Traveling, again...

I am at the Grand Canyon National Park this week for work, and I have to say, I love the canyon and think it is beautiful anyway, but the snow just makes it even more so!

I have never lived in any place that it snows (I just saw my first snowmobile!), so it is a little weird for me to walk outside and see this!

I wish I could have taken the boys with me - I would love to see Sam and Monty's reaction to the snow!  :D

Sammy and Timmy

The real star of the "Lassie" show!  Poor guy, he had to wear a lot of make-up to look like a collie!

Pillars of Strength - A Special Day for K

Our good friends K and KB over at Romping and Rolling in the Rockies have had a very tough couple of months and today we are joining our blogging friends in showing our support for them!  K has had one toe amputated due to cancer and is facing a long fight due to the cancer reappearing in her leg.

KB has decided that K will not live life as a victim of this evil disease, but will live life with the joy and love that she has known all her life.  K loves life and is living large and the dog blogging community has stepped up to show KB that we are behind her!

Join us today by stopping over to visit K, KB and the Runner and read about their adventures in the beautiful Rockies.

 Our boys are with you in spirit, K and KB!

We are sending you lots of Golden vibes!

...and we would also like to wish everyone a Happy Valentine's Day!

New Beds

Our boys were well overdue for new beds, especially after the grizzly double murder of their previous beds...

So Mom headed over to Shopper's Supply and found these great beds.  Of course, our boys have their own distinctive ways of sleeping in their beds!

Sam...

Monty.... 

Sam.... 

Monty...

We are just glad they like them! 

Work Days at Home

Hi all!  I need to apologize for going AWOL these last couple of weeks.  I've been extremely busy at work (think 12 hour days!), and haven't had a chance to stop and check blogs.  Today should be my last busy day and then everything should settle down and get back to normal.

In order to get caught up I've gotten permission to work at home today.  One of the best things about working at home is being able to spend some time with the boys and see what they do during the day. 

For instance, when one of us leaves, Sam waits at the window until we come back home.  Aaron says Sam lays like this all day when I'm at work.

Monty, on the other hand, waits patiently for me to be done reading my reports.  He's hoping I've got time to rumple with him!

...and in case anyone is wondering, I get a lot of work done at home.  I think the ability to pet the pups at anytime keeps me focused!

Special Olympics Tennis Fun Day

 Sam had a very important day today - we joined our friends at AZGRC to participate in the Special Olympics Tennis Fun Day held at Troon Country Club.  This gave us all a chance to share our Golden's with a wonderful group of athletes.

Getting ready for the big event...

Plenty of kids - our dogs all received lots of attention!



Sam ready to start asking for donations to support his favorite rescue!



He was really loving all the attention he was getting!

(It was hard to get photos of Sam interacting with the kids.  When the kids wanted to interact with him, I had to make sure to talk and interact too!  No time for pictures.  He was so well behaved and kind with them.  He performed tricks for them and played fetch.  I was so proud of our little guy!)



Sam wasn't the only pup asking for donations!

The Golden's offered support to whoever needed it.  We didn't go out on the tennis courts, but we were available to anyone who wanted a little puppy love...

...and all were willing to be a little silly!  Here is one boy who enjoys being rumpled!  I wonder if he is related to our Monty?

"Don't stop petting me please!"

Sam made all kinds of new friends!

...and like every little boy, wanted his picture taken with the fire truck.

We weren't the only dog group there - the Arizona Canine Musical Freestylers entertained the crowd with their awesome dance moves!

This big guy even got in on the dance moves!  He was quite stylish!

This poodle was super graceful....

...and of course, more Golden's!  They danced to "I Like to Move It".  (Think Madagascar...)

Stepping out...

They invited the crowd to dance with them, and even Sam and I joined in!  I'm hoping nobody took photos - Sam is an awesome dancer, but I am definitely not!  (...and if there are photos - could someone send them to me, please?)



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The event kept the dogs pretty busy - this is Casey (I hope I remembered the name right!) - he is almost 12 and is such a kind old boy!



Sam had an awesome day - we can't wait to help out AZGRC again!

Breaking News!

A major event has happened at our house that is so huge, so enormous, we had to alert the media!

In fact, they are gathering on our lawn right now waiting for our press conference...

This news is so big, scientist actually moved the Doomsday clock forward one minute...

Dogs every where have been horrified by the news!

 What is this news you ask?

What could be this big?

Are you sitting down?

Our Monty - Mr. You-tried-to-poison-me-by-feeding-me-a-vegetable - has eaten a...

Are you sure your sitting down?

He's eaten a carrot! 

We can't believe it either!