"Don't Bother Me!"

"I'm trying to get my beauty sleep."

This is often how we find little miss asleep.

Toes

Someone discovered her toes this morning and hasn't stopped playing with them since. Now she rubs her head with one hand and plays with her toes using the other hand. Good thing Grandpa McDowell isn't here to teacher her how to put those toes in her mouth like he taught Mariah. Yuck! And good thing Blake isn't here to teach her how to use her toes to put tots in her mouth. Double Yuck!!

McDowell Family Reunion

This last weekend was the McDowell family reunion in Carson City, NV. We were able to attend and had a blast.

We spent a day in Reno visiting the animals at Cabelas...


and strolling through the Hot August Nights Car Show.



We spent a day at Lake Tahoe...


enjoying each others company...


trying to swim in the knee deep swimming area...


and eventually giving up and swimming in the nearby pool.



We played games...

like the water/category game...


had arm wrestling matches...


ate lots of food and had a lot of laughs.

Cooling Off

It's good to know that we pay our electric bill in the summer for Lizzie's benefit. She knows where the vent is in every single room in the house and that is the only place you will find her laying. Especially if she has just come in from outside. She knows the way to cool off.

Tummy Time

Ryleigh HATES tummy time but can tolerate it if Lizzie is joining her

Oops!

I guess this is what happens when Ryleigh sucks her thumb with a sharp fingernail.

As you can see from this second picture, she loves lights. Whenever the flash goes off her eyes get really big.

A Day at the Lake

We decided to take Lizzie to the lake yesterday to see if she was any braver with water than she was last summer. This time she actually went to the water instead of freaking out, pulling as hard as she possibly could on the leash and therefore choking herself, to get as far away as possible from any body of water. But alas, she still doesn't like water.


She liked it for awhile, as long as she was only ankle deep (do dogs have ankles?) But, as you can see, if we tried to take her out further she would try her hardest to get back to shore.


I eventually got her to go into the lake deep enough to see if she would swim. Sure enough, one time around me and then she put her fronts paws up on me hoping I would pick her up (as she does when there is something she is afraid of) and save her from the horrible lake. What dog doesn't like water? I think we need to trade her in for a new model. She won't be returning to the lake with us anytime soon.


This is how Ryleigh spent her day at the Lake. Hopefully when she gets a little bit older she will like the lake more than Lizzie does.