Summer - Batch 3

 So all summer was really leading up to our big houseboat trip to celebrate Nancy and Larry's 50th anniversary. (Brian's folks)

Below, that looks like a suit case, but it's filled with ice and a big cake that we couldn't fit in a cooler.

 Once we drove up there, we tried to make a message they'd be able to see from the boat -

 At night we'd head up to the top deck to watch the meteor shower, which was amazing every night.

 It was a nice, big boat.  There were 6 private bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.

 After coffee every morning, I'd jump in for a morning swim.

 You could drive from the bottom or top deck.

 Hot tub which was cold water and really nice during the day when we were cruising from spot to spot.

 Below is the view from Brian and my bedroom.

 These are pics of the docking for the night process.

 Once we were docked, it was time to either jump off the top deck, or shoot down the slide.

 After dinner it was game time.

 Cousins off in search of fish.

 Brian cooking up steak and chicken.

 The above game was terrible. I got spoiled milk, and then rotten egg. I was done after that.

 This game was a hoot, though. You roll a dice and have to turn the clicker that number of times and hope you don't spring the hand.

This trip was last week, Monday thru Friday.  It was a blast. It was really a treat to have Brian and his sibs together and all the kid cousins. Definitely the highlight of the summer!

Summer - Batch 2

 There has been a lot of pool time this summer...

 Lots of card playing time...

 Duke....he's gonna be a big boy, he just keeps growing and growing and still his feet look huge.

 We squeezed in a camping trip, though it was a bit short for my liking.  Camping with 3 dogs was interesting, but they did great.  It was right  at 100 daily, so a bit too warm, but nothing some like time didn't fix.

 Gone are the days of pancaked, bacon, hashbrowns, and sausage....now it's oatmeal and egg white scrambles.

 Doggie shelter while we were in the lake.  Only Sam was interested in swimming and walked right in the first day.

 A fire started while we were swimming, on the back of that hill.  We watched the planes and helicopter work on it and it was out in a few hours time.

 Duke would dig in the clay till the ground was wet and then lay on it. Smart guy.

 So originally we got Duke for Myles, but Myles is a bit to sensitive to the puppy whine sound and the puppy nipping and quickly distanced himself from Duke....who now views Emma as his mom, and that works, too.

 Brian and Duke having a stand off over Brian's dinner. Brian grew up with big dogs and is quite smitten with Duke.

 We volunteered at Brazen Racing's Bad Bass trail run, working at Aid Station 1.  This was the view as we walked out to it.

This was 7 hours later, waiting for the last runner to come through.
Batch 3 coming up.....