Mom and Dad finally put the car that goes in the water in the lake.  First some workers came and did some work on the parking spot it goes in.  Avalon and I watched from the deck.  There were some BIG machines that lifted the boat dock up then put some more floating things under it.  The next day Mom and Dad put the car in and took a ride around the lake.  Avalon and I didn't get to go because Dad said he wanted to make sure everything worked before he let us ride around.  I sure hope it is soon because I sure liked boating with Miss M when they took their pontoon out.

 Mom works in her garden just about every evening.  Sometimes she lets Avalon and I play in the lake while she is watering the plants.  Not as much when she is busy because no one is throwing the ball for us.  Dad planted some berry bushes so along with veggie's from the garden Mom said we will have fruit !

 Miss M and her family went on vacation and were gone for a week.  I sure missed her.  I was hoping I would get to go along but there just wasn't room in the car.  Miss M said she would tell me all about her adventurers when she got home.

About a week or so ago we had a STORM to beat all storms here at the lake.  Dad got home just before it came and he took his flag down.  He was soooo glad he did.  There were winds up to 80 miles an hour plus an EF 1 and EF 2 tornado.  We were all in the kitchen.  Mom was cooking dinner and Dad and I were watching out the sliding door when the storm hit.  It rained so hard that you could not see anything outside and then all of a sudden a siren went off and the lights went out.
After the storm we went outside.  There were trees down everywhere in people's yards, on their houses and in the road so no one could drive up and down.   It was really dark because there were no

 lights on.  Dad and Mom walked around a little bit and helped clear out a big tree in the road so cars could pass then we all went to bed.  The next day was Saturday and we took our usual walk around the lake and saw soooo much damage everywhere.  Boats were flipped in the water, boat docks were floating around the lake, houses had damage and some had roof damage.  People were missing outdoor furniture that had

 blown in the lake.  They put a flag up so no one could boat in the lake.  We still didn't have lights so when it was dinner time Dad had to make dinner outside.

The next day Mom bought a very noisy machine that made the lights come back on at least for some of the things in the house.
Mom and Dad put all of their food into the garage fridge and the freezer in the basement so it would not spoil.  Thank goodness puppy food does not have to be in the fridge and could have spoiled.  The lights did not come back on for four days.


During the next week Mom and
Dad spent a lot of time cleaning up around the yard.  Avalon and I spent time outside with them watching but not much time playing.  Miss M and her family were busy most of the week too.  Something call baseball and the College World Series.  Miss M and Miss K went to a lot of the games with their grandparents then the weekend came and Mom and Dad went to some games too.  We had to stay at home.  Mom could not find a puppy in training ticket for me to go in and watch the game.  When they went to the game on Friday they went to a tail gate party with Miss M and family.  On Saturday they had special tickets that were in a club house.  Since Avalon and I didn't get to go Dad turned on the game on the TV on the deck in the evening so we could watch.  Dad felt bad that we had to stay home both Friday and Saturday that he let me do a sleep over in the bedroom with them.  It was my first time. Avalon gets to sleep there every night.  Dad said I did Ok till around 5:00am.  I thought it was time to get up since it was getting light outside.

 Avalon and I get to go swimming in the lake just about everyday
either with Mom when we go for our bike ride during the week or with Mom and Dad when we go for our weekend walks.  Dad said I am a BIG jumper girl now just like Avalon.  Dad will throw the ball and we race down the boat dock and jump in.  We have to bring the ball back to Dad so he will throw it back in the lake for us.  Avalon and I can do this for hours.

Here is a video link to KSDS Inc.  It is sooo cool to watch the puppies at KSDS grow up !! 

Hope you can open it and watch  :)

https://www.facebook.com/KSDS.Inc/videos/10154903689372572/

KSDS Inc. is also having a name the puppies game.  If you want to play click on the link. 

 http://derbyz.com/ksdsnamegame/lassielittertheme

http://derbyz.com/ksdsnamegame/lassielittertheme

Hope you are having a wonderful summer !!  I sure am.  Miss M is going to be coming over soon and I heard her say we are going to plan some great training trips for the rest of the summer now that things have kind of slowed down.  I am excited and can't wait  :)

Great Days of Summer are here !

Memorial Day weekend starts the beginning of Summer and boy did we have a FUN and busy weekend.  It started with our usual long weekend walk on Saturday then much work around the house.  I am sooo thankful Avalon and I have four paws and not two hands or we would have had to help. Instead we got to stay up on the deck and watch and play.  Mom and Dad finished planting the garden, planted flowers, cleaned the beach and cleaned up the garage.  Busy campers !!

The next day we went for our weekend walk and swimming then later had many two legged guests come over.  Some were family and I could not believe it Miss M, Miss K and their grandparents came too.  Avalon and I even got to play with the guests on the deck.  Miss M took me down to the yard and played with me too.  I can't say I was on my best behavior but it is hard to be good when you are with Miss M.   My cousin Kylie who was there just graduated from her college ??  There was a cake and some gifts for her.  It sure didn't looked like the graduation we went to at KSDS Inc. but it was still fun.

 Dad did BBQ on the grill and it smelled soooo good.  I sure wish Avalon and I could get the people food that was grilling instead of our every day dog food.

Happy Graduation Kylie

Hope you like being a teacher !!

I thought I would practice my commands and show everyone I know "up on" without anyone telling me.  I heard everyone laughing but Mom who said chairs are for two legged people not four legged puppies.  Had to get off and no treats  :(

Monday - Memorial Day came and the first thing Dad did was to put the new American Flag up on our flag pole.  You have to make sure it does not touch the ground so Dad was very careful.  

 After Dad put up the flag we went for our walk around the lake.  Didn't get to go swimming because me and Mom and Dad were going on a trip to Wahoo. First we stopped at the Veterans Memorial to pay respect to all of the Veterans who served our country then we went to see Grandma Schense at the nursing home.  She was happy to see me and told me how much I have grown.  Everyone talked for a while so I decided to get in a little nap to be rested for
the rest of the days adventures.   When we headed out again we stopped at a special building for Veterans (VFW) and gave them some of our old flags from our house.  I guess they make a special fire and burn them ?  Dad showed Mom where his Dad's picture was up on the wall there.  COOL !  After we left we went and stopped at my Dad's father's grave.  It was nice and pretty out there but Dad was sad.  He had tears in his eyes.  I wish I could have told him it was Ok to be sad.
                                                   
Mom usually does not take pictures when we are out and about on our usual errands but when we were out at Home Depot I saw another puppy in the store.  I have not seen another puppy in the store before so this was exciting.  We got to meet each other and exchange sniffs.  His Mom said he was practicing being a therapy puppy.  I told him I was practicing to be a Guide/Service puppy.  I asked Mom if we could maybe invite him to my graduation ?    

 Another weekend came with our walks around the lake with Mom and Dad and swimming.  Dad said I have moved from a Jr. Jumper off of the boat dock to a full fledged JUMPER  just like Avalon.   It is sooooo fun to jump and swim.  Avalon gets a yellow ball but I have to have this funny looking long orange thing.  I guess I am not allowed to play with those yellow balls because it has something to do with KSDS college.  I don't really care as long as I get to play in the lake.  This is summer at it best !


This week I had my yearly Vet physical.  Miss M came along with us because Mom said she is a whimp at watching me get my shots.  They weighed me - 52 pounds - then checked my teeth and ears.  Next they put some clips on me and listened to my heart.   Mom gave them some of my poo which I thought was funny but I guess they check that for bugs.  They took me in the back room and took some blood then it was shot time.  The Vet gives you treats while getting shots and I was soooo focused on the treats that I did not even feel the shots.  I was also overly excited so it took Miss M and and Vet to help me stay still.


After the Vet trip Mom told me I had a special evening coming.  A sleepover at Miss M grandma's house in a tent.  Mom had packed my over night bag so off Miss M and I went over to Grandma T's house.  First Grandpa D helped Miss M put the tent up.  We had some dinner then I got my FIRST ride on a pontoon boat.  It was sooo cool.  We went around the lake several times.  Miss M and I stayed up front most of the time looking out the rails.

After the ride it started to get dark so we arranged the tent for the evening.  It was just going to be Miss M and me.  I was nervous at first but after a bit it was cool to be in the tent and all by ourselves.   I snuggled up to Miss M and dream land came soon.  When we woke up the next morning we had breakfast along with some special treats Miss M made for me. After breakfast we brushed out teeth and got dressed.  I stayed most of the day there coming home late in the afternoon.  What a great adventure !!

 Next, I attended my first outdoor concert for the summer.  It was loud but fun listening to the beat of the music.   We walked around - Mom helped me to concentrate and not get off track then we practiced some commands.  Down and stay.  Mom even had some other people there try to distract me but I did good and stayed.  I knew if I did there was going to be treats and there was !!  I hope we get to go back again this summer this time with Dad getting to come.

SUMMER is here - 

Mom and Dad finally got their car that doesn't have wheels.  It drives on water.