Happy New Year everyone! No matter how 2018 treated you, I hope 2019 treats you better!

As I said last week, my grandchildren moved December 28th. You could say, I had a very emotional Christmas. To compound the emotions, I decided to make a photo collage of Sampson to gift to my sister and one of Sampson’s favorite neighbors. This put me through years of photos, of my kids, my grandkids, the dogs, etc.

There were a lot of tears.

But there were a lot of smiles too.

I came across the photos of my grandchildren’s parent’s wedding. The wedding took place in St. Petersburg, Florida and it was a family affair. Hubby and I rented a house, and my sister and mom rented the house next door to us. We were there for two full weeks, and naturally, Sampson came with us. (This was before Delilah.)

The house we rented had an in-ground pool. One of the ways to access the pool was through a sliding door in the master bedroom. I’d get up every morning and the first thing I did was take a dip in the pool.

Sampson’s only water experience had been lakes and streams in our area, so the first day we were there, he stepped off the ledge of the pool. He was expecting to walk in like he did in our local water, so the sudden drop startled him and it took him a while to get back into the pool. It was actually my brother-in-law who was able to coax him back in. After that, he’d go into the pool, but only when one of us was in there.

He did love laying out in the sun though and many was the time I’d step outside and he’d be laying on a lounge chair sunning himself.

Towards the end of the vacation, there was one very hot day when Sampson was sunning himself and I was busy in the house, when I heard a splash outside. I looked out to see that Sampson had used the pool steps to take a quick lap around the pool to cool off.

That face. On a lounge chair. 🙂

Going through the photos and reliving these memories really brought a smile to my face.

Do you have any special pet memories that make you smile?

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