HAPPY FATHER'S DAY

Well, it's been quite the week. It started out on Monday with a new therapy visit. This is the BEST, I get to spend Monday nights this summer being read to by kids at the Grandville Library. It's called the Ruff Reader Program. For 15 minutes at a time kids come into this special room and get to read to a Therapy Team, there's about 6 different teams. When their 15 minutes are done another person comes in. This keeps going for an hour. I had some pretty cute girls sitting next to me petting me and reading some very good books. I paid real close attention to what they were saying cause I can't read myself. Maybe by the end of summer I'll have a better idea of what each word means. Then on Wednesday and Saturday I got to play in the water with mom and some other people and dogs. By Saturday I was SWIMMING !!!! Yes, I can swim. I'm so surprised. At first I thought it was very VERY scary but then it got to be more fun than scary. I'm still not good at it but mom says we'll keep working at it. Mom and I have got some really great friends that are willing to work with us so we learn how to do this the right way. Mom can't swim either. I don't have to wear a life jacket but mom does, believe me she DOES. She has a long long way to go before I'll let her in the water without one. :o) Mom said that the next time we're in the water she'll take some pictures of me and we can post them here.

Next week is going to be a VERY busy week. I've got 3 therapy visits and a dog show at the end of the week. Wish me luck on the dog show. I've just GOT to win. I need 6 more points and I'll be a CHAMPION. Yup, a champion. I so want to be a champion. It's been fun in the show ring but I'm finding out that there are a lot of other things that mom and I can do at dog shows other than the show ring. There's Obedience, Rally, and Draft. It's all things mom and I can do together and she just love being with me as much as I love being with her.

Sooooo, time for me to get off this computer. We need to get a veggie tray ready for a Father's Day get together at Aunt Denise & Uncle Jerry's.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY to all the dad's out there. Especially my dad's Dean & Bentley. I LOVE YOU BOTH !!!!!

December Blizzard Warning

This past week we had quite the wind storm. There were blizzard warnings and the kids had off from school for 2 days but we only got high winds and cold temps. Snow didn't amount to much. On Saturday afternoon Dean went to Holland State Park and took these pics. Quite amazing how the water can transform a walkway that we used so often this summer.

We'll it was time for a color tour. The weather wasn't cooperating but Dean wanted to go out and take some pictures so Saturday afternoon, in the rain we headed north to Grand Haven and Muskegon. All in all it wasn't half bad. The colors were still gorgeous and we enjoyed the time away together, Dean with his camera and me with mine. We headed north to Hemlock Crossings just north of Holland a took a few pictures and then on to a small city park in Norton Shores. It was really windy on Lake Michigan but fun also to see the
waves.
Not many people around on a day
like today but there were a few that
were walking the trails. Saw a troop
of boy scouts that were camping at
one of the state parks in Muskegon.
Glad it was them and not me.

Dean, Chip and I took a drive up the lakeshore today. With the warmer weather & the sun shining we thought we'd try for some pictures of the ice on Lake Michigan. We stopped at Kirk Park, Grand Haven City Beach, Silverside's submarine site, Muskegon State Park and the dog beach in Muskegon. We also stopped at Babbit's so Dean could drool over a new cycle. We'll come back again when the weather is better so he can take a test drive. All in all it was a very nice couple of hours away. Oh ya, we even stopped for lunch, we went ALL OUT and got a hot dog from Speedway :o). Check out some of the pictures in the February album.

Ben wants to congratulate his brother Henry, GoldenOaks Moon Chaser, for making the United Kennel Clubs Top 10 List, way to go bro !!! Looks like he's tied for 2nd place. Wahoo !!

Well, it was time for a "puppie fix" so off I went today to see the litter at GoldenOaks. What a bunch if cuties - all 7 of them. Got some puppy kisses, smelled puppy breath and of course handed out treats to all the other Newfs that live there. All in all a perfect way to spend an hour or so.

Congratulations to Vinnie "TidesPointe's Take A Chance On Me" for taking Winners Dog in Bred By Exhibitor Class for a 3 point major, Best Puppy in Sweeps and Best Bred By Exhibitor at the Oakland County Kennel Club Show in Detroit this past weekend. Congrats to you also Wendy!