Here is a funny picture. My hair is so short and my brother looks hilarious! Part of the reason I put this up is for my brother to see it. Ahhaha. Oh, and I promise I have normal feet. The water in this picture makes them look like monster toes!

Here are two of the very best dogs ever, Millie and Otis. Otis is the bigger one, who was infatuated with my mom. Millie is the smaller one who was attached to my dad. If Mom was in the front yard, that’s where Otis would be. If Dad was in the back field, that’s where Millie would be. This picture reminds me why I want to have two dogs again.
Mike and I even had a wedding for them.

After the wedding came the…

No, our parents didn’t let us keep one. Two of my aunts, and my grandpa took one though. Maybe this picture will remind mom why she needs a dog again.
On a side note, all dogs were AKC registered, so no, we didn’t have an accidental litter. (I felt the need to say that.)
Ok, so the story about Duke. Duke was our pony and he was quite the escape artist. Family, please feel free to comment if I am leaving a part out of the story. (Not that you wouldn’t already.
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Here is the story, as I remember it…
So, my brother and I were sleeping over at our Aunt Gerl’s house for the night, probably so my parents could get some Christmas shopping done. When we woke up in the morning, our aunt said that on Channel 5 (again if this is wrong, let me know), that there was a horse on Highway 109. Gerl called my parents, just to see if possibly, it could be ours. Keep in mind, in 1996, there were way more horses than houses in “Wildwood”, as we call it now. Well sure enough it was our pony! Dad had to go around looking for him, hoping he wouldn’t jump in front of someone’s car.
Where was Duke hiding out? Dad found Duke, tied up in someones back yard, in the brand new subdivision a few miles down the road. When Dad went to go get him, the little girl whose house it was thought she was getting a pony for Christmas. So there was dad, taking away her Christmas present. The funniest thing about the whole story, is thinking about how Dad had to walk Duke home through a neighborhood!!!
