Life has been trying real hard to keep me on my toes. We were sad when we had to put our beloved dog Bacchus to sleep on July 22. He was just over 11.5 years old. Of course with a daughter, two other dogs, a cat, and two kittens, we didn't have time to really wallow in grief and sarrow. Of course we cried, but quickly had to get on with life.

We just celebrated our daughters first birthday, which means that we have somehow missed an entire year! I'm glad I took pictures, because I sure don't remember most of it. Of course life just keeps going on without stopping...

My father-in-law is currently in town visiting for the birthday party, and at the end of the week he's getting married. This may not sound strange on the surface, but when you consider that most of the guests are going to be from my mother-in-laws side of the family, and that I'm supposed to be performing the ceremony, it gets just about the right amount of strangeness to be part of our life right now.

I guess I better get a little sleep, and hopefully we can teach the little girl how to walk well enough over the next couple days so she can be the flower girl for her grandfathers wedding.