8:23PM - Time to shoot!

Even though I truly enjoy the rain, I was glad to have a warmer, sunny weekend. Adrian and I spent all day Saturday relaxing. We woke up late and cuddled in bed before getting up, and had a quiet breakfast together. Then our friend Dirk stopped by to ask Adrian for help with a hilarious skit he is working on for work and for his church. Afterwards, we were able to spend some quality time with our furry children.

Tyson is doing very well with his rehabilitation. For those of you who don't know, our younger dog tore his right ACL and the vet wanted to perform a $3,000 surgery to fix it. Luckily, Adrian did some research and discovered a website that could help us. It told us to crate our dog for 8 weeks or so, and then to slowly let him play and go for walks. So, we bought a dog crate and he has been in it continually for 5 weeks now. The only time he is able to get out is to eat and drink, or to go potty. It's so sad to see him in his cage, but I do have to say his leg has shown a dramatic improvement. It was to the point where he would hold his back leg up and not use it at all. Now, he tries to jump and play (even though it's not allowed) and is putting full weight on it while walking or standing. After the 8 weeks, we will slowly begin to allow him to go on very short walks, and then steadily increase his exercise weekly. He will never be back the way he was, but we're hoping he won't need the surgery. Here is a picture of him at Christmas with all of his new toys, as well as a picture of Dixie that we took this weekend. She sure enjoys being out in the sun!

We were going to spend Sunday playing in the snow, but our good neighbors invited us to stay next weekend at their cabin in Arrowhead, so of course we decided to wait! Instead, we were fortunate to spend the day visiting Steph and Tyler at their new place. Sylvie and Philippe drove us down, and we spent the day talking, eating Sushi, and laughing. 

Here is a family photo: (my fave!)

Also, while we were there, Tyler inspired Adrian to do this:

...and this!

Tyler had a BB gun and Adrian and I had so much fun shooting it that he went out today and bought one! So silly, but I was excited when he surprised me with it. We took it to the backyard and shot some stuff for target practice. First up was an empty cereal box. Then, we shook up a soda can and made it explode. Next was an empty milk carton, and last were some balloons! We need to find more things to shoot, but it was fun taking turns with it tonight! So, now both boys can shoot when we visit them next time!

Oh boy.....what fun will we come up with next?