The puppies turned 1 week this past Sunday.  They are all doing well so far.  Jamie and Kathy Como, Nadia’s other mom and dad, came to say hi to the pups as well.  They are shown with there Tollers.  Hannah was the star of the show accessorizing with a puppy. We took individual shots of all the pups to speed up their modeling career. As always click any of the photos to be taken to the full gallery.

Accessorizing with puppies.

Nadia and her babies.

The Kathy and Jamie Como with Rega, Torque, Vad, and Teaser.

My favorite because he is man enough to wear purple. (I hope we are not creating gender identity issues.)

Yesterday, Andrew, my Dad, and I went to play one of the most fun golf courses I have ever been on.  Chamber’s Bay is an incredibly challenging links type golf course along the Puget Sound.  It was a beautiful day except for three holes where we had to endure a terrential downpour that culminated in Andrew throwing his driver about 60 yards, but still managed to hit a decent shot.  Notice Andrew is in shorts and a T-shirt.  I won’t give out our scores here but… we lost about a dozen balls between the 3 of us, some of them only feet off the fairway in some really deep rough.  We had to play some balls out of “pot bunkers” which are these really deep holes that can be hundreds of yards from the green and there is nothing you can do but hit a little wedge out.  We all highly recommend the course but make sure you go when they have a discount price.  Enjoy the photos and more are linked.

Dad at the beach (we were all in the same situation at some point in the round).

View from the fifth hole.

Hannah wanted some of our giant pickle from Pot Belly’s on our way through the airport. Check out the funny picture.

Aaron’s alma mater, Occidental College, had an alumni volunteer event at the Shedd Aquarium on Sunday and Hannah and I got to join the fun.  The plan was that Aaron and the other alumni were going to plant some flowers outside, while Hannah and I enjoyed the aquarium.  (Volunteers had to be over 11.)  But…the weather had been bad that morning so the lady from the aquarium decided not to show, even though all the Oxy people braved the weather. Funny, 3 of the 4 alums that showed up were chemistry majors.  Therefore, the Oxy Alumni got to party with Hannah and me in the aquarium, FOR FREE. The Oxy people got to recruit Hannah for the class of 2030.  We had a great time.  The best part of the Shedd was closed due to construction, so they had the dolphin trainers train some “shelter” dogs.  Hannah was so excited to see doggies at the aquarium.  Hannah was  happy that her daddy was able to join us because I had been telling her that it was going to just be mommy and Hannah.  If you are ever in Chicago make sure you visit the Shedd Aquarium.  Enjoy the photos and click them for the rest of the gallery.

Hannah looking at the rays.

Cynthia '84, Tom '82, Ashlee, Aaron '03, Hannah 2031, and Hailey '04

Enjoy the photos of our trip downtown with Nick. Some funny shots of Nick and I at the Garmin GPS store. Some cute ones of Hannah and all four of us. Click the photo for a link to the gallery.

Lake Michigan at North Beach in Chicago

Nick, my cousin, hit the pheasant preserve for his first trip with his new gun.  We took Cinder and Nadia and let them do their thing.  Nick dropped three birds with one shot a piece, pretty impressive since he only made it to the trap range once with his new gun.  After a pretty succesful day, 4 birds and only two fly aways, one of which definitely got hit and was going down, but managed to do so out of our reach.  After a day in the field, we hit the lodge up for some beers.  While we were standing around waiting for the birds to be cleaned we ran into the hunters in the field next to us.  They asked, “Who was shooting the cannon?”  To which I replied, “This guy,” while pointing at Nick.  Quite funny at the time.  We were both shooting the same shells but something about his gun just makes it loud.  Enjoy the photos and our video.

Nick with Nadia and his first pheasant.

We spent the day playing with dogs at the annual IKC show at McCormick Place in Chicago. There were lots of Tollers, good friends, and good competition. It was a benched show so we got to show the dogs off all day and it was a lot of fun.

Check out these photos from google maps.  I could not believe the photo of my truck just sitting there and Ashlee’s car from the satellite view.  I tried to read the license plates, but couldn’t.  The resolution is not high enough yet… but it is still a little scary.