Puppy Love

The puppies all sold and moved away.  The morning after the last one left, Shyla spend HOURS wandering the backyard looking for them.  It was pretty heartbreaking. :(

I really miss the pups and think about them a lot.  What a fun experience.

Sita

Daisy

Scout

I can't remember the name his family chose

Tucker

Puppy smooch

Ruby

Puppies!

Shyla had puppies.  We bred her with a handsome mini golden doodle sire.

She had 6 puppies, whom I fall in love with on a daily basis.

The girls are delighted with the puppies.

Wintertime Stuff and Photos 2016

November and December have been busy with lots of playing, family time, and the great outdoors.  Todd spent 2 weeks climbing in Laos (he promised to blog about it so stay tuned) and I spend a week surfing in Nicaragua.

Lydia is nearly as big as Avery now!

We've had a rather snowy winter so far!

My shoveling buddy

We visited Aunt Sue while Todd was in Laos

Abominable snow dog

Shyla is such a spaz!

Most of my time at home is spent underneath the kiddos ;)

Or doing chores with them in my lap. It's not a bad way to spend the day! 

Happy Dog

Shyla is a mighty happy dog!  She is 10% complete spaz, and 90% really quite good.  I hike and run with her a lot, which makes us both happy. :)

She's made of springs.  When we come home she leaps in the air with happiness.

Grandeur

 

 

Olympus

Spazzing out

Pete's rock

Dog

We got a dog!  I'm still not sure if it was a good idea or not...  But I really like her.  She's a labradoodle, 9 months old, mostly trained, and in my opinion an ideal dog.  No shedding, quiet, she fetches, follows us around, responds to training, and she's not spayed.  I remember when my childhood dog had puppies, and I'd love to give Avery the same experience of loving the puppies.

Anyhow, here she is in all her glory:

 

I can hardly believe this is the same dog.  She looks like a 60 pound rat!

We enjoy sunrise runs together