One last dinner...

This past Saturday night we had one last dinner as a family at my parents house.  They have lived there nearly 18 years and are moving out in two weeks.  This is the house my brother and I spent most of our childhood in and it's an odd feeling for my parents to move away from there.  We made a ton of great memories in that house and while I'll never forget them I'm also looking forward to all the new memories we're going to make.

To kick off our dinner we took a few "last" pictures in their backyard.  

My cute parents and their even cuter dogs :)

Ryan & Courtney - Georgia didn't make this picture but she'll make her appearance below...

Ryan, Benny and I - I'm pretty sure Bennett had his eye on the tennis ball..

And lastly I'll leave you with the person (err I mean dog) most excited about the new house.  As you can see, he has currently been restrained to a small little pond in their backyard for swimming....

And look - there's Georgia!

And now Benny has his very own pond in my parents new backyard.  See, no restraints now :)

The Brat is Back

Benny did it again.  I mentioned here how he chewed our couch pillow.  See exhibit 1.  Well he ate another one.  See exhibit 2.  And then he chewed the corner off the back pilllow of the couch.  See exhibit 3.

Exhibit 1

Exhibit 2

 

 Exhibit 3

Shame on Benny the first time.  Maybe even the second time.  But shame on me the third time.  Needless to say, Benny is back in the crate.  For a long, long time.

Clearly, this pup thinks he owns the house....

Even though I'm out two pillows and part of my couch I still love the little guy.  Admit it, he does have a pretty cute face :)

Officially a Grown Up

Last night I attended my first bachelorette party as a grown up.  That's right. I am officially a grown up.

I have never attended a bachelorette party like the one I attended last night.  Instead of drinking margaritas and eating fajitas to kick off the evening festivities we dined at a nice restaurant.  I ordered scallops.  We drank Pinot Noir.  After dinner we lounged at a super swanky bar at Hotel ZaZa.  The bride-to-be sipped on champagne vs the bride-to-be dancing on stage at Sammy's after taking multiple white wedding shots.   I was at home by 11:45 snuggled up in bed with my husband and cute puppy instead of staying out until the wee hours of the morning.  And what makes me feel really old???  I liked it. 

I'm not saying I didn't have an absolute blast at prior wild and crazy bachelorette parties.  I'm also not saying I'm not going to have any wild and crazy bachelorette parties to attend in the future.  I'm just saying that I'm getting older.  And I'm OK with that :)

Nutritional Night

My dinner tonight consisted of a bowl of Special K cereal, two carmel delights, two mini snickers and a handful (or three) of skittles.  Yikes.  I knew I wasn't much of a cook but I have gotten just plain lazy with Ryan being at school several nights a week.  Oh well, even though it wasn't the most nutritional thing I've put in my body at least I enjoyed it :)

Date at the Dog Park

This past Sunday we had a date at the dog park with Alison, Mark and their golden retreiver, Wyatt.  They had recently discovered this gem of a dog park near their house and insisted that we bring Bennett and also insisted that he would love it.  Love is an understatement.  I'm pretty sure Benny was in heaven.... 

The dog park was twenty acres.  Twenty acres with a huge bone shaped doggie swimming pool.  Twenty acres filled with other large dogs, plenty of mud ponds and even an area to do tricks.  Now, Bennett wasn't so much into climbing the ladder or jumping over the wooden beams but he was interested in playing fetch.  And swimming in the pool.  And splashing around in the mud.  Like I said, Bennett was in doggie heaven. 

And the best part about our little doggie date....Bennett slept for a whole day and half afterwards.  Yay!  No more chewing pillows and being bratty because he was sleeping! 

When can we go back??? :)

Benny the Brat strikes again...

Just when I think Bennett is finally growing up and out of his puppy stage he does this....

Chews my couch pillow.  The pillow that came with the couch.  The pillow that was made to match the couch.  The pillow that matches the couch that we bought at a store that is no longer in business.  Oh, Bennett.

We've been leaving Bennett out of his crate for the past six weeks and just letting him roam our house while we are not at home.  I've been talking him up to our friends and family about how great he is doing and what a big boy he has finally become.  Then he goes and does this.  It's the first thing he has ever chewed of value at our house.  Well, I guess you could count the Pottery Barn quilt that Ryan and I received as a wedding gift but that wasn't completely all his fault and is a whole another story...

Anyways, when I came home Sunday to this disaster I found Bennett happily wagging his tail and practically saying, "Look what I did Mom!  Aren't you proud?!?"  I gave him a quick smack and for about two seconds he looked like he might be in trouble.   Then his toungue came right back out and his tail started moving side to side once again.

And just like that, Benny that Brat is back.