Fall 2010 and a new puppy

The first half of fall was lovely and mild. But, sadly, we lost our beautiful 11-1/2 year old Fletcher, the golden retriever, to a tumor. We can never replace him, but we decided to give a home to a sweet little puppy, Sunny. Sunny is half golden retriever, half standard poodle--a golden doodle. She has ratcheted up the activity level around the house (and the stress level!), but she is as sweet and cute as they come.

We did get a chance to go to the Autumn Leaf festival in Leavenworth, where the boys got a chance to climb a climbing wall and rappel down. Here you see Sergey rappelling down from his climb to the top, and Lonya, on his way up.