we are going to work!

I have been taking Bentley
to dog training for the last month.
We have now started a new class.
The intermediate class,
obedience, tricks and
introduction to agility.
He is smart and obedient
and learns quickly.
For such a young dog,
he is doing extremely well.
We call it "work".
School is where we take the girls in the car.
So this morning when I asked him
if he was ready to go to "work"
this is the face that greeted me....


How can that face
not make you smile?.........................

Litter.....what litter?

Do you let your dog lick you?

We don't.....

Yet we DO love our dogs, but...

We know where their mouths have been.

This afternoon Bentley came out

of the guestroom where

the downstairs kitty litter is kept.

His nose was completely covered in litter.

By the time I got the camera and focused

half the evidence was gone.

As much as I wanted to scold him

all I could do was smile.....

no I laughed!

She's back!

Sometimes the things that fill your heart

are big and sometimes they are small.

Either way, they can fill your heart

so full you think it might burst.

After being gone for 4 days,

Kayla came home last night.

When you are not used to having

your children gone, ever,

it's a huge thing when they come home

safe and sound.

So this morning, I came down from my shower

to find Kayla sitting in the family room.

What a sight for sore eye.

It filled my heart and made me smile......

congratulation it's an it

Today Bentley got neutered.

why did this

bring me happiness?

Well, there are several reasons.

But what made me smile,

at Bentley's expense,

was seeing him in his

"no lick collar".

You have to admit

it does bring a smile.......

P.S. forgive the blur

but it was the cutest picture

Someone to miss you

Today was pretty uneventful.

The girls are on fall break this week,

so we went shopping.

The fall colours are really hit and miss.

As we were driving around town

I was noticing tree that had lost all their leaves

before they had a chance to change colour.

So I went outside, when we got home,

to take picture of the few plants

that are in full autumn regalia.

When I got back to the house

Bentley was staring out the window,

by the front door,

waiting for my return,

as if I had been gone a very long time.

When I saw him, I thought....

That is happiness.....

someone to miss you.

and I smiled.....