Scout has been adopted...

But never fear, Georgie (and his giant tongue) are here!

Ben's Big Adventure!

Ben wanted me to post his latest adveture on my website since he doesn't know how to type yet...


In an effort to get rid of some of Ben's energy, Mom came up with a great way to exercise him! Rollerblading! And he loves it!

Mom has been taking Ben to this trail through the woods. It is 3 miles each way.

There are lots of interesting things to see and smell! Even horses, which Ben is scared of! Mom let him sniff one through the fence and it didn't go well.

He'd rather just keep on running! Mom can hardly keep up!

At the end of the trail Mom lets him play in the river to cool down. It's kind of dark but here he is running like crazy in the water!

Of course, his favorite thing ever remains fetching. "Mom, there is a stick RIGHT next to you. Do you see it??"

"Please throw it for me!"

When Ben finally gets a LITTLE tired, Mom takes him back home. Here is a bad picture of the sunset they saw after swimming.

He has all kinds of interesting smells when he gets home and I get really jealous! Mom says I can't come along though because my fear of wheels will probably kill her!

Boating Fun!

This weekend Dad came to visit and brought his boat! It was the first time that everyone but me had gotten a ride. Mom made Ellie wear her life jacket because she's not as skilled a swimmer as the rest of us. You can tell by her expression how she feels about boating before we even got in the water!

"I am NOT happy about this"

But I was super happy!! Sun on my face and the wind in my ears! What could be better?

The lull of the boat was very relaxing! It didn't take Ben long to fall asleep!

Until we took a break for some swimming!

Even Miss Ellie went in the water! Only up to her arm pits though! Wimp ;)

Afterwards, all the action called for another nap!

Then Dad decided he was going to go for a swim in the middle of the lake. And Mom decided to throw me in!

My face demonstrates exactly how I felt about that cold, forced swim!

Jack thought it was hilarious!

I was pretty mad at Mom afterwards!

Until I got to wear her shades...

The next day we left Ben and Ellie at home. Mom said something about our boat looking like a floating kennel. We tried a new lake, too.

It was another perfect day!

Lake Badin had a lot of wildlife for Jack to watch!

And it was smooth and quiet so we could navigate!

And look for fishies!

We even got to swim for awhile...



What a fabulous weekend!

Izzie's Twin!?!?

Look what Mommy brought home!!!



It's an Izzie look alike! Except he's a boy!



And he's a crazy, psycho puppy! Ahhh!



Scout's trying really hard to make friends! Molly is not convinced...



But Ellie thinks Scout it ok! They do lots of wrestling and biting!



They even try to share a kennel!

Scout was abandoned in a fenced lot when his owner's moved. He has a lot of house manners to learn but he's VERY smart! He just NEVER stops moving :)

TORTURE!!

In an effort to help Ellie learn to like swimming, Mom bought her this snazzy life jacket! However, Ellie thinks it is torture!


It's SOOOO heavy!



Someone help me!

Lazy days of summer

It's been HOT in North Carolina and it doesn't leave us much energy for anything but laying around. So we've been doing a lot of lounging in Mom's bed...

Ellie is the queen of lounging



Ben just likes to pretend he's not staring at the kitty so he doesn't get in trouble.

We ALL know what he's doing...

On Saturday Mom got up early and took us to the ball field to play. We hadn't been out of our yard for a LONG time. Mom says we've turned into unsocialized hooligans! Can you believe it?

Us??

Ben and I practiced our big air frisbee skills!

And ran around like crazy.

Here is Ben "smiling" for the frisbee. He gets so excited. Mom should of named him Dracula!

"Frisbees and kitties... Frisbees and kitties... Frisbees and kitties..."

And what was Ellie was doing this whole time?!? She was surveying the perimeter for intruders.

And barking at leaves when they blew by. Just to let us know...

And rolling in mud puddles eventhough she hates water! Only a mother could love that face!

Just kidding! We all love Ellie. Especially after a bath!