Room of Beads… not when Mama’s TIRED!!!

Okay, so I JUST got back home from a 36.2 mile bike ride (5 hours of riding)… my first bicycle ride in probably a good 10 years and the longest I’ve EVER been on. I came home to play with the pups, let them out, and relax a bit before I head off for a photoshoot this evening. Oh no, I should have known my day would not be THAT easy. So I walk through the door and see “Dixie” standing at the end of the hallway, all excited to see me, well a bit more excited than usual. So I go to the living room to show her some love and then… I see it. I see my two white pups as happy as can be for mama to be home, sitting, wagging their tails all the while these million and one micro-beads are flying ALL over the place! There weren’t just a few covering my ugly tan-ish carpet, there were MILLIONS and MILLIONS, maybe even TRILLIONS!!! Apparently “Max” no longer wanted to see his bed sitting there not being used, so he and “Angel” decided they were going to make a chew toy out of it. They both are so happy mama’s home, but geez… I don’t know what to do with these two sometimes.

What in the world… it’s like he knows he did it but he’s still sticking his tongue out at me. Do you see that?! That’s his tongue!

“Max” walking around what used to be his bed.

Yup, they’re happy mama’s home so I can clean up their mess!!!

Geez… as Carey always says… how can you NOT love that face. UGH!

4th of July at the Lake

So the 4th isn’t just a time for us humans to celebrate our independence, it’s a time for our pups to somewhat celebrate theirs as well. I’m so proud to say my pups know how to swim and I’m sure they’d enjoy the water a bit more if it weren’t freezing (hence the name of the lake).

Here’s “Dixie, “Angel”, and “Max” enjoying a little swim time with daddy at Friess Lake.

“Dixie” got to go the first day b/c the boat wasn’t running… so it was swimming time rather than boating time for her.

“Angel” was excited to go!

“Max” had a good time too, but he was more curious about the fisherman walking up the bank and what the girls were doing on shore.

Dog Pile in Mama’s Office

Okay, so my pups and hubby tend to enjoy snuggling from time to time… especially when mama is working on photos in her office. So here are a few pictures of what a dog pile looks like on mama’s office love-seat. Disclaimer: It’s tough trying not to move, grab your camera from your bag, and shoot with a heavy camera backwards, over your shoulder… so don’t hold the crappy quality against me, haha.

Pool Night with the Pups

Here is “Max” enjoying the pool and learning how to submerge his face in the water to collect bones on the bottom of the pool. It’s funny b/c the girls would not put their faces under water. The girls loved it when I put a floating duck in the water since they grabbed it, but would not grab the bones.

It was getting too dark outside and my camera does not take great video in low-lighting so it’s hard to tell who is who and what is what. “Max” is the one in the water and “Angel” is the one wandering around the pool waiting on “Max” to pick up the bone so she can take it from his mouth. Just like a woman… letting the man do all the work just to profit from it, haha.

Pool Party

Loving 75!

It’s the first day of the year where it’s been a nice 75 degrees all day long and boy are the dogs liking it! “Dixie”, “Angel”, and “Max” all went for a nice long walk this afternoon, and though they’re a handful, they did great together. The best part of the walk was on our last leg… We were almost home and “Dixie” decided to do her business in the yard of the crabbiest man in the neighborhood. This guy has told me before, that if my dogs ever did their business in his yard, and I did not pick it up, he’d make sure it ended up on my door-step. So of course, this is the yard “Dixie” decided to leave her mark in. Though I bagged it, I figure he was inside watching and just grumbling to himself. Hehe, dogs know these things.

Bully Walk

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They sure were tired when we got home, but of course, “Angel” wouldn’t let anyone take a break… she’s still going!