Jaeger

He can not be disturbed when he has his bone. He'll just keep chewing away on it!

We have already tired him out and he won't play anymore. He does scratch us up when he keeps rolling around like that and stretching. Dan and I keep yelling oww!!!
But it is fun playing with him, especially when I won't let him have his bone and just dangle it in front of him.
I'll post another one tomorrow when I'm done sleeping, it takes too long to upload these video's :-)

That dog is quick!

And he'll bark if coaxed, and even without a snack, he got that one later -see above video!

Herzlichen Glueckwunsch zum Geburtstag, Mama

Ja, schon wieder ein Geburtstag, dieses mal die Mama!

Mama mit Wunschkind - ich natuerlich!

Mama ganz gluecklich, hat ihre beiden Maedchen an jeder Seite!
Und mit Papa, da muss man ja froehlich sein!

Happy Birthday Grosser Bruder!

Herzlichen Glueckwunsch zu Deinem 51. Geburtstag...jetzt wirst du ja wirklich alt!

(Norbert is the one standing, watching over little me!)

Und ich bleibe immer ein paar Jahre juenger als du!

Und dann nahmen die Eltern uns zum Fotographen, nur weill ich so suess bin!
Und hier haben wir meinen grossen und meinen kleinen Bruder, nur zu schade dass beide auf diesem Bild kleiner sind als ich...ich bin natuerlich die Prinzessin. Und unsere Cousine durfte auch mit drauf, und wenn mich nicht alles taeuscht ist das auch mein Cowboy outfit!

Fastnacht war doch immer sehr schoen, oder?

Also, Bruder, nicht zu viel feiern, das ist bei diesem Alter nicht mehr drin'!

Tiffany & Jason's visit to Abilene & Dan's Birthday!

Rhowdie and Jaeger meet...well...

Jason and Tiffany in the kitchen after the meal...

Tiffany after the guests are gone...

...checking out the Bushmaster...

...and test targeting the S&W Revolver...I think, or is it the semi?!

Then, Sunday morning....shooting time!
Tiffany is trying out her luck.
Kristy, of course, is along also.
And of me, we have to show a video. If you want to see Tiffany or Kristy shooting, and her the bang, you have to go to their blogs...eventually :-)
And watch me shooting the bulls eye...genau in die Mitte! Muesst ihr erst mal nachmachen...Lion, kommst mal wieder und wir gehen schiessen, oder ich nehme Oma und Opa mit wenn sie das naechste mal kommen. Das wird dann spassig!

What fun we had and we actually got to shoot a Glock Semi-Automatic .40 S&W.And after all that shooting and fresh air it's time for some fun eating Raclette!

Trivia

Well, here is one for Jason!!!

Today in 1987 "Fraggle Rock" had it's TV Premiere~ it is 20 years old today~!

Tis childre's show was a cartoon version of the live Jim Henson puppet production on HBO. It was set in the rock underneath a scientist's house and featured characters such as the Fraggles, the Doozers and the Gorgs. ~ info from 'The Teacher's Calendar'

Whenever this show came on we watched it...yes, we used to watch HBO, and yes, we paid for it :-)

Today is also 'Video Games Day' so, kids, thank your parents for all the quaters and game cartridges!!!

Sandra and Elvis :-)

And Dan remembers you crying also...don't ever doubt me in public...there is payback involved :-)

Oh, yeah, this was July 1991...wasn't Jason cute, and Sandra hat the 'cutest' shorts...I think she finally got ridd of them last year...poor Clayton, or maybe lucky Clayton, as Sandra holds on to clothing. Oh, Sandra, I still have some of your winter clothing, should I send that back to you now that you have 4 seasons and loads of snow in the winter

Just can't do a wordless Wednesday today :-)

It is September 5, 2007 and Dan and I just had a dip in the pool! Boy is that water cold, but refreshing!

Jaeger seems to want to go in the water now also, but we are not taking him in here! He just keeps watching me swimming my rounds. And his forehead keeps having those wrinkles like he is wondering what we are saying to him when we ask him if he wants to swim. He seems to really know that word 'swim' as he looks differently when we say that.

Last night we kept spelling b-o-n-e s so often that he started barking at us as he didn't know what we are trying to say. That was so funny!

Okay, hier ist noch mal alles in Deutsch! Heute am 5. September sind wir doch wieder schwimmen gegangen. Das Wasser ist so kalt, brrrr, aber doch sehr erfrischend!
Es ist fast so als ob Jaeger auch schwimmen will. Er verfolgt mich mit seinen Augen die ganze Zeit wenn ich meine Runden schwimme, und dann kommt er auch an den Rand gerannt und springt hoch. Vielleicht hat es ihm letzte Woche doch gefallen im Wasser zu sein. Wir denken auch das er weiss was 'schwimmen' heisst denn immer wenn wir dieses Wort sagen schaut er uns an und runzelt das Stirn!

Gestern abend haben wir laufend das wort 'knochen' buchstabiert und das hat ihm dann gar nicht mehr gefallen und er hat uns angebellt. Wie lustig!

Video Wednesday...

...a picture is worth a 1,000 words, so what is a video worth? After all it is many many pictures put together in one long stream?

I've done it...

...read all 20 Texas Lone Star books before we had all the students in the library and I have to tell them they can't have a book because I am reading it...of course there are some others I have checked out that the kiddos can't get :-)

The last two were Heat by Mike Lupica and Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock. Interesting books and not really what you would think by reading the titles :-)

Anyway, now on to something more adult...a book I actually bought... the mercy of thin air by Ronlyn Domingue, we'll see what that is about...took me a while to get the beginning last night, but then I should not start a book in bed when I am tired...but I did get it and am looking forward to what the ghost is going to do :-) (and no reading of the last pages to find out what is going to happen and no reading of the flap to see what the book is about)!!!

Till next time.

Video of Doggy Splash Day!

...if it works you will see them here!

Doggie Splash Day!

You have to see it to believe it :-)
What fun is to be had on the last day of pool season. When it's all over they open the doors for a couple of hours for the "dogs"!!!
Here is the proof. The big hunk in the lime green life vest it the "vicious" Rottweiler Jaeger!Jaeger is not the only one wearing a life saver! (and we are in the kiddie pool...)

Mesha and MayBee are having fun with Kristy. Those dogs will drown her one day, but they did jump of the diving board. Did we try it? NO WAY!!!

Proof that Jaeger does swim, when he is not standing on Dan's legs!

Here we go...Jaeger is just waiting for the position of Life guard to open up!

Yes, I was there too...had to make Dan take some pictures to proof it!

Getting the feet wet :-)