An Amazing Summer! Part 1

I'm so sorry that I haven't blogged for a while, but WOW what a fantastic summer! Let's start at the beginning.
Now in order to start at the very beginning, I'll have to go all the way back to March when my family and I travelled to Churchill to stay with a wonderful Metis family for two weeks. While we were there we met a musher from Arviat, Nunavut. He and Rella, my younger sister, became wonderful friends and one night, when his family and ours were having dinner together, he promised her one of his lead dogs puppies once they were born. His lead dog, Diesel was incredibly special and close to Darryl (the musher we had met) and it was an honour to be promised one of his children. We were so excited! But before we left Churchill, we found out that Diesel, Darryl's best worker and friend, had passed away. Our friend was heartbroken and so were we. After we heard the news, my mom had to explain to Rella that we probably wouldn't receive a puppy from Darryl because he would have to make his team strong again after the death of his strongest dog. Rella and I understood and headed home with heavy hearts for our new friend. About a month after Diesel's death, we got a phone call from Darryl and his wife Kukik. They told us that our puppy was ready to come to Winnipeg! Kukik told us that, before Diesel had died, he fathered a litter of puppies, but only one pup had survived out of that litter. We thought that then, since it was Diesel's last puppy, Darryl would need to keep her because of his amazing bloodlines and because of how important her father had been to him. But Darryl proved that he was a man of honour and Silatu (meaning 'brave one' in Inuktitut) travelled down south from Arviat and arrived home in July!
In this blog I wanted to write about all of the courageous, inspiring, and special people I met over the summer. My friend Darryl from Arviat is one of those people. After losing one of his most loyal comapnions, he still gave from his heart. He is so special! Silatu or TuTu as we call her, is growing everyday. She is now about four months and when standing can put her paws on my shoulders. She is full of energy and is constantly either tackling our smaller dog, Bella or galloping across the yard. We love her to pieces! And this was only the beginning to our summer of memories! Please stay tuned for more of our summer's adventures and misadventures!