Restoring the peace

Darcy wouldn't stop barking, so I tied her mouth shut.

Emma thought this was pretty funny. 

Darcy did not. 

Poor long suffering diggie! 

July 2013

Bath and afterbath

Ryan gave both dogs a bath today.

There's something about being wet that brings out the crazy in most dogs. 

Emma was really, really feeling that post bath crazy.

"Come on, Darcy..." 

"Play with me!" 

Of course, Darcy didn't need much persuading.

She was feeling pretty crazy, too. 

 Crazy, happy dogs!

July 2013

True love

It's cute but kind of nauseating.

July 2013

Hey, baby

It's the Fourth of July.

Happy birthday...

to my handsome father!

Summer project

Ryan is teaching himself something, but I'm not sure exactly what...

June 2013

Pho and tell

One of Carol's summer projects is to expand The Beutel and Buxton families' culinary horizons.  A couple weeks ago, she talked Ryan into going to a Vietnamese restaurant with her.  

That was a big hit so today she organized another Vietnamese lunch, this time at Aurora's Pho-Yo! restaurant.

Our lunch party included Nate, Ryan, James, 

Andrew, Carol and I. 

Everyone partook in the lunch special bowl of Pho noodles.  James and I had ours with meatballs.

We also shared a pair of Korean Barbeque tacos.  These were ok, but not as good as I'd expected.

 My kids aren't adventurous eaters, so they were a little tentative when the food arrived.

However, it wasn't long...

 until they were slurping up their noodles like champions!

June 2013