Memorial Day

Yikes! It’s been a month since we’ve last blogged. I guess we’ve been busy??

Over Memorial Day weekend Brad and I packed up the Jeep and traveled with Moose to spend some time with my family in Missouri. We all had a great time while we were there.

Moose travels well, but doesn’t like to eat much when on the road. I think that he has a nervous stomach. Once we were there he wasn’t anxious about eating either until Granny B started feeding him little unexpectant treats here and there. He loved those little surprises and learned to stand right under her feet while she was in the kitchen or at the table for dinner.
Brad welded a special ramp for Moose to get in and out of the Jeep easily for the trip. Oddly enough, he doesn’t or will not jump up. So it gets a little difficult getting him in and out of any vehicle. After making him go up and down on the ramp several times he found out that it would make life easier for him and LOVES it. It was really a life saver on the trip, especially on the way back. Stopping several times in a day gets tiring when assisting a 70-80 lbs dog in and out of the Jeep.



We were able to meet some of Alicia’s students while we were there. One in particular touched out hearts, a little boy who has cerebral palsy who uses a walker to get around. We met the little boy on Memorial Day and found out that he is usually not fond of dogs. In fact, he is usually quite afraid of them. Well, Moose is typically quite uncertain about anything on wheels so we were not sure how the two would get along.





After both parties being as patient as they could be they realized that they both found new friends. They went on a walk around the park together and Moose ended up staying by his side for most of the afternoon.

It was a great trial run for us to see how Moose would do as a Therapy dog in the future. He gave us hope that he would be able to pass the test one day and provide some comfort for those who are in need.





My family is doing great and are all grateful for the summer. Brad and I have recovered from the trip and have been keeping ourselves very busy with work. We are blessed to have the work that we do. Brad just received his first copy of his book in the mail- we are so excited about it and can’t believe that it really happened! We’ve been ramping up our marketing efforts with the publisher to help get the book out there for the churches. (I’ll post more about that in our next blog) Needless to say, we’ve been keeping ourselves busy here in Georgia starting off our summer.