Driving and driving and BEARS Oh MY!

We were on vacation for a few days and headed up to Waterton National Park. We go on our bear searching spree every year there.. We drive and drive and drive - over and over-- up and down the same roads and !Voila ! Happens everytime, we see tons of bears. This year we saw a total of 12. One with 3 cubs, One with 2 cubs, One with 1 cub, One single bear and then 2 grizzlies (we saw the grizzlies at Many Glacier) but don't bring it up to Greg because the rangers came out during the bear jam in the park and ran them back into the woods with a shotgun (or whatever you call it) to chase them away.. Greg was LIVID and even told one of the rangers he ran into in addition to the clerk in the gift shop how unfair that is, when you come to the park to see wildlife and they try to prevent you from the fun.. :-) Sore subject for Greg!
We didn't get pics of those grizzly's but here's few shots of the some others. We had a good time.

My best friend went to heaven on July 7, 2008

Well it's been awhile since I've blogged. Life is hitting us hard these days. We took our dog to the vet on Monday as he wasn't feeling good and threw up a corn cob July 4th. We thought he may have had a stomach obstruction. To make a long story short he had a tumor the size of a kickball on his spleen really close to bursting. We had to make a decision to put him down. It was the hardest thing we ever had to do. Greg, Sarah and myself went to Kelly Rankins office to say good bye to him after I got out of work. It was the saddest thing, something I hope we never have to do again. I looked him in the eye and told him he was a good dog, kissed him on his nose and told him he'll be seeing Jesus and we'll meet him there someday. I couldn't go to work the next day or even walk in my back yard. I couldn't pray or read the bible. But I did ask God to please give me some kind of sign that he is ok and to please touch me in some way. Well at 6:00 our doorbell rang and 2 little boys about 11 or 12 were trying to promote a Christian radio station by selling books for a donation. The book he showed me was called " Your pets and your health" and he said to me "If you ever lost a pet and wondered if he was in heaven, this book is about a story of a guy that loved his dog that died" I teared up and said to those boys "You guys were angels sent by God" and told him what happened with my dog. One of the boys lost his dog too about 1 year ago and I could see the sadness in his eyes. I took the book, gave those kids a hug and praised my Lord for answering my prayer. I truly felt God came to my door that day to lift my spirit. The book is about this man who wanted to research in the bible what God says about pets that die, where they would be and backed it up with scripture. I read parts of it last night and have no doubt that Grizzly is in heaven and I will see him again. Although I miss him terribly, God gave me the strength and turned my sad spirit into joy. I told so many people today at work today and used that as a witnessing tool. Some people got chills but when my God does something so extrodinary like that I have to give him all the glory. He is so awesome!