Up... Up... UP in the air!!

Well today is my b-day, and I am blessed to have amazing people in my life.. and of course Bean.

I received a 20mm lens for my birthday, so I decided to show it off a little. And luckily I have a goofy tennis-ball-loving-hop-in-the-air-jump-all-over Bean ball, who was in a very playful mood despite it being 90 degrees outside and almost warmer inside.

So today I will let the photos speak for themselves and say thank you to all my friends and family. I am truly blessed to have you all in my life.

Over there, no over here! nononono over there I mean!

O here we go again. It's been raining and raining and raining and raining here in St. Louis. This makes it quite hard to play outside when you want to, and it makes it even harder to go on long walks. Even with an inch of water in my basement, I try not to get too down, but the rain just seems to keep coming and coming. So when the sun finally decides to come out (even if it's a cloudy sunlight, can sunlight even be cloudy?) we play.

There have been a few squirrels taunting the ol' Bean brain for a couple of weeks now, and I decided to run around out back with him for awhile to see how long he would chase them around the back yard. Apparently the answer to that question is.. FOREVER. I'm 100% sure that if I gave Bean a choice between eating steak and bacon for the rest of his life, or going on just one walk right then, he would choose the walk. I've never met a happier dog when he is outside. Now if only my fence didn't have holes in it so I could leave him out there....

So this is Bean running around outside. And smiling, I hope it makes you smile as much as it makes me smile. I love how infectious it is, if only the rest of the world could realize the simple pleasures in life like my Bean.

Oh the places we will go

So it's bean awhile (get it??) since I've posted and a lot has happened since then. From Christmas vacation all over the midwest, to getting engaged, to having a dog that actually listens when I say 'come here' it's been a pretty hectic time.

Bean has been growing up quite a bit, and while he may just be getting a little fatter, he's also learned that the couch is not his person chew toy, when I rattle his leash he comes sits and waits for his collar to be put on him if he ever wants to go outside, and that the coolest place in the entire house is on the floor at the foot of my bed.

Friends of ours came over last night and met him for the first time and he was a total show boat. From rolling over, to pawing, to jumping ten feet in the air he was a hit. All they could comment on was how quiet he was, but they also don't to wake up to him sitting by the door and purring like a motor boat trying to get them out of bed at 9 in the morning on a Saturday. Not that I would really want to have it another way.

We took a walk today and met some new friends (well, just one, and well... he was kind of a turtle) but I thought I would share some photos of our adventure. I could not ask for a better companion on walk.