4th of July...

By request: Fender 4th of July comparison...this year and last year.

With Memaw and Lala out of town, we decided to let Papa have the day to relax and we celebrated the 4th of July just the three of us...and three dogs as we were dog sitting for Lala.

After completing his Red Cross safety course at the local pool, we bought a small back yard pool, which he swam in every day throughout the weekend making a running total of 7 straight days of playing in the agua. Fender and I started the morning off with a brief walk over to visit YiaYia for breakfast. In the evening, we didn't cookout, but we did make burgers in the kitchen and we finished the evening with a short drive over to watch the city fireworks. In true Fender fashion, he had no reaction (scared or excited) until he studied them a bit and decided he kind of like them. He mostly watched in silence as he found the perfect way to end this 4th of July by nodding off to sleep sitting in Momma's arms on the tailgate next to Daddy with fireworks booming overhead.






And on Saturday we drove to Plano to visit one of my good friends from college who was in town visiting her sister. My friend's daughter turned 8 three days before and we gave her one of our dogs for her birthday. :) Yes, it was a surprise, but it was something she had been wanting and reading up on for a couple of years and her parents were wanting to get her a dog but never took the leap. Both my friend's family and her sister's family fell in love with the dog immediately. They explained to me how no one in China had dogs as pets and how they really wanted get one for their kids but were too nervous. Well...Happy Birthday, Audrey...meet Morty. :)