We spent the weekend in Idaho Falls. Ryan raced in the Allan Butler Memorial Criterium Saturday night. Allan was a teammate of Ryan's three years ago. He was tragically killed when a taxi cab struck him as he was crossing a street in Vegas. This is a photo of Ryan's teammates and Tammie, Allan's mom. It was a great evening, it was nice to see all of Allan's family again. And to see Odessa, Allan's daughter...wow, she's grown up a lot since I saw her last! She about the same age has Haley. Ryan was the big winner of the evening!! He and his fellow teammate Sam lapped the field and then Ryan won the field sprint! You couldn't have had a better end to a great day!
The next morning we went for a walk on the river path next to the hotel. It was beautiful! The girls enjoyed the ducks the most. Morgan finally says duck instead of "quack quack" when she sees them. Making progress!!
The path went to some falls...Idaho Falls? Very cool, although we had to keep a close eye on the girls...they kept wanting to climb up on the railing...scary! Have they no fear?!
And last but not least, meet the new addition to our family...and no it's not another baby!! We bought a Brittney Spaniel on the way home. I've been keeping a look out for this breed. However, most of the time the breeders I find are out of state. Or by the time I call the owner the puppies have been sold already. So, I stumbled upon this breeder in Alpine, which is in Utah County! She had one female left, so we decided to stop by on the way home from Idaho Falls. Well, it's pretty much impossible to walk away from it after you see it! Just look at her...she adorable! So we bought her. I know...I'm crazy!! Two kids, and now two dogs!!! I'm definitely in for it! We've named her Etta Place (Etta for short). If you keep up with Utah outlaws you'll know that Etta Place was the girlfriend of Butch Cassidy. Since our other dog, Cassidy, was named after Butch Cassidy we thought we'd stick to the outlaw theme.
The girls just love her! Although, they think Etta will be this size forever. They are going to be in for it when this puppy gets a little bigger!!
Congratulations on Etta! She looks like she has Ryan's eyes.
ReplyDeleteHave you ever potty-trained a dog before? I think you are a brave woman... if there is one thing I do NOT need more of in my life, it's poop! How big will she grow up to be?
She's not a very large dog, she'll be around 30-40 lbs. max. Much smaller then Cassidy...she's about 80 lbs. right now. Although, she's a little overweight.
ReplyDeleteI've gone through the "training" experience a little bit with Cassidy...with family help of course.
This breed is supposed to be much easier to train. So we have that on our side!
Cassidy is "a little" overweight?
ReplyDeleteSeriously??
Go easy on her...she's old!
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