Mukluk's Day at the Beach

Mukluk enjoyed sniffing and checking things out...
Not a fan of water that moves
Playing in the tidepools
Sitting and resting with Daddy
Mukluk and Mommy

A glimpse of our lovely vacation in Hawai'i...

We went to Pearl Harbor
Matsumoto's in North Shore for shave ice WITH ice cream
Byodo In Temple
Gorgeous Beach Views
Luau fun

Hanauma Bay for snorkeling
many beautiful beaches
O'ahu - the lovely island

Click here find many more pictures...we had such fun!

Mukluk's Summer Adventures...

He destroyed toys in less than 1 hour...

Took lots and lots of naps

played at the dog park every day

Won awards at the Forest Grove Dog Park - 1st place for singing, 2nd place for best trick.

played at Dogs At Play Doggie Daycare

and while Mom and Dad were looking for a little brother/sister - he even fell in love

Overall, a great summer for our pup. We'll miss him while we are in Hawaii -

Summer's Almost Over? Oh no!

Well the summer is winding down, and boy was it a doozy! Herman was in Alaska fishing, and I was down here working as well.

I did something this summer that I've never done before. I rock climbed. I white water rafted. I was adventurous. It was quite the experience, and while it was scary, I am proud of myself for doing it. The kids whose group I lead also had a blast, and it was fun to see them so happy.

In all my spare time, I did some projects around the house. I organized the pantry, I cleaned and organized the office, gardened, and most tranformative of all, I re-did the guest room. I am pretty proud of the results.

This is the Guest Room before

Here are the guest room "after" pictures
Notice the paint change (that was an ordeal)
The fun bookcase where I was finally able to showcase Herman's travel books

The artwork

Overall I'm very proud of all the projects I've completed this summer.

July 29th was our 3 year wedding anniversary, and Herman surprised me by coming home early. He just walked in the house early in the morning as I was letting the dog out.

As many of you know, when we got married we never got around to taking a honeymoon. His anniversary present to me is a trip to Hawaii - and we leave in 2 days!!! I am so excited. We will be staying with family and friends down there, so it is not a true "honeymoon", but nevertheless, I'm really looking forward to our get-away.

Mukluk also had much fun this summer - a post about his adventures coming soon!