Soaking up some sun!

Because I have an awesome co-worker who lives in the subdivision next to me, I don't have to do the gross public pool thing. Bentley and I spend both Saturday and Sunday at the pool with them. At first, Bentley was a little sketchy of the water, but then I taught him to swim the same way my parents taught me...you get in and you sink or you swim! However, today he did almost sink. He was goofing off on the edge and fell in. It took me a little while to get to him! It's been a bad week for him...I also dropped him on his head on Friday...oh well!

Where is he now??? Asleep!

Bentley

Last weekend, Bentley was brought to Georgia! At 6.5 weeks old, this little Scottish Terrier has already found his way into my heart... before I get to enthralled into his cuteness, here is what the other dogs in my life have to say about him...

JR and Brutus (Ashley and Joseph's puppies) are thrilled that there is another pup around. Brutus has taken Bentley under his wing and trys to hug and squeeze him to death...literally, we have to watch him! JR is more of an observer and will eventually come around...hopefully!

Oscar (Ashley and Joseph's older dog) is just happy I have some other poor sole to drag around Cherokee Lake in the afternoons...this picture was from lap two (one lap is about 1.25 miles) and he had enough!

Dixie (Heath's dog) has yet to meet him, but I think the note says it all! :)

Now on to his preciousness...so far he has been a good little dog. Hasn't whined too much and we've only had a few little bathroom oopsies...otherwise, he has been really good about going outside. Although it could be my neat freakness of taking him out every hour so he doesn't have an accident! Here are a few more pictures...

I think he dreams of being "Wonder Dog"

"Mommy wears me out with this 'lets go outside and pee pee thing'"

Back in Black...cause I have too much grey...

Yes, that's right...another birthday has come and gone! Number 27 is in the books! This was my first birthday in GA and my awesome cousin made it wonderful...here is a sneak peek of that lovely evening in Georgia...

Ashley had a gorgeous table scape complete with a fresh arrangement of flowers! Absolutely beautiful! She and I share a passion of cooking and cookbooks...well, its really more I like getting cookbooks and she likes to cook... I'll cook on occasion, but it's no fun when you're cooking for one! Anyway, she cooked Grits a Ya Ya from the Pensacola Jr League cookbook and my grandmother's recipe for pound cake for dessert which was topped with home made whipped cream and strawberries and blueberries. Even tho Rachel Ray annoys me, I'm going to quote her "Yum-O!"

As if that wasn't enough, she surprised me with a wonderful gift bag of the following...

A robe and cosmetic bag with my initials (you all know I love my initials! My mom did a great job naming me...my initials monogram beautifully, I think!) and as a gag gift, a new brush...Ashley hates my old brush (notice I said old because I don't use it anymore since I have this one!) Just because it didn't have any knobs on the ends of the bristles and it would scratch you if you weren't careful, she didn't like it! I thought it felt good on my scalp! Anyway, it was a great night and Ashley, thank you again, I love you!

You can see more pictures from this night on Ashley's blog www.j-and-abryan.blogspot.com