get our money.......

                      and buy a Bear!!!!        Here he is Our new doggie and the furry love of our lives....Bear.

                                 We had so much fun with him on the way home.

 Lots of stops, snuggles and just sitting and watching him. Soooooo cute!!!