cone of shame

our dog, dusty, got hit by a car the middle of november. the night it happened she didn't come home and around 10:30pm we got a call from one of our neighbors telling us he saw her get hit around the time the boys got home from school. we then went outside searching for her and gave up about 45 minutes later. shortly after we came in we got a call from my father-in-law telling us that dusty was at their house and she was in pretty bad shape. jay and i drove down there and brought her home. her wound was pretty big and she couldn't walk. the next morning we took her into our vet and she had to have 25 staples. she came home with an e-collar and wore that for about a month. one night the boys decided they wanted to try on dusty's "cone of shame". it was quite hilarious.

there is beauty all around

when i woke up this morning it was very cold outside. but what i saw took me by surprise. our house is surrounded by trees and the frost on the trees was so breath taking. everything in sight was covered in white. i immediately got my camera so i could capture the view i was experiencing.