My Sweet Potato

As stated in the previous blog, I received sad news while I was in Port Aransas.  Chloe, my parents boxer, passed away on Thursday night.  We are not sure the cause of death, but we think it might have been a heart attack.  My dad found sweet little Chloe in my room in the middle of the night.  This was very unexpected, she was only 7 years old. 

Dear Chloe,

I'm so sad that you are no longer here.  When I went over to your house, I didn't receive my usual greeting of a "hello" bark, a few snorts, and a kiss on the hand.  I will miss calling you "My Sweet Potato" and miss holding you like a baby.  You were a good dog, you taught Lucy and Rowdy how to play and were an excellent snuggle buddy.  I made a Acrostic name poem for you.

C- Christmas Tree.  I remember your first Christmas, you were a complete mess!  You decided you did not like the Christmas tree and so you knocked it over. 

H- House greeter/ house protector.  You were the first person to greet me when I came over.  I love how you would get so excited you would jump around like a floppy fish.  You were also the first person to the protect the house.  If anyone came to the door or visited you made sure they knew you were there.  You watched their every move and made sure we were always safe. 

L- Lover dog and Loyal-  You followed my mom around everywhere.  No matter where she was, you were within looking distance.  You loved being loved and you loved giving love. 

O- Oversized- Over the years you became our plus size model, hence the name Sweet Potato.  I liked you with a little extra junk in the truck.  It was just more to love!

E- Ears and Elbows-  I love how you liked to nibble on my ear lobes and elbow.  That was your ways of saying you loved me. 

I know you are in heaven playing with Blossom, Sarge, Moped, Darla, Spanky, Roger, Precious, Rolly, Princess Picket, Sadie, and Garbage Truck.  I miss you so much, but I know I will see you again some day.  I can't wait to be greeted with a "Hello" bark, a few snorts, and a kiss on the hand. 

Sweet Angel

Blossom and Baby Chloe

This is from my Senior (high school) scrape book:

The bottom reads:
"Chloe is the crazies dog I have ever seen.  She is alway jumping up and down or running lap in my house.  Even through she is really hyper, I still love her to death!  She's the prettiest Boxer I have ever seen!  I cannot wait tell she has puppies!  She really is a great dog under al the crazy stunts she pulls." 

Port Aransas!

The last weekend of July, the crew (Me, Jerry, Kristen, Brady, Cindy, Chris, Andrea, Zach, Megan, and JB) decided to rent a house in Port Aransas.  Oh my gosh.... the house was AMAZING!!!  The house was so amazing that it even had an elevator in it--- now that's high class!  Everyone arrived on Thursday evening(except Jerry- he had a presentation on Thursday night, so he flew in Friday morning to Corpus.) We all drew for rooms... this was a huge deal because one couple had to sleep on a pull out bed... It turned out that Jerry and I got he master, Megan and JB got a spare bedroom, Andrea and Zach got a spare bedroom, Chris and Cindy got the basement bed.... which means..... Kristen and Brady got the pull out bed...next trip you guys get the best room.  They were really good sports about it though. 

Friday:

I got up around 7:00 and drank a cup of coffee on the balcony with Zach and later Brady and Andrea.  It was so nice sitting on the balcony listening to the waves and simply being there.  At about 8:30, Megan and I drove to pick up Jerr Bear.  On the way, I got some sad news...I will discuss this later in another post.  We picked up Jerry and headed back to the house for some yummy breakfast cooked by Zach, Brady, and Cindy.  At that point we were ready to get to the beach.  Off we all went...all 8 of us walked with beach supplies in hand to the end of the street.... looked around.... and realized that we had to drive to the beach....oooopppss.  WE FINALLY GOT TO THE BEACH!  The boys set up the volleyball net while the girls enjoyed the water.  It was a great day. 

We went home, napped, the girls went back to the beach, while the boys made dinner.  It was a fabulous day. 

Saturday:
On Saturday we knew the drill.... wake up, eat breakfast, beach it! We played volleyball, swam in the ocean, and had a BLAST!  We decided to go out to eat at a place called Trout Street and then go shopping.  At the store there was a giant shark---

Sunday:
SUNDAY =SAD DAY.... It was time to go home :(  The trip had gone by too fast.  All I can say is I have the greatest friends in the entire world.  We all had such a great time together! I love how I can be my random/ crazy/ weird self and not have to worry. 

The beautiful view!

Our Men:

Raccoon faces:

I can't wait for the Second Annual Summer Bonanza!