We took our wonderful puppy, Kona to a different Vet this past weekend. He's been having some issues with his rear knee. Our local vet has not been as helpful and informative as we would like him to be, so we took Kona in to my parent's vet for a second opinion. We are SO glad we did. Dr. Mike sat down with us (on the floor) for 30 minutes to explain in detail what is going on with Kona's knee. We will spare the details, but it turns out that he will be needing surgery at some point, probably on both knees. As it turns out the problem is probably more genetic then injury related, and Dr. Mike suspects that Kona could be a full Rotweiller, instead of part Rott, and part Austrailian Shephard as we were originally told. So it makes sense that he would have genetic issues. The probability of surgery does not surprise us, and we are actually quite relieved to have been given all the proper information. Please pray for our bubba and for us as we will have to wait a while before we can afford the surgery. We could not have asked for a better dog, and we are blessed daily by his presence in our lives!

On Saturday Evening we celebrated Father's Day a week early with my Dad. We were very excited to give him his gift. A couple months ago there was a Mattress store going out of business. They had a neon SEALY sign in the window, so Scott went in to inquire about purchasing it for my dad. Sure enough, a couple weeks later the store manager called to say that they would sell it to us. We were SO stoaked to give it to my dad. (In case you're wondering about the signifigance of the neon Sealy sign, my dad retired from nearly 20 years working for Sealy Mattress company in 2005, so the business name holds a particular interest for our family.)
So we blindfolded my dad, and escorted him into our spare bedroom where we then switched on the Sealy sign and instructed him to remove his blindfold. He didn't really have any words to say, but I could tell he thought it was really cool!
My Brother, Adam, gave him potatoes (for his potatoe gun of course), and twinkies... Dad's favorite.

Sunday we attended my youngest cousin, Brady's wedding in Calistoga. It was a very fun and casual wedding on a large estate winery in rural Calistoga. It was so great to see our extended family and enjoy a beautiful evening.
And I might add that the Doberneck family tore up the dance floor... Scott and my Mom were the first to cut the rug, followed by both my brother's and their girlfriends. Finally my Dad and I joined the mix. Such fun!Jessica and Brady's first dance.
Brady and Aunt Mindy's Son and Mother Dance

Adam and Sarah
My brothers Adam and Bill... so handsome on this day!
Scott was elected to be the video-ographer... He had a lot of fun doing this!

Oh, I made it out alive!