Our tribute

Ok so I know that our blog has been a little "heavy" lately. I am sorry but it has been our life lately. We have found some moments of sunshine through the sadness though. It's been really hard because we have realized that he was such a part of our routine. I find myself thinking I need to let him out, or glancing in the backyard to see what he is doing. We miss his presence in our room at night, we miss his happy greeting when we get home, and I miss my vacuum cleaner because he always picked up the food that the kids threw on the floor. I was a ball baby at church today, my ward probably thinks I am cookoo! It's hard because people who don't have a dog and aren't dog people look at me like I have 3 heads because I am so upset about my dog, I find myself gravitating towards those who have dogs because they "get" it. Everyone really has been so nice though. Someone who I work really close in church with left brownies and a beautiful note for me tonight, it really made my day. Rex's primary teacher said he kept talking about his dead dog and just wanted to sit on her lap the whole time. Poor kid. He doesn't talk about it with us, I think he doesn't want us to cry anymore. I feel so bad for him, he just doesn't understand, he just knows he misses him terribly. We decided that Boykin's grave needed to either have a plant on top or some flowers or something. Mark and Rex went to Home Depot and found a pot that reminds us totally of Boykin. With his black fur and blue collar. We spent time as a family planting flowers and then we decided to go with our neighbors up to the mountains to enjoy the scenery and to get away. Boykin LOVED the mountains, he would whine and pant the whole way up and just had pure bliss on his face the whole time we were there. We had a great time, the boys loved it. It was the perfect way to pay tribute and to in some ways boost Mark's spirits on this Father's Day weekend. We love you Mark!