my personality

Can one picture really sum up a person so complex as myself?  Funny, really.  I am not that complex, but I don’t think that one picture could really sum up my personality.  So, I will just give you a glimpse at one small part…and photo proof that it exists.  I am tender hearted.  I have an especially soft spot in my heart for animals.  I thought that as I grew older that soft spot would somewhat harden.  No such luck.  I love animals just as much now as when I was nine,and begged my dad for a horse daily.  Or, when I was sixteen and nursed a baby puppy back to health by waking up three times a night to give her a bottle and rub her tummy.  Unfortunately, the man I married loves animals about as much as I do, and we passed that gene right down the line to every last one of our children.  So, in a house such as ours, this is what happens when you have been “shopping” for a puppy and you just happen to stop by your cousins house to see his new puppies. 

It wasn’t quite as easy as that.  We took a couple of weeks think about the logistics of having a lab (we have always had small inside dogs).  We also had many talks with the three oldest about the responsibility and the privileges of having a dog…especially a big one.  We let them think about if a big dog is really what they wanted.  Bryan and I also had to prepare ourselves for the responsibility of another dog.  In the end, her big brown eyes sealed the deal.  Family and friends, meet

Hazel May Bleeker 

She is a black lab and is 7 weeks old.  Her mommy is a yellow lab and her daddy is a black lab.  She has very good genetics, which means nothing to us.  I told you, it was the eyes that did us in.  My brother probably said it best, “You got a Cadillac when all you needed was an Escort.”  In other words, she will probably never serve her intended purpose since we don’t own a gun and have no clue when pheasant season opens, but she will make a very nice family dog.  We love her already!