The Boone Family

The Ohio winter weather is aways unpredictable but we will always take advantage of being outside any chance we can get.  At Osbourne Park in Sandusky, we decided to take Penny and disc golf.  Nolan found a frisbee in the high grass! We met our friends at Bacon Woods in Vermilion to hike, explore, and have fun outdoors together! Next we ventured over to Mill Hollow where many of the kids braved the cold temperature of the water and got in...Brrr! Another day in Elyria, we went to Cascade Park!  The trails are very rugged terrain and we can get close to a waterfall! Finally after a cold day we traveled over to Lorain to Days Dam.  We found so many frozen icicles and a frozen waterfall! Nature is beautiful at all times of the year!

Since our unfortunate events with Leo (see August 2020 post) we can't stop thinking about getting a dog that is a better fit for our family.  We began looking for golden retriever puppies and stumbled upon a local connection with a family. Bob had coached in T-ball one of their children.  They had two golden retrievers and they were going to breed them for the first time.  We thought this was just meant to be.  A litter of 5 puppies (3 girls, 2 boys) were born on October 30, 2020.  In December the puppies were old enough for us to visit and choose which one was the best fit for our family.  We masked up and went over to their house.  They had color collars on so we could tell them apart.  Pink collar was so shy and timid.  She shook for quite a bit of time.  Red collar was a crazy woman. She was running around and had tremendous amounts of energy. Purple collar was just right.  She had spunk but was eager to cuddle.  We decided Purple was going to be part of the Boone family.  We n