Puppies and Parents

What do puppies and my parents have to do with each other? Pretty much nothing – except for the fact that I have photos of both to share today! My parents were in town on Sunday so I got to see them!

With my parents

The shot on the right is possibly the one and only photo that has been taken where my mom is taller than me (she’s standing on a step behind me) since oh, you know, the end of the 1990s when I outgrew her.

Aaand this past week we have been dog sitting for some of our friends who’ve been out of town.

Mabel

One of the best things about dog sitting is that Oreo has a friend to play with! {Ps. I know Mabel doesn’t look excited here, but most of the time she was the one instigating play with Oreo! So really she was having fun!}

Oh, they are just the cutest!

Mabel went home last night so now Oreo is sleeping off the after-effects of a week of play.

 

 

Shelby Farms with the Fam

You guys know we love Shelby Farms {previously on the blog: Patriot Lake,  Hiking, and the Dog Park}. It’s close to our house and my favorite place to take Oreo for a walk (we try to go at least once a week)! So since everyone brought their pups along this past weekend, we decided to take them all for a walk on Chickasaw trail! This is the trail Oreo and I normally take and I love it because it is so gorgeous.

The trail is shared by dog-walkers (like us!), bike riders, and runners

One of the lakes on the trail

 I love the views along this trail! So pretty!

My brother-in-law, Michael, and I walking our pups

Christopher had the camera so he was snapping away while we walked the pups. By the way, my gracious, my hair is long! I haven’t seen it from the back in a ponytail recently, haha!

Fur-cousins posing together halfway through the walk.

Since Christopher had the camera he kept snapping shots of Oreo and me, haha! It was sweet, though. I especially liked this shot (other than the fact that I look like I’m missing my arm ’cause I’m scratching my elbow – still cute, though!). The only way it could be better would be if Christopher were in it with us instead of behind the camera.

Family Came to Visit!

Every summer we get together with my husband’s family for a long weekend (Fort Smith in 2011 & Dallas in 2012). This year everyone came to our house and brought their pups along as well so we had a full house.

Oreo, Tara (red harness), Jerzee (pink harness), and Loco (black harness)

All the pups

Christopher and Loco reading up on home repair

My sweet pup

And of course, people came along with all the dogs as well, haha!

The whole fam! Us, Tony & Marty, and Michael & Katy

 We took family shots in front of the Memphis mural at Cooper & Madison! It’s so cool!

Family pic 2013!

We spent the weekend showing off our city and some of our favorite places here so I’ll update on those adventures over the next couple of posts. Happy Monday, friends!