Family Dorks!

RIP Shadow Wilkes :(. The Wilkes family (Kevin's sister) in Salem had to put down their 11 year old dog, Shadow, on Wednesday. He was the sweetest dog and of course had marvelous floppy ears. Please keep the Wilkes family (Chris, Kristen, and Andrew) in your thoughts and prayers.

One of my favorite memories of Shadow is when we would visit the Wilkes' first house in Roanoke and sleep in the basement. Shadow would sit and stare at you in the darkness...all you could hear is his breathing and occassional sniff. You didn't dare make a sound or move at all. I made that mistake once and all of a sudden he started barking loudly, "Let me outside! Let me outside!"...LOL...oops. I had no choice but to get up in the middle of the night and let him out in the backyard. Every other time I returned, I would lay stiff as a board if he came into our room with a big grin on my face, trying not to make a peep. :)