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Introducing "THUNDER" from Down Under




Oh my is Roberta ever happy with her new puppy. This is "THUNDER" and we all say Thunder from Down Under. He is a year old and a mixed up mess for sure. He is great with the children, loves to play, chews on anything and everything, tries to get Kind Solomon to play and totally aggravates Zaccheus. Life with a new dog is just plain wonderful. Our dear Friend Nonie help to hand pick him out for this family. She is an animal control officer with Lyon County and she helped us out during our time with BobbyJack. We will forever be grateful to her for caring about this family.

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Anonymous said…
Roberta and Merrill~

Thank you for sharing your wonderful blog with me. It was such fun to read through and look at the pictures.

Jenn
1:22 PM
Nancy said…
Great family....... glad to meet you all thru pictures.... what a good looking bunch, and you guys look like you have so much fun. Thanks for sharing.
xoxoxoxo Nancy
2:05 PM
Anonymous said…
Roberta,
It is so wonderful to get to "meet" your family, what a beautiful group of kids you and Merrill have!
You truly are blessed.
**hugs to all**

Janet
7:26 PM
Anonymous said…
Fabulous pictures. Cute new doggie and how on earth did Santa bring all those presents?! My word!!

Love to you and your family. You are all beautiful!

xoxo
Chrissy
6:02 AM
Tammy Martin said…
Hi- it's Tammy from GB groups. I wanted to say Hi to all the kids! I hope that all of you are enjoying the new year!
4:41 AM
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