Sunday, June 21, 2009

Father's Day

We spent Father's Day in Dixon with our daughter-in-law, Tara, grandson, Khale, and Tara's parents, Stan and Becky. We had lunch at the Senior Center. They have a Hog Roast a couple times a year in order to raise money for their Meals on Wheels program. Let me tell you, that was the best hog I ever tasted! And the rest of the food wasn't bad, either.

Khale with his favorite dog, Coco

Khale gave Grandpa Fran and Grandpa Stan each a card with a special fill-in-the-blank note he had completed at school. The last line is: "My Grandfather is as handsome as..." and Khale completed the sentence with "the handsomest man on earth." Fran was feeling pretty good about himself until he read the same line on Grandpa Stan's card. His read: "My Grandfather is as handsome as...God himself!" How do you top that? Score one for Stan!

Coco, the miniature pinscher in the photo above, had a near-death experience recently. She wandered out into the highway in front of Tara's house and four cars passed over her before someone could stop and scoop her up from the highway. (Good thing she only remembered the first two points of the "stop, drop and roll" fire safety commands.) Tara and Khale rushed her to the vet's and they observed her for a few days for swelling, since she took a blow to her head. It was during the time when she was back home and, shall we say, a little medicated, that Tara painted her nails.

Anyway, it was a great day. Thanks, Tara and Khale, for always making us smile!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

My mouth is watering when you talk about roasted hog. Glad you had a great time. Joanie

jennifer h said...

Love the pink doggie nails. I am glad you explained how Tara accomplished painting them, though. I can't imagine a dog willingly sitting still for a pedicure.

MeeMaw YaYa said...

Joanie - Good thing we dined inside, otherwise it would have been roasting sweathogs eating roasted hog. Oh, it was hot yesterday!

Jennifer - that is one of the mildest-mannered min pinschers I've ever seen, but still painting the nails would have been a stretch without drugs!

Ellen said...

This picture makes me miss Buddy! Glad to know she's okay!

MeeMaw YaYa said...

Ellen, Just read your blog. I want to comment, but can't. Tell Tim to take care of that, for goodness sake! ;-) Oh, and Bruno looks very happy in his new home.