Moxie

After Roxy died, I couldn't get used to the fact that we didn't have a dog.  I didn't realize how used to hearing her I was. Even when I wasn't playing with her I would still hear her walking around. It got to be such a comfort to me. I used to love the nights when the entire house was quiet and I could hear Roxy's nails clanking on the wood floors. It still makes me giggle thinking about it.  I have wanted a Yorkie my entire life. Honestly. I just think they are the cutest. Soooo while Chad was on a business trip to Texas I decided to take it upon myself to get one :) He was less than thrilled but I think she is really growing on him. I mean, how could you not love this face?

Roxy Ann Collins Staheli

A few days before Halloween this last year, we lost our dear sweet Roxy. She was coming up on 13 years old and the way it all worked out we are pretty blessed she died quick and easy. We got Roxy in the fall of 2007 and we loved her so much from the day we got her. My sister Casey and her family got Roxy when she was a puppy and when they moved they needed a temporary home for her. We offered to take her and we knew after a short time we wouldn't be able to give her back. There are only a few dogs like Roxy. She was so smart and so sweet. I would always say how I swore she knew how I was feeling. If I needed a little extra love she was always at my feet. She was also such a mother hen. She would watch over the kids like they were her own.  My whole family loved her so much and in a way it felt like she was all of ours.  After she was hit, we knew that she needed to be buried in our yard. We did't have a home because we were in the middle of selling and trying to buy. So we took the kids out to the new house in the middle of the night and said our goodbyes.  When spring comes, we will plant flowers where she is buried so we will always remember her. She was such a great dog and we will miss her so much.