gus came and . . . .

 Gus went. He stayed with me for a week. He had issues that didn't start showing up until about the 4th or 5th day. Long story short, he ended up not being the dog for me and though it made me very sad to take him back, I know it was the right thing to do.  The experience has made me rethink getting a rescue dog -- unless maybe it's a puppy.  Anyhoo, on to more interesting things.

The TX branch of the family was here from Sat. to Thurs.  We had soo much fun.  The spent ten hours on the road Saturday and after stretching their legs for about 30 minutes, they were off to a hockey game to watch the Predators beat ?   They did win the game in overtime.  You can see pictures  here.  It  was cold and rainy pretty much the whole time they were here except for Sunday when they got to play outside after lunch

so one afternoon we went to the church building where they have a huge room upstairs where the preschool students play on rainy days and let them run wild for about an hour.  Where do they get the energy???  Another day we ate supper out and then went to the mall and let them play on the little indoor playground they have there.  They had a ball.

They painted pottery at the Factory too.

Mostly we just spent time together visiting and playing.   It was a great time and I can't wait for them to come again.