A Fitting Tribute

For awhile now, we've been talking about locating a big rock to make a little memorial for Ty after he passed away over the winter.  It was locating the rock that proved to be a bit of a challenge.  Then, as luck would have it, Mimi and Pa had some stone work done and had some extra rocks around.  And we picked out the perfect one.  Of course, it was giant and heavy...just the thing I wanted to lug around!

we found paint, paint brushes, a sunny day, and went to work

team work

after the background work was done, Mommy was tasked with the letters, and this was our result

I think Ty would approve.

While we painted, we had a long conversation about Ty and Heaven.  And another dog.  We talked a lot about another dog.  2-to-1 is not fair odds, and they almost had me convinced!  

Our other adventure for the day was a box house!

First task was to cut a door.  Since then, carpet has been installed, the kids made a curtain from tape and flower petals, and several drawings have been done on the interior and exterior walls.  Quite the cozy little home.