Birthday Party

On Tuesday of this week (Nov 17th) Chad turned 5 years old. Of course we celebrated it with a gift, cake and a night together. First he got his gift which he open with no problem all by him self. Then Chad has his birthday cupcake which was home made and special for dogs. Which he shared with his brother Lambeau.
It was a lot of fun to watch them eat there cupcakes, after having a few over the past few days they have gotten much faster at eating them!
I just hope we have another 5+ years with Chad. Come Feb it will be 5 years that I have had Chad and also Lambeaus one year with us. Time has gone by so fast with Chad, and I have learned a great deal about him, the herding dog that he is and caring for a dog in general. I have been blessed to have such a wonderful dog (Lambeau is good too but we don't have the bond like Chad and I do).

Good cooking

This weekend I tried my hand at cooking two large meals for Steve and I all from scratch. For Sunday dinner we had a pork roast with potatoes that I baked in the oven. I’m very happy that it turned out with no hiccups and it was fantastic tasting. Also I cooked up a chicken to make home made chicken noodle soup that I will put together at the beginning of the week. No problems there. I told Steve it was so nice to have a full cooked meal.
Come Tuesday I will be making a new home made cake, its Chad’s birthday (5 years old) so he will be getting a peanut butter cake. There will be enough for Chad to share with his brother, Lambeau. Happy Birthday Chad.

Pictures

A few weeks ago we finished the paint work on the front of the house and today I just remembered to take a photo to show all of you guys.

Labor Day Weekend - Not Much Labor

I know we are still in the middle of this years Labor Day weekend but there is not much labor going on around here due to the mass amount of rain we have being getting over the past 2 or 3 days. We have gotten a few things done but not all that was on our to-do list. Still have 3/4 of the front yard left to cover in bark dust. Once it dries out really good, we can work on painting all the trim work on the house to add more color. We have just been lying around playing inside with the boys. Fingers crossed that it dries out tomorrow; I’m getting sick of not being able to do my projects. However last week we got all the bark dust in the back yard so that look really nice, but the shed is still waiting to be put together.

The Lake

The Four of Us!!

Chad needed his nap but wanted to make sure he was never left so he would guard the leashes.

This is not my 17 inch trout I got but it is a taste of what I look like when driving and fishing at night.

Steve went up the Wallowa Lake Tramway (8150 Ft). He is feeding some of the very friendly Chipmunks
Lambeau did very well the entire trip but he was very tired and when back at camp he would be curled up (or sprawled out) to take a nap.

We also went to the rodeo and all that went along with that. Play a lot of games and had fun. A very enjoyable trip!