a walk and a wash

Court and I love to take the dogs on walks while we are up at bear lake.  The dogs obviously love the outing and court and I love the opportunity to take snap some beautiful pics.

All was going well until a naughty little doggy ( who will remain nameless ) decided to roll around in some goose poop!

Needless to say our scenic walk was cut short so that we could go back and bathe the little stinker.  She wasn't too happy about it, but mama wasn't too happy about having to wash that awful smell off either!  

At least there was a warm towel and snuggling waiting

. . .

for her :)

Our lazy weekend

Knock, Knock

Bentley { After } The Holiday Weekend

Bentley and the bee sting

While on our nightly walk this week suddenly we heard a buzz and Bentley took off like she had seen a ghost.  She was obviously hurt so we carried her home and then laid her on the kitchen table under a bright light to inspect the damage.

I was lucky to find the stinger and pull it out before it could hurt her any more.  But I am telling you, it was pretty tough to find a stinger on a little paw the size of a nickle covered in fur.

She has been whiny the last few days but I think she is starting to feel better.  Poor girl. 

{ Lake walking }

 

Over memorial weekend at the cabin it was so rainy and cold that the moment it wasn't anymore we were all itching to get out of the cabin.  

We took a walk down to the beach and it was lovely.  But we did notice one SMALL thing.  The rain has caused the lake to rise a good lateral 6 feet.  For those of you that do not know lake talk :) that is { really really } something!  

We tried to find the place on the beach that Brian proposed to me but it is covered up with water. haha!  The rangers estimate it will go up another 6 feet which means we might have no beach at all this year.  I love having a beach but I will take whatever I can get! 

One thing that hasn't changed though is how beautiful it is up there.  My goodness.  I can believe it is a real place sometimes. The family had a great time exploring the area, looking for wildlife and running around in the dirt :)

It was so good to be up there for the first time in 9 months.  Now if we can only get some sunshine up there I will be as happy as a clam.

{ Snuggle Buddies }

I couldn't get enough of these two snuggling over the weekend at the cabin!  I think they are so adorable.  Now if they would only snuggle me like that!

{ Bed Monsters }

Not sure why she loves to bury herself so much, but I think it is too funny. Those little ears can pop out of my covers any time.

{ Saturday morning }

{ Happy doggie }

Doesn't she look like she is grinning? I think so. . .

{ Mini me }

It is pretty hard to be smaller than Bentley. She is four pounds of furry goodness but it happened last week. This cute lady brought me this toy yorkie to work last week just to be sweet cause she knows we love em! And this is the photo evidence that Bentley actually is bigger than something. haha!

Sunday afternoon naps

Going. . .

Going. . .

Gone :)

{ Pretty girl }

Bentley just got groomed last week. I love when she goes because she comes home smelling sooo good and looking so cute. I love the girl who does her too. She does a fabulous job.

She would barely hold still for this picture. She also already tore one bow out by the time this picture was taken, and a couple of hours later she tore the other out.

Oh Bentley. . .

You are so cute and little. I wish it was the weekend too so that we could sleep in and snug. . .

Happy Birthday Pooch!

This little animal of ours turned two yesterday! We sure love having her in our family! She brings lots of joy, laughter and smiles into our house! We can't wait for her to be best friends to our kiddies someday!

Loves to snug!

Loves Friends!

Loves toys!

Loves to run!

Loves begging for treats! LOL. . .

Happy Birthday Bentley!

Heartbroken. . .

So, Brian and I have the cutest most loveable dog in the whole world, (we think so anyways).

And I can honestly say that having MY OWN dog has been so much more work and joy than I ever thought it could be!

Bentley is so liked, she gets more visitors than us!

But, since we have had her we knew that day would come where we would have to have something not so good happen in order for her to not get pregnant. (she is too small to have pups)

And so today she went in for surgery, to be spayed :(

You would think that some great tragedy has happened bc of how sad and nervous I have been over the last few days. . .

I even cried when I dropped her off. Seeing her look up at me like that! Seriously, I did. And I got to see all the vet techs at the front desk look at me like I was crazy.

I know they do this ALL the time, but I don't care about all the other dogs. Just mine. . .

I just hate seeing her in pain knowing I can't do anything but hold her. I can't imagine this emotion with children. It is probably the most awful thing ever!

Get some sleep Benny, Cause all of us aren't going to be happy again until you are back to your old playful loveable self. . . :(