Smokey and the Bandit

Smokey's new "Brother" Bandit the Betta was adopted last weekend! Hey it's a new grandbaby picture on the blog.

More Smokey

Happy Fall! Here are some pictures of Smokey's wired jaw. Just what you all wanted to see!

And his friend Everest is snuggling and helping him feel better.

Smokey's surgery

So, here is an x-ray taken during Smokey dog's surgery-the arrows point to the main fracture, as you can see pretty much the front half of this side of his jaw is disconnected from the rest of his head! and there is also a smaller fracture below that main fracture where another piece chipped off the opposite way. Poor baby!!!

Poor Smokey

Well, here is the latest excitement in our lives.
Smokey was drooling a lot and his breath smelled awful so we took him in to get checked. He had a broken tooth, and they couldn't get it out, so he had surgery today to get it removed. As a part of the surgery they did an x-ray and found that his jaw was fractured along that side as well, and inside the fracture had developed an infection. So he now has one side of his jaw wired. For the next 3-4 weeks he'll be eating only mush, and he isn't allowed to chew anything! We've been advised to keep him confined to the house unless he is on a leash and may need to muzzle him if we can't keep him from chewing. This is going to be interesting!!! Hopefully we can get the infection under control and keep the wire stable enough for the fracture to heal. Keep us all 3 in your prayers as we are probably going to go stark raving mad over the next 4 weeks!!

Vacation has come, and gone...

Ahh, well, we are home again. We got in this morning about 6 a.m. Washington time after a REALLY fun drive across 3 states in the middle of the night. That is the problem when one of you is a night person and the other is a morning person, you have trouble deciding when to stop and sleep! But we made it and both are back at work for partial days today. We'll try and get some pictures of our vacation on here before too much longer.

Master Wedding Photographers

Hello all! I know it has been a while, but we are now on vacation and actually have something to say! We spent the 31st - 2nd in Couer d'Alene, Idaho to photograph the wedding of some friends Sarah & Nate. It was a lot of fun and we got a few good ones!! on Saturday we drove home to Carole's parents' in Montana, and we've been catching up on our sleep and county fairs since then. Yesterday we went to the Sanders County Fair with Mom, and almost bought a horse. Lucky for Dad we stopped ourselves! We plan to do a little camping this week and then head to Butte, Montana to visit with Shaunda and go to her wedding shower!
Here is a pic of the beautiful bride, Sarah, and super-groom, Nate. Best wishes, guys!