Mabels first ice cube

Sorry for the unacceptably long blogging break. Mom's been neglecting this blog but here's a funny video of Mabel's first experience with an ice cube from the summer time.
Mabel's first ice cube from Alycia on Vimeo.

Life lately

The dogs have been loving the yard at Brian's house and Mabel is getting better at bringing the ball back. Monty used to like to play fetch but he feels like he doesn't even have a chance with Mabel because she's faster and more aggressive than him with it, so he tends to stay behind on my lap. We'll have to take him out separately so he can get his time in, poor guy. But they are good at staying in the yard. I was afraid they'd run off but they seem to want to stick near us. Having unfenced space like this for the dogs is all new to us too, so I felt like a helicopter dog mom at first. Now that I know how they are handling it, I can relax bit.

Do you like the cheesy 90s song I used? Hehe :)

Couch potatoes

The sun shines directly in the windows from 4-6:30 and the pups enjoy every second of it.

Making Mabel dance with her ball

I love how Mabel holds the ball in her mouth. She looks so cute. More than I can say about myself haha

Video: Monty, Mabel and a laser beam

Puppy naps

Mabel just passed her doggie daycare evaluation and now they are sunbathing on the deck. It's been GORGEOUS here the last few days. It's around 72 degrees and perfect. Every time the wind blows, a bunch of those sweet gum tree seed-pod thingys come flying off the tree pelting the little sleeping angels but they don't seem to mind too much ;) I freakin hate that tree though. In the fall the leaves pile up on the deck. The winter brings the stupid seed pods and the spring brings yellow pollen.

Sleepy faces in the sun

The sun has the power to make even the craziest of pups melt like butter.