Making New Friends

Our move to Washington has brought a lot of changes.  We are a little farther from the friends we have in Arizona, and while social media, texting, and the phone allows us to stay in touch, our pups don't have the same abilities.  Harlow especially is very social and loves making new friends, so we were excited when she met a fellow Golden named Sable on our walks.

Da new friend, Sable!

It was amazing how similar their color is, but Harlow is definitely the smaller of the two, and definitely has floof to spare!

Where we going, new friend Sable?

Sable's da Momma and I are hoping to get our girls together for a swim in the lake - when the weather warms up a bit, of course.

A view of the lake through the trees.

On a side note, have I mentioned we have trees to spare up here?

Seriously.  Trees.  Everywhere.

Until the warm weather returns, we have plans to take both pups walking together.  Our pretty little girls definitely need to spend some bonding time together!

Is da shnooter clean for dese photos, da Momma?

A blog update and a new Secretary needed....

 Sam here...

Photo of me, just if you forgot what me look like...

Sam taking over his blog.  Again.  Is my blog after all...

Sam seriously considering firing his secretary.  Again.  She not updating my blog like she should.  Something about taxes and being tired and site visits to parks.  Which me and brother Monty have not been able to go to.  Sam keeping notes of this. 

Yes, we have been lagging behind in blogging.  ...and we have stories to share with you and updates that need to be put together.  Let's start with Monty's big day!

What was Monty's big day?  A walk at Tempe Town Lake with our friends from AZGRC!  We also had some friends join us - Samantha and Avalon came up to walk with us.  Thank you, Miche and Bill, for making the drive!

To be honest, we weren't sure if Monty would be joining us for his day.  He had trouble waking up!

Five more minutes, Mom?

Of course, when you get this many Golden's together you know this has to be the happiest place on earth!

Samanth and Avalon are in the front, and yes - we had a few guests with us! 

Are you ready?  Here we go! 

Monty....

Heading out - thank you Miche for letting me use some of your photos! 

It was a beautiful day to walk by the lake.  We weren't the only ones out enjoying the day!

I wonder if Monty would like one of these?

I think Avalon wanted to swim with them!

Monty had a little accident....

Ooof!

Okay, I'm just kidding - he is demonstrating his weird way of walking in grass.  Partly to get his Halti leader off and partly because he likes grass.  Which, by the way, we don't have in our back yard anymore because of this...  He'd walk the whole way like this if I'd let him.

Schmooorrrff....

It was great to see our friends again!

Sam and Avalon wrestling.

CJ in pink and Simon in blue...

...and a few new friends...

...and yes, we were having a party!

Big smiles!

Some of the dogs even got to wet their toes in the lake!

Walk and water?  These Golden's were happy!

 I'm also very proud of Monty!  He can be a bit silly around other dogs, but he behaved himself well!

Monty and me!

We had such a wonderful day!  We can't wait for the next "Cruise the Valley" event with AZGRC!

What a wonderful group of pups and people!

Trains!

The weather here in Arizona is finally turning nice, and we decided to have fun this weekend!  We joined our blogging friends, Brenda and Eugene, from Brenda's Arizona and headed over to McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park to enjoy Railfair 2011!

Since it has been a while since he has had an adventure, I took Sam along.  Monty stayed at home with Aaron - after seeing some of the train displays, I think it might have been the better decision.  Monty has been known to be a little, ummm... destructive..., in his happy-puppy-go-lucky kind of way!



Sam's excited to go!

The park is beautiful.  There is a carousel, several engines and cars on display, a museum, and a building housing train layouts from four separate clubs!  There is also a narrow gauge train that takes you for rides around the park.

Sam was a little startled at first to meet Sophie - she is a very happy and exuberant pup!  After the first few minutes though, they were good friends and willing to explore the park together.

Sam, Me, Brenda and Sophie!



Unfortunately, dogs aren't allowed in the museum and on the train, so we had to take turns to look at some of the displays - it worked out well though!

Eugene, Sam and Sophie - waiting for the girls!

I'd like to be able to create a model train layout one day.  Some of the detail we saw was just amazing!

Grafitti...

Miles of scenery...

I really love these tiny sheep.  If you look at the top left of the green area, you will see a tiny speck - that's the sheep dog!

This tiny guy is making sure the trains are running smoothly!

I did manage to take Sam into this little museum.  He was getting so much attention that he wanted it from everyone, including this guy...

Maybe he reminds Sam of Dad?

Of course, he was also getting a little tired.  Sam has never liked sitting on hard surfaces, so when he gets a chance he sits in my lap!

I'm not heavy, am I Mom?



We had a great day and look forward to meeting Sophie, Brenda and Eugene for more adventures!

Choo-choo!