Thanks, Lisa. I looked thru the pix of your dogs. They are beautiful and well-taken care of. Cheers!

Tommy and Wynne do look a lot alike!! Both Wynne and Will are beautiful! :)

I would really like to, but I'm not sure how realistic it is :( I start my classes again that week as in addition to I'm scheduled to work every Saturday and I already had to ask off two Saturdays that month for weddings (one that I didn't even get off). So I am going to try and make it, but it's not likely. If there is another picnic or meet up (although we are already working into winter, crazy!) I will definitely try and make it a priority to go!

Yes, I got the links to the photos. They were adorable :)

Friva is the name our friends started calling us when Chris and I first started dating, it's a combination of his last name, Friel, and my first name. 

We had so much fun at Corgi Con and can't wait for the next picnic. Thank you for putting everything together, it was a blast!

Thanks. We were looking forward to watching her interact with dogs her own size. We are planning on being at the next one. 

Lisa, I decided to write Pat Sandy-Smith, Phantom's owner, and just say hi again after a long time and send her some pics of my Corgi gang.  She wrote back the following about Tommie: " So nice to hear from you and to receive the pictures.  Yes, those tris do have Tommie's stamp on them.  He was a great dog - and such fun. He's play "ball" until he fell over - nonstop.  Loved the water.  We live on a lake and he'd go out on our pontoon with us - and when we'd anchor we'd play ball in the water.  Great swimmer.  He'd sit on the pontoon and shove the ball to me in the water, which meant that I was the retreiver now.  I'd put it back on the boat and he'd push it off again for me to get.
He sired 40 Champions, but most of all he was a great companion.  We miss him.
Pat"

"So the man I met at the Pem Show that recognized Will as a Phantom  offspring was Art and his wife is Pat Sandy-Smith?  Is that right?"

Correct!  Their website is here: http://www.sandyshirecorgis.com/

Thanks for Will's correct name for the picture.  I googled him and it looks like he had a nice little show career started.

Lisa, Thanks for the inside scoop on how you got Will.  Lovely little story.  Years ago I traded a couple of e-mails with Pat Sandy-Smith as I thought it would be nice to let her know how much I loved the offspring of her and Art's pal "Tommy."  

Of the four Phantom kids in the litter my W&T came from, one sister, Holly, is still alive.  I just this week was able to make contact with her owner and will make arrangements to visit them in here in AZ.  Holley is 13 now and last time I saw her had the unmistakable Phantom look of W&T, Mistletoe, and your Will. 

Like you I get a big kick out of these "family connections," to me it's part of the Corgi magic.  Sandyshire's the Phantom sired 29 AKC champions so there are certainly dozens and dozens of other kinfolk of our friends out there.  When I've run across pictures of Phantom off-spring on the 'net I usually save them.  I've added one of Will to the batch.

Thanks for your comment on my new pup, Sparkle.  I got a kick out of hearing that your boy Will is a son of Sandyshire's the Phantom.   He would be a half brother to my first two Corgis, Watson & Tinsel. Their sister is Mistletoe who my friends Joe and Liz just lost last week at the age of 13.

Your Will definitely has the Phantom face that I've seen when I've searched for "kinfolk" around the Internet.   In some of your photos of him that smile of his is just like looking at my old pal Watson. 

So thanks to Phantom's busy "retirement job" we all have lots of relatives around the country.  Great fun!

The table idea sounds great! The one nursing home we visit is large with 2 stories and we go back and forth and to so many units that the wagon works wonderful. Sage has no problem walking but after about 45 people and even more lifts...the wagon works better as she is just the right height and alot less stress on my back. I had wanted to find a smaller wagon but couldn't:( Oh well, if I ever don't need it I can give to the grandchildren.