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Allison’s Family Birthday Party

We celebrated Allison’s seventh birthday a couple of days earlier with the extended family. Allison’s original request was to just have the grandparents. She woke up Sunday morning wanting the Olbrights to attend as well. Luckily the Olbrights were free in the afternoon so we could all celebrate together. It was a beautiful, sunny day. We spent most of the afternoon outside enjoying the sun and playing in the backyard. Allison learned to catch baseballs with uncle Jason and cousin Tyler. Rosebud entertained everyone by chasing us around the backyard and vice versa. It turned out to be too windy to light and blow out the candles outdoors so we piled into the house to sing happy birthday to Allison and blow out the candles. Then we moved back outside to enjoy cake and ice cream. After opening presents, Allison decided to give a violin recital. She played several pieces from her past lessons to everyone’s enjoyment.

To conclude the evening, we got out the fire pit. Our marshmallows had expired long ago so we promised to roast marshmallows another time.

Allison Soccer Tryouts

Allison is trying out for the Issaquah select soccer league. As a parent and former soccer player it’s hard to watch from the sidelines without shouting advice.

Easter 2012

Easter was special this year as it was the second day home for Rosebud, our new Golden Retriever. The girls had a great time hunting for Easter eggs while Christine and Rosebud watched. Rosebud also got her first bath. Christine and I remember fondly giving Bisco, our previous Golden, his first bath. Rosebud and Bisco had pretty much the same reaction: “Please get me out of here!”. Rosebud spends a lot of time sleeping and “going potty”.

Welcome Home Rosebud

Early Saturday morning we took a drive out to pick up our 6 week old Golden Retriever. At this point, we didn’t know which Golden Retriever Wayne had picked out for us. The family had expressed a preference for the female Golden Retriever with the “pink” collar.

We arrived at breeders around 10A in the morning. Wayne met us at the kennel and explained that he had two choices for us: pink and teal green. Both dogs were female and going to be a balance between a couch potato and a high energy sporting dog. From our previous visits we fell in love with pink. Christine and I remember a similar decision point for Bisco; we settled for the coach potato in Bisco’s case. Fortunately, closed on pink, soon to be Rosebud, before another couple came who also wanted pink. Dad had to explain to the other couple that pink had already been spoken for. The woman was visibly crushed. Good thing we came early.

Now a little background on Rosebud’s parents. She was born on February 12, 2012. Bacardi was her father and Sera was her mom. Sera was born on August 6, 2009. Her AKC registration number is SR58424402. Sera’s father was Chuckanut’s Captain. Captain’s dad was Andy who won Best in Breed for the Sporting Group at Westminster dog show in 2006.

Lucky Visits for a Week

Lucky visited us for a week while the Laverings went skiing in Bachelor. Caring for Lucky was good training and preparation for taking Rosebud home the following weekend. We learned how to block off the kitchen and made a run to Babies R Us to get some gates. Also, we stocked up on chew toys. As it turned out Lucky’s favorite chew toy was Allison.