Have you ever met the First Lady??

I haven't, but our nieces Alex and Victoria have !! I'm jealous!! They met her and Jenna Bush at a book signing in Naperville on Monday. How exciting!!

Alex talking to Jenna Bush

Victoria talking to Jenna too and The First Lady looking on.

Also a BIG (belated) HAPPY BIRTHDAY to both Alex and Victoria!!! Their birthday was on Tuesday!!

Also having a birthday on Tuesday was Lexi! She turned 2 years old! We celebrated at agility class!!

Foster and Lexi

And we celebrated at home too with Three Dog Bakery goodies!!


Well we (Foster, Lexi, & I) are off to Decatur, AL tomorrow to compete in an agility trial! Mike and Bailey will be competing in a herding trial this weekend too, here in Memphis!! All of the details when we return!!

The latest agility complication....

The scary owl!!!!

Elaine has put up owl statues to keep pigeons out, and Lexi didn't notice them until the very end of our class...boy she didn't like them at all!!!

March of Dimes Walk

We participated in the March of Dimes, March for Babies walk in memory of our friends', Jess and Jason, little girl, Rylee Rae, on Saturday. She was born prematurely last year and sadly passed. Their team surpassed their fundraising amount and had about 40 people walking for Rylee. It was a lot of fun, and the weather was beautiful for it!

Pulido and the State Farm Bear

Mike and his mini me (Reid)

Entire Team at the Finish Line

It's the little things...

Foster got a brand new crate 2 days ago!! Just in time to go to Decatur for an agility trial next weekend! Lexi , Miss Crate Destructor Extraordinaire, will get a new WIRE crate next week. She ripped through one soft crate at Decatur last November, and again through a new one at Memphis earlier this month.

Not too much has happened since my last post... a lot of rain, but a some really pretty days too. We have been practicing mostly for the upcoming show. Mike and Bay are practicing for a ASCA herding trial next weekend here in Memphis. She will be competing at the advanced level. I hate that I have to miss it !! Other than that, we have been playing soccer and hitting the gym. I got clobbered at my game this past Tuesday by a guy on the opposing team. Took my legs out, and I landed on my back with my head slamming into the pitch (ground, field). I am okay, and thank goodness, no concussion. I did pull most of the muscles in my neck and it is VERY uncomfortable, kind of like getting whiplash. But it is getting better and better, and I hope to play soccer this Sunday.

I was hunting through some pictures to enter in a contest, and I came across this puppy pic of Foster. :) What a cutie!!

Foster - 4 months old @ Gate 12

Agility Class Saturday

We had class this morning, and I had brought my camera originally to capture little bulldog, Dexter's, first agility class. Alas, Dexter and Moana did not come:( So instead I took some shots of everyone else doing what they love:)

George weaving

Lexi showing us her best side

Blue weaving

Faith waving on the table

Simi relaxing with Charlie

Cajun weaving

Ellie Ray weaving

Simi finishing her weaves & heading to the table

Attie coming down the dogwalk

Izzy resting

Homer finishing his weaves and checking with Ron before going on.

The rest of Ron's crew: Homer, Happy, Ellie Ray, Elroy, Elwood

Last but not least Foster:)

Pictures from the Memphis Trial

Just got some pics from the Memphis trial!! All photography by DDT Photography!

Lexi finishing (and qualifying) on her first Jumpers run

Foster soaring over the triple jump

Lexi in the chute during her Standard run

Foster weaving in Jumpers

Taking just a moment for my Grandpa...

(At our wedding in May 2005)

Today would have been my Grandpa's 90th birthday, he passed 2 years ago...so I just wanted to take a moment and raise a glass to the world's most wonderful Grandpa. I miss you!

Foster Completed His MXP and MJP!!!!!

This weekend we had an agility trial here in Memphis. Two big things happened, Foster finished his Excellent titles and Lexi , making her AKC agility debut, got her first Q and leg towards her Novice Jumpers Title!! Foster was running like his tail was on fire finishing all of his runs 8-12 seconds under time. We just have to work on his new found speed with his dog walk contact:) He normally does running contacts, but we may have to try a little 2o2o work just to make him remember to touch a paw in the yellow:) He Q'd on 4 out of 6 runs...the only day he Q'd in Standard was on the day with the down on the table. I was so proud!!! He got both of his titles and a double Q that day! Lexi did very well, all things considered, in her first trial in AKC. I won't go into the details here, but the judge made an incorrect call and blew a whistle, & eliminated us from her very first run. We did get to rerun it, and Lexi did complete her contacts on everything & did beautiful weaves, but wouldn't do anything but stand on the table. Somehow what happened on her first run, she equated with the table and refused to do anything but stand on it the rest of the weekend. Lexi is a very soft and sensitive pup. She did have an automatic down on the table, which was required in her previous USDAA trials. We will get her back before the Decatur show in May though:) She did complete her Jumpers course that afternoon with only one refusal, and received her first Q. Sunday's runs had good points too. In Standard, she had quite a few refusals due to looking around and nervousness, but she did her contacts and her weaves!!!! Her jumpers run was much of the same, but again she did her weaves. I am very proud of her, and we will just keep working on her confidence and distractions:)

Congrats to everyone from our crew who competed this weekend!!! It was a good weekend for all!! Special congrats to Miss Moana THE agility bulldog, who Q'd twice in Novice Preferred Jumpers with placements, and who has Q'd in 2 shows in a row now!!!!

Lastly, GO MEMPHIS!!!