New Addition to our Family

We have added a new member to our family. He is a yellow Labrador puppy. Maverick was not at all sure of him at first meeting and I don't think the puppy was too sure of Maverick either. We did not have a name for him so Papa suggested that Connor and I go on the Internet and find male dog names. We did that and then wrote down all the names we liked. Connor then made a graph with all the names and places for each family member to pick yes, no, or maybe to each name. Once that was completed Connor informed us that the name that had the most yes votes was Trooper...so Trooper it is.

Once Maverick and Trooper stared, pawed, and sniffed each other they decided being brothers was going to be fun. Trooper does not know how much smaller he is than Maverick and holds his own pretty well. It will be fun to watch the dynamic between them as Trooper gets larger than Maverick.

Maverick is very happy to have a playmate and Trooper seems to enjoy it too.

Peas in a Pod

Connor and Cambell were over early this morning and had to give Maverick lots of hugs. Maverick loves it when the kids are here. After the first picture we had breakfast and headed to the pool...yes, 0830 and we are swimming. The pool felt great and we had a lot of fun. We came in around 1030 and the kids showered and I turned on SpongeBob for them to watch while I showered. When I came out of the shower this is what I saw on the bed...Connor, Cambell, and Maverick enjoying SpongeBob together. Maverick will do anything as long as he is with the kids. What a trio!!!

Mercury Game

Melanie is a big Phoenix Mercury Basketball fan and has season tickets to there games. She invited me to join her today and we had a great time. As you can see our seats were as good as you can get. I have never been so close at a basketball game...it was a lot of fun!

Melanie's favorite player is taking a free throw shot and does make the shot. I believe her name is Diana Tarasi. I am not sure of the spelling...sorry Mel. She also scored the most points in the game.This is the coach giving instruction to the players. I took the picture just because we were so close we could here what he was saying. The Mercury won the game by 19 points so everyone left happy.

We stopped in at Hard Rock Cafe for lunch so the crowd could leave before heading to our car. Thanks Mel for a wonderful time.

July 4th

We had a terrific 4th of July. Connor and Cambell are still in Iowa but the rest of us got together for some lunch, swimming, homemade ice cream, and Nascar racing. Maverick made himself comfortable also.

Jennifer made here famous made from scratch salsa and delicious cupcakes. They were very festive with the red, white, and blue color theme. As you can see Kare was very happy with the cupcakes.

Swimming and the spa made for a relaxing day and it sure helped us all beat the heat...the spa was not heated, just bubbly. I sure love our family times!!