Our Long Weekend

We hung out in the pool almost all weekend. And it was Max's first time in the pool ever.  He didn't want to swim by himself, he always wanted to be held. But overall, he did really well and will soon be a strong swimmer, so we don't need to worry about leaving him in the back yard!  We also had movie night and Max and Harrison did some bonding while kicking back and watching Arachnophobia- remember that movie? I was afraid it would give Harrison bad dreams, but he did fine! He loved the movie- I think it was so old and cheesy that he couldn't take it seriously enough to be scared by him.

In other news, James is soo excited that football season starts this week (hence the background of our blog right now- I'll change that as soon as I get a chance!)  And I'm excited about our upcoming trips to San Diego.  We are taking off in 2 days to go spend about 5 days down in San Diego at the State Bar Annual Meeting.  Should be a great event and a good chances to catch up with friends and family.

Puppy Update!

Max is now just over 13 weeks old and is growing so big! He can walk up and down the stairs and has convinced Sammie to play with him.  They fight over the bones and chew toys and Sammie almost always wins, despite being twice as small as Max.  Max is still getting his puppy shots so he can't go out on walks or to the dog park yet, but he is going to love it when he can.  He sleeps about 18 hours a day and is pretty mellow most of the time.  He's fitting right in with our family!

Kayaking with the Scouts

Last weekend we took the cub scouts to Folsom Lake to get their aquatics badge. It was SO fun. We had never been to Folsom Lake before, even though its only about 25 minutes away. We are excited to take our kayak back there next summer and campout there later this year. Here are some pictures of Harrison and the boys. They had to swim, dive, rescue each other and kayak around. There were a few "accidental" flips in the middle of the lake and the boys had to go and flip the kayak back over and help their friend back into his kayak. Afterward, they were able to play on this huge inflatable trampoline and a floating rock-climbing wall. I soooo wished I was a scout the whole time.

Aerospace Museum

Harrison and I took a day trip before school started and checked out the Aerospace Museum in town. Harrison had a great time- his favorite part was the Apollo 11 section they had that displayed the inside of the space shuttle and the suit that Buzz wore to the moon. There was a ton of fun things to do, but of course, I didn't bring the camera. I managed to capture some of it on my iPhone though- thank goodness for the iPhone!

Our Newest Addition

We adopted a puppy this weekend- I know, I'm crazy. But the boys are super excited and so it's worth it.

Here's the new puppy; he's an Olde English Bulldoge and is 3months old. His fur feels like velvet and he has amazing greens eyes.

Dear Empty Nest,

I hate you.

(Thankfully Harrison will be back from summer vacation soon! We are SO boring without him- hence the lack of posting).

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