Long Time No Bark!

Hiya Pups!

I'm so sorry to have been gone so long. I'd like to say that we've been off being fabulously busy doing great stuff. Or I'd like to say that Mommy's been way too busy to help me, but that's not it either (not that she hasn't been busy). The true story is that I've been bored, we haven't done much lately - well until the weekend...

We got to go to the beach on Sunday! You should have seen it - sun and water, kids and all the pups! There was music and boats and all sorts of great stuff! And I met a couple of cool new friends to play with, they were with all my Mommy and Daddy's friends.

Here's Max! He's a Chihuahua - but he acts like he's as big as a Great Dane :-) Max didn't like me much even though I wanted to play. But by the end of the day we got along okay (though it's easy to get along when there's steak involved).

Sophie and I had to get some shade, since it was a little warm. It's nice of her Mom and Dad to put this umbrella up for all of us with a fur coat on! We all got into the lake a couple of times, so between the water and the shade we all kept pretty cool.


Next Maggie and her family arrived - she's a miniature Schnauzer, she was very nice. And guess what, she likes to go on the boat! See that funny orange jacket? It's a life vest so that just in case she falls out her Mom and Dad can grab her easily.


And then Maggie went swimming. I tried to go with her, but my tie-down wasn't long enough. The funny thing is that after Mommy saw this, she thought I might like to go for a swim - but I didn't (I don't really love to swim, but I don't mind getting in to cool off).


Here's me and my Daddy hanging out - at the end of the day. We had a really great day, in fact Daddy said I was a really great girl all day!


So he decided to let me off my line and here's what happened...

Ha ha - was that fun, I ran and ran! But there's good news, I came back!


'This is my Mommy's favorite picture of the day - look at how wet I got! Mommy is still brushing sand out of my furrs (I'm headed to the salon next week!).

It was a great day!

Home Early!

Both Mommy and Daddy came home from work early today - it was pawesome! We sat on the deck and then we all walked down to the river. We played ball (loved that) and keep-away (didn't love that as much). And I got to run around and sniff all the spots where all the other critters live.

It's been ages since we've all had time to walk together in the yard. Look how all the weeds have grown down my path to the river!


Oh, I found the smells of the fox or maybe the woodchuck - someone was here anyway!


I got to get right down on the bank. I almost got in, but Mommy and Daddy said no!


We played a bit of ball and I was such a good girl (I barely ran away at all). We even had time for some scritches under the willow tree.

It's been such a busy summer, so it was nice to take some time and hang out with the family!

Summer Fun

Mommy always says that Watermelon is the best part of summer. Mommy and Daddy eat it all summer long, Mommy makes sorbet with it and sometimes they grill it and have it for dinner with some grilled chicken - they love it that much.

One night when Mommy was cutting up a nice new melon I asked for some. She said she wasn't sure if I'd like it - and I said, "what are you crazy I'm an Airedale, of course I'll like it"!

So after she was all done cutting she took me out side, I'm still not sure why I had to go outside, but I didn't care if it meant that I got to try this stuff! Well she gave it to me and I took it and ran right down to my special spot (where I like to eat stuff), but then I was like - "what am I supposed to do with this"?!

Mommy said - "eat it silly", so I gave it another try and boy was it great!

So now I know that I really like Watermelon!