Sam was adamant that she stay overnight at Becky's house tonight, so there she is. Becky said she was fine with Sam staying. The house feels empty without Samantha, very quiet and big. Tucker has been wondering where she is, sort of wandering around a bit and sticking close to my side.

We went for a long walk int the woods this morning, and Sam copied everything Ella did. When Ella peed, Sam followed suit. She is very good at peeing in the woods now. It takes a bit of coordination and skill to do that. Every once in a while Sam would step off the path and scrape leaves around with her feet. Ella scratches leaves to spread her scent around, and Sam thinks this is the funniest thing. So she followed suit. We also found a balloon floating next to a log off the path, and I told Samantha the woodland elves were loaning it to her for the day since she had been such a good girl about not hurting the ladyslipper flowers.

Becky took Sam to a florist and had her pick out a beautiful pot of Pink daisies? Not sure about the flower name, but very pretty. Very sweet of Becky to have done that. Becky said it took Sam quite a while to pick just the right set of flowers, and she kept saying what she would really like was a balloon.

We went to Lynn to visit Emily's, Lee's and Matt's grandfather's grave. I brought some beautiful flowers with us, things from our backyard. I had lilacs from a tree that had been in Grammy's yard that Pat gave me, and some of Sue and Audrey's lilacs as well. Sam had found a really interesting branch with a knob on the end on our walk that I also incorporated into the bouquet. I wanted to show my respect and to say, yes, Emily lived and we remember her.