Sweet Face

Our New Lawn

Recently, we had a landscaper come and redo our front yard. Most of the grass was removed, and plants were brought it. Now we have a variety of plants and a walkway from the driveway to the gate. It looks good, but I am looking forward to the plants growing and taking up more room.

Living off the Land

Well, we aren't quite living off the land yet, but we do have 5 tomatoes and an eggplant growing! Nothing so far from the squash or the jalapeño plant, but soon we shall have tomatoes. I will pair them with herbs from our garden and pretend that I can survive off the things I grow.

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.

Garden of Eden?

OK, so it is not the Garden of Eden, but it is my garden! I planted my first real garden this weekend. I have had an herb garden for over a year, and have attempted to plant pots of tomatoes in the past, but this is my first official in-the-ground garden! I planted several kind of tomatoes, squash, eggplant, and two kinds of peppers. I also added another basil plant to my herb garden. Want to come over for dinner n a month?

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.

New Addition

Yesterday was our anniversary, and Mike surprised me with a sweet present-- A PUPPY! Shah is a chocolate lab and we love him already. Duke loves him too- sorta. They get along well when Shah is being calm, but when he gets into puppy mode, Duke gets a bit grumpy. He is an old man after all! I am sure once Duke realizes that his new brother is staying, he will love him too.