Our Puppy

We have a puppy. Her name is Sam and she's been with us for about 2 months. We got her from Amanda and Josh. Her mother is a Lab and we don't know what breed her father is (Amanda leave a comment if you know what breed her father is) Her veterinarian thinks the father could be a hound of some sorts. I think the vet is right ... she smells like a hound and she has an unruly side like a hound/hunting dog. The kids thought she was cute when we first got her, but they're not nearly as excited about her now ... they moan and groan a bit when it is their turn to take her out. Basically The Queen and I are her primary caregivers. She has been a lot of work, but she has worked her way into our affections.

Here are some pictures I took sleeping in her puppy bed. In the picture on the left I had wrapped her up in her blanket ... the picture on the right shows her 5 minutes later. It's how she sleeps all of the time, on her back all stretched out. She out grew this bed about a month ago.

Sam loves water! This is her pool and she loves to get in and play or just lie down to cool off on hot days. She can't stay away from the water sprinkler when we are watering the lawn which she will demonstrate for you in the video below.

Bringing In The Crops

We're in the midst of our summer harvest ... We planted zucchini, squash, peppers, tomatoes and two types of cucumber. So far we've picked this one light yellow squash, the 2 zucchinis you see and all of those jalapeno peppers ... someone gave us that other squash and the light green peppers you see. We have about 10 tomatoes that we're hoping will get bigger, and a couple of cucumbers that are coming on strong. We've planted vegetables over the eight years we've lived here, but they really haven't produced anything to shout about, so we're pretty excited about what we're getting this year.