Our poor Koda

This is our pretty 4 1/2 year old chocolate lab, Koda. We got her just as Cooper was starting to crawl. She is so good with the boys...lets them do just about anything to her. Anyway, in May we bred her to a black lab hoping to get some good puppies we could sell and add some extra money to the boys' college funds. Yesterday she was having some contractions... which lasted all day...by evening she was fine and had even eaten her food. This morning she was doing the same thing...and by then we knew something wasn't quite right. The vet had told us that once the contractions started we should see puppies within about 1-2 hours. We were working on close to 24 hours! Heath called a different vet (not too happy with the one we were using) and they did an xray. Usually labs have litters of 8-10 puppies...Koda only had one and it was way to big to come out on its own so the vet did an emergency C-section this morning. They got the puppy out but it had died a couple days ago. I feel so bad for her. I have never been a big dog lover but we have had her just as long as our boys...so she is one of our kids. This picture is of her today. She seems a little drugged and I think she knows something is missing. Sorry girl!

Dancing Kings

Cooper has developed quite a love for musicals (I'm starting to rub off on him) and he has learned almost all the songs to "Mama Mia." The movie is not the best singing but he loves to watch it for his quite time movie (which isn't so quite) so that he can sing along. Here are a couple of pictures of him and Carson dancing and singing to the movie!

Kirby Family Reunion

This past month we head to NE Idaho; to Stoddard Creek, for Heath's annual family reunion. Our family was incharge of food and activities for over 70 people. It was alot of work; which Margy (my mother-in-law) did most of it. Brooke (sister-in-law) and I made pinatas with the kids while Heath and Travis were in charge of a BB-gun shootout competition. We had alot of food to cook--that many people eat alot of food, but it was a fun weekend. Here are some pictures.