4th of July Holiday

First of all, I'd like to say Happy 4th of July to everyone! We celebrated like a lot of other people did I'm sure: hanging at the lake. Cody's grandparents own a cabin down at Possum Kingdom lake and every summer we try to get out there a few times. This time has been kinda hard because Cody's job is real hectic around the summer so this weekend was probably the only time we'd be able to get out there. Unfortunately, Hunter was exhausted from a vacation with his dad prior to our lake weekend, so he went home early to his grandma's. But other than that we had a great time & we wish it could have lasted longer.

On our way home we took a different route than usual because we had always gone the extra long way through Ft. Worth & back up to Ardmore. We typed in our address in the GPS & it took us through some little country towns. We had no idea where we were, so when we came to a gas station we decided it'd be best to stop & fill up & get some snacks just in case we didn't see any other stations for a while.

We pulled up to this gas station in a small town I can't even remember the name of & there is this dog with his head literally in the trash can. Me, being the city-born girl that I am asks the cashier "Is that y'alls dog?" I guess she took offense to that question by the look on her face & just shook her head "no". We finish paying & walk outside to pump the gas. This dog just walks up to us & is very friendly. He immediately takes a liking to Cody & follows him. We had some dog food since we had taken Roxy (my Yorkie) to the lake with us, so I got the dog a bowl & fed him & gave him some water. In the meantime, some of the town locals pull up to the station & start telling us "You need to take the dog! He never eats, his owners disowned him!" All sorts of stuff about his terrible "supposed" owners. We decide to load him up in the back of the car & bring him home. He already had a name: Hank the Cow dog! (Oh how I loved those books...!) So, this is a picture of Hank. Who has already won all of our hearts & is supposed to be outside but I let him come in...