Gracie

One of the things that we were looking forward to coming home for was getting a new dog. We even had her picked out and placed a deposit on her while we were still in France in March. But because of some scheduling conflicts, she didn't arrive from California until Thursday, May 25.

She was worth the wait.

Meet Gracie, 25 lbs of pure chocolate labrador retriever. She's three months old and a real cuddler.



Here, she's a bit reluctant to come out of her shipping crate. Just who are these people?

















Her reticence did not last long however. Here she is about three hours later trying to figure out which remote controls the cats.











And we have also discovered she is quite the collector. Visible in her crate are one of Terre's white shoes, two pink water boots, her brush, a green and red pull toy, Josh's old school district ID tag (he was an official therapy dog) and a bunch of pooper pick-up bags (the white things) and their box (the yellow fragments).



But isn't she the picture of innocence.








My God! What have we done? We've never been happier, that's what.

Tim