SEPTEMBER 2006 © Jo-Ann Gerde Photography. All rights reserved.   "We're a Team Now!"   LIZZIE (& Carol) STEPHENS

"We are extremely honored to be September's Team - the month Lizzie joined our household in 2002! Challenges started when I pushed too hard and fast. Lizzie's psyche told her: 'stop! freeze in place! don't move!' On the long road back to motivation I went too far. My animated enthusiasm started the 'leap and grab' stage. Recently we've turned some corner. We ARE NOW a team; lots of laughs plus the occasional Q for me, and lots of liverwurst for my Lizzie." — Carol