Grandma's Visit

Val came for a visit this past week. It was so wonderful having her here! We took the dogs swimming, ate lots of Mexican food, saw the lake, and had lots of good conversations!

Shah went swimming for the second time and he did a much better job than the first time! I think Duke is teaching his brother well.

We took Val to a creek by our house that we usually go to. It has a hiking trail and a waterfall. Since we have had lots of rain lately, the creek was pretty high.

Duke would jump in, Shah would follow and help him pull the toy to shore. It was cute. I will post videos of it.

On Val's last night we went to The Oasis. It is on Lake Travis and has an absolutely gorgeous view. I thought I had left my camera at home, so there are not any pictures of dinner. I did, however, locate my camera in my purse after dinner and we managed to get a few shots in.

Swimming Shah

It has been a few days since Mike surprised me with Shah. He is a pretty good puppy! We have had a couple accidents (luckily on the stained concrete) and nothing has been destroyed- yet. The biggest problem is that Duke doesn't like him. He is uninterested in Shah. He won't get on the bed if Shah is up there first and he hates it when Shah tries to play with him. We are hoping that as Shah gets older, Duke will start to like him more.

We took them swimming the other day. Duke loves to swim, Shah, not so much.

Happy Birthday, Duke!

My sister came over the other day and took some great pictures of Duke. It was his birthday last Thursday. He turned 9, or 63 in human years. He is looking so distinguished for his age!

I would love to get Duke a little brother (a dog brother, not a human brother!), but Mike is not up for it. Don't you think that Duke would love a brother. You do, don't you! Well, my birthday is in June if anyone wants to send a chocolate baby lab our way.