Bruce and Cristy's niece with a nervous Starburst on her lap.

They say there isn’t anything cuter than kids and puppies and put the two together and that’s definitely true. Starburst and Skittles had kid visitors this weekend and since they haven’t seen them before, they were terrified of them! Ugh, I told the kid that we need to rent them out every weekend in the summer to socialize our puppies.

Living in Duluth we had neighbor girls that would call us up and ask if they could come play with the puppies. Our answer was “yes” as long as we were home! It’s great for the puppies. I guess we’ll take what we can get, and I was able to get a couple of cute pictures. Thanks for coming over gang!

I swear our little Star(burst) gets cuter by the day!

While the 80-degree temps were too hot for Mark, I thought the weather this weekend was PERFECT for August. Not too humid, not in the 90′s, sun shining with barely a cloud in the sky. I was able to spend two whole days getting things done in the cabin and around the yard, got a little more color on the skin and was able to hang out and play with the puppies. Awesome if you ask me!

Now that Star and Skittles are getting bigger and mobile, we’ve been taking them on walks. Of course Uncle Takum and Great Uncle Ophir come along and I don’t know who has more fun on the walks, us or the dogs. The girls think it’s a great time to chase, takle and bite at each other, while Takum runs off in the woods at every leaf rustle and Ophir, he’s happy getting around like he does at the old age of 13. It’s great to get out in the fresh, cooler air, we changed from sweating in shorts and tank tops to having to wear jeans, t-shirts and/or sweatshirts in a matter of a week. This keeps up, the family walk is going to turning into the dog team hook-up!

I’m going to be on the road again (this time NOT for work) for a couple days without a computer and when I get back on Saturday night, we’ll be enjoying the Grand Marais Fisherman’s Picnic festivities and Sunday we’ll be driving our truck as part of the Arrowhead Coalition For Multiple Use float. Needless to say, I won’t have much time to do much on the computer so I’m taking the weekend off from writing! In my absence I thought I would leave you with a cute picture of Starburst and Skittles. See y’all on Monday!

I guess it’s been close to a week since Abby and the Prom/Voyageur Canoe Outfitters clan gave our new little puppy a  name, and I just realized I hadn’t let you all in on it! Sorry! Well, since Zena’s puppy is Star, short for Starburst, Zena’s granddaughter and Star’s half-sister is…….Skittles! Last night while waiting for Mark to finish his workout, the girls and I took a little puppy nap in the screen tent. I guess I dozed off as I didn’t hear Mark take the picture. (I guess Skittles did cuz Mark said she moved at the last minute). You can see by the photo, I had one heck of a couple armfuls of candy!