Because We Needed More Excitement around Here... ;-) {Meet Willow}

Ever since our dog Molly died* four months ago, Jeff has been keeping his eye out for another dog to be a companion for our collie Jed, so when he saw a posting on Facebook recently about a 9-month-old Australian Shepherd/Great Dane mix that needed a new home and was free, it didn't take him long to contact the owner and tell her we were interested.

* Brief history of Molly: Jeff surprised us by bringing her home from the barbershop one day in January of 2006 when she was just two months old. She was the cutest little thing. :) She lived longer than we thought she would, considering some of the health problems she had; but back in June, she died. It happened to be during the time we were away from home at a homeschool convention, so our wonderful neighbors took care of burying her for us. That's certainly not how we would have planned it, but I'm sure the fact that we didn't see her dead body made the grief less for my kids. And so, the circle of life continues...

We held our breaths for a little bit, wondering if we would be the ones chosen as the new home for this dog; and indeed we were! And so, today, a new female joined the Fisher family (although the girls are still way outnumbered around here). ;-) Her previous owner called her Willa, but we decided to change it a little bit, so now she is Willow. And I might add that it is sweetness to the max to hear Moriah call out in her little voice, "WILLLLL-OOOOOOW!" ;-)

Here she is! :)