happy birthday hunny!

today is my darling hubby's birthday!! happy day hunny!! i love you!

july 4th float

fourth of july weekend was our first in MA in a long time and we really enjoyed it! the rain FINALLY ended and it was a sunny, beautiful weekend! THANK GOD!!
on sunday we took a short trip down the assabet river in our canoe with foster. he was in a canoe once as a small pup but this was our first trip out together with him. he proved, as usual, to be a very good boy! he moved around at first which caused the canoe to rock a bit and list to one side. but eventually he settled down and sat towards the back with daddy and enjoyed the sights.a great blue heron flying i finally bought myself one of those seats with a back that you attach to the canoe bench so you can lean back and really get your lounge on. it was spectacular! although they don't read this i gotta give a shout out to stevie and angie who got us the beans gift card for our wedding that we have finally started using! thanks guys!
we're heading down to CT today for dave's cousin katie's wedding! #3 out of 6 for the year!
then next week i'm heading up to maine for a few days to relax at the beach with my sis and nephews. wait a sec.....three boys age 6 & 4....maybe less relaxing and more summertime fun!
so puppies foster will likely be on hiatus for about a week. don't miss us too much!

this dog absolutely loves dave

over the weekend foster and dave were having one of their little snugglefests (these happen more often than you might think! read:dave is a softie for this pup!!)
anyway so daddy sat on the floor and foster decided to curl up in his fav spot, right between dave's legs. this used to be pretty easy when he was a wee pup....but now that he's so gigantic it doesn't seem as comfy to me. what the heck do i know tho? as i was sitting there snapping pics foster fell asleep between dave's legs and started snoring! my goodness!

two toys!

aren't i an amazing puppy? i can hold 2 toys in my mouth!!yup, foster was running around the other morning with two of his current favs in his mouth at the same time: his squeaky ball ( a gift from sarah & josh) and his nyla-ring (a gift from aunt mary & uncle larry).
so much fun!! thanks everyone!

a visit from baron

last week baron came over for a visit one evening after work. of course it was raining out so the dogs had to run around inside. after a few minutes of tearing through the house i decided to break out the ol' puppy gate and restrict them to the porch. foster likes to eat mouthfuls of baron's fur and it's leaves quite the mess!
here's a few pics of the puppy fun...the porch stunk like wet dog afterwards and good thorough cleaning was in order!

rain, rain go away.....

it's another dreary, wet and cold day in new england.
we've officially decided to can our annual 4th of july camping trip up to northern NH. our friends can't make it and the weather outlook is not so great. and no one likes camping in the rain, not even us. so for the first time since 2003 (right dave?) we'll be out of the great north woods of NH and in MA for the long holiday weekend.
i'm bummed foster won't be going on his first camping adventure but dave got our little boat up and running so hopefully we'll take fos out on saturday for some fishing and sunbathing, that is of course if the sun still exists. i'm not sure since i haven't seen it in so long.
in other news.....i have a VERY fun announcement to make!!!
my brother is getting married!!! my sister beat me to the punch on giving him some blog love but i figure a little more can't hurt.
CONGRATS MIKE & ANGELITA!!!!!
we are so happy for you two and can't wait to celebrate together soon!!

happy fourth of july everyone!! god bless the US of A!!

a nice cool spot

while mommy & daddy are working out in the yard foster likes to....well usually follow us around, bark at the lawnmower, etc. but once he gets all tuckered out from all the activity he likes to find a nice cool spot to lay down and pant. this past weekend we found him in the front by the mailbox right in the middle of a patch of violets. looks like a pretty comfy spot to me! and foster seems happy with it! ahh the life of a puppy!