We call ourselves The Libby Gang. Maybe you've received a card or gift signed by us in that manner, seen our hashtag, or heard us refer to our family that way. How did we come to dub our little motley crew that way? Well, sit tight and let me tell you!

In 2017, we welcomed our family mascot and the icon of the future family crest, Libby. Randy wasn't thrilled that I had found this $50 German Shepherd/Border Collie puppy on Kijiji and was picking her up on June 1st. But he said, whatever makes you happy (that's a green light, right?), so I bit the bullet!

I don't think either of them knew how to act with each other in the beginning, and many wary glances were exchanged. To say she tried our patience is an understatement, and there was a fine line between the calm and chaos.

In saying that, the bonding process took a second for those two. And just as it started (and in true Mati fashion), I decided to add to the chaos when I found a litter of nine Bulldog X puppies, and a runt that needed a home. Someone up there knew Future-Mati needed someone content being in the lower rankings with her, and in January of 2018, fate (and Kijiji once again) intervened, and we repeated the cycle and Penny joined the gang!

As much as he wasn't sure about Libby in the beginning, Penny was tenfold that amount. But Penny interpreted all those deviances to mean that she had to become Randys shadow, day and night, to win him over. And she has and did.

And here we are today.

Now these two have monopolized our hearts and our home. They play such a key part in our story, and in our life together, and there isn't an adventure we don't want them on with us (except our wedding day because Big Libs is an asshole. You will notice her lack in attendance on the big day.).

And thus, this is how The Libby Gang was born, and with that all the adventures to be had await us.

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