Enzo's first trip to the dog park

We are so excited, a dog park finally opened up in the area!! Now we have a place to take Enzo and get him all tuckered out. That guy has a lot of energy to burn and although our backyard is a decent size . . . it just wasn't cutting it. We were a little worried going in, especially when we pulled up and saw there were about twenty other dogs there, but Enzo did great. He was just so excited to get in there and play, he played great with the other dogs, and he ran his butt off. Most of the dogs just hung out and played fetched . . . but Enzo had to scan the perimeter of the whole park, which is pretty big. I swear he did it in record time too :) We were supposed to take Enzo last week to play with the Miguel's dog, Wrigley, and the Gott's dog, Snoop, but we had to cancel. We were pretty bummed that we had to miss all the fun, but when we took Enzo today we actually ran into the Gott's there anyway:) So Enzo got to play with Snoop, and Riley got to play with Anthony. We hung out far away from the big pack of dogs, but after the initial excitement wore off Riley had more fun playing with the tree and Anthony than anything else. I think David had just as much fun as Enzo, he was running around almost as much as the dogs. My favorite pic is Enzo chasing David :) After Enzo stopped panting long enough to drink some water, we took the kids to the kiddie park for a little while. Everyone was so pooped we all came home and took naps, a perfect Sunday. We can't wait to take him again!!

Summer fun and rainy days

So I finally logged on to blog thinking it had definitely been awhile and I needed to catch up on posting pictures . . . and then i realized with astonishment that it had almost been a full month . . . lazy me. Kristin even just had a baby and was only absent from her blog for less than a week. I have no good excuse for this lapse in time other than the lazy days of summer slipping by me. I apologize to those of you who have been checking regularly only to find the same old pics staring back at you, and for the rest of you . . . well it probably doesn't matter either way :) Over the past few weeks we have had a lot of rainy stormy days where we have been cooped up inside playing games over and over again, and probably watching a little too much tv as well. But on the days where the sun was out we tried to take full advantage by going to pools, having playdates, playing outside, going for walks with enzo, etc. There has also been those days where Riley just can't stand being cooped up anymore and decides to put on her rain boots and hat and convince mommy to go "outside, outside . . . now mommy!!! outside!! . . . pplllleeeeeeaaaassssseee!" followed almost always by a hug and a kiss . . . now how can i say no to that. tiff took some really cute pics at her house on one of those rainy afternoons, after elli introduced her to an umbrella just her size, with a puppy dog on the end no less. she was so excited it has gone everywhere with us for two weeks solid, rain or shine. she is also a little motor mouth lately, but in a good way. david and her have taken to calling eachother "sweetie pie" so has soon has he gets home from work she has to run to the door and say "hi sweetie pie," then he returns the favor. it's just about the cutest thing i have ever heard, right below "luv you mommy, luv you daddy, luv you enzo" which we hear every night before bed. well i know it's not much, but it's all i have for you right now . . . and hopefully it won't be another month before i write more :)