Sno-phie

Dear Sophie,
I was a little nervous about taking you to see your first snow. I pictured you tapping your paw into the snow, pulling it back, and saying, "What in Lassie's name is this?" Nope. You jumped right in like you had lived in it all your life, romped in shoulder-deep, rolled around, kicked, ate snowballs, and had the time of your life! The Snow Bowl in Flagstaff was absolutely beautiful! I can't believe we never took you up there before today. Even with all the fun you were having out of harness, just being a regular dog, when I fell in the snow there you were to brace and pull me up, not once but three times! (Hey, it's not easy keeping your balance in two feet of snow.) Finally we left the mountain, and then couldn't resist one more romp in the snow at the bottom before heading home. In the midst of the snow and ice, our hearts were warm watching you play. Definitely worth the three hours each way on the road!