Our New Addition ~ Aspen

Aspen ~ 8 weeks old

In February our beloved Golden Retriever Toby of 11 years died peacefully in his sleep. Our whole family was very sad as he was a special part of our family. It did not take long before we all realized how much we missed having a dog around our house so in April we start actively looking for a puppy. In late June we went to a breeder in the area and picked out our new puppy and then on July 9th we were able to bring her home. She is a beautiful, English Cream golden retriever with a sweet, loving disposition. After much debate and about 30+ possible names we settled on the name Aspen. We hope and pray she will bring as much love and companionship to our family as our beloved Toby did.





Taken the day we picked our puppy ~ 51/2 weeks old

Toby and Brandon

4th of July

Ths year our family was blessed to celebrate the 4th of July with Great Grammie, my dad and his wonderful girlfriend Bobbie. About a year ago my dad moved his mother from Kansas to an assistant living center in Loveland, CO. and it has been such a blessing to have Grammie more involved in our family activities over the past year.   Since she lives right by the Loveland Lake and has an ideal location for watching the fireworks we decided to have the party at her place.  Due to the Colorado fires and a very strict no fireworks ban we passed on the sparklers and found some fun light up spinner toys for the kids.   Overall we had a wonderful time and the fireworks show was awesome!