Bear's Introduction to Water!

We took Bear for his intro to water maybe 3 weeks ago to Round Valley Resevoir. He had a great time. At first of course he was wary, but then was wading all over and even swimming short distances, even over his head to grab a stick. Although he didn't like the over the head part and started shying away from that.

Since then he has gone into streams and ponds and loves the water. The other day i threw a stick in a pond (Lenape pond) where it was over his head maybe only a foot out from the bank. (i didn't actually know this) Needless to say he got quite the surprise when he jumped in but he certainly didn't get scared! It's a good thing i had a leash on him because he started swimming off to the middle of the pond! hahah!

Here are some pics of the round valley trip.
I also threw in some pics from Memorial day, which was his first trip to the beach. Dogs never cease to amaze me in what they eat. He ate so much sand the poor thing was constipated for several days and threw off his digestion for practically a week!

"hmmm i think i like this..."

"This is awesome! Throw the stick, i DARE you!!"

Good Job Bear!

Bear loved the beach...i guess it made him tired...or maybe he's just sleeping off a meal of sand...yum!

Wow! Bear is growing so fast! He still has lots of growing and we're already saying..."aww remember how small he was!"

Bear is a rascal sometimes...but really...he's such a nice puppy.

230th Battle of Monmouth!! June 21 & 22

If you can find the time I highly suggest that you attend one of the two days that the Battle of Monmouth will be commemorated.
This year is the 230th anniversary of the battle and re-enactors love key years like this. They go all out. This year promises to be the largest Revolutionary War re-enactment in the country!
There will be 67 British and American regiments attending which will include reg infantry, militia, artillery, mounted infantry/cavalry, and loyalists.

The event is fun for all ages! You can:
-tour the park's museum and learn about the battle.
-watch a talk on Molly Pitcher
-children can march around with toy muskets and drill like a soldier.
-Tour the British and American camps
-Shop at the sutlers selling period items
-watch a talk about artillery during the period and see a demonstration.
-watch the battle!!

Saturday's schedule:
10am camp opens
3pm Battle
5pm Camp closes
Sunday's schedule:
10am camp opens
1pm Battle
3:30pm Camp closes

A detailed schedule is available at the park. Things are happening hourly.
Modern Food, drinks and bathrooms will be available.
Here is a website for the park and event.

CLICK HERE FOR EVENT WEBSITE

Here are acouple pics from the 225th; also a very large event.

BEAR got bigger!

Bear's a handful but cute!

Fetch!!

ZZZZZzzzzzzzz

Sit!

Here He Is!!

Hi everyone my name is BEAR!!

Which One Will It Be!!

Looks like pick up will probably be May 4th!

Whew...

Well, Ron and I are just about moved in to our new place. Rather, we're completeley moved in just not organized. Last Saturday (was it really only one week ago) we moved every piece of stuff that we managed to collect over the course of a few years into our new apartment. We were so fortunate to have alot of help that made it much more manageable and everything was moved in 4 hours! (that means out of the old and loaded into the new) Today, Ron and I (mostly Ron) finished cleaning out the old apartment and cleaned it up. We dropped off our keys and Ron took a few moments to reflect on the time we spent in our old place. Here's some pictures of the new place.

You can see some of our paint job, the new place is very close to Westfield which is wonderful! I went there today and visited WIlliams-Sonoma and bought and overpriced sifter and had lunch with friends. (All while poor Ronald-o slaved away in Piscataway). I've got to find a way to make that one up...maybe sausage soup?

But best of ALLLLLLL Jon and Katie came to visit! Hurray it was wonderful to see them and their sweet and adorable baby..ahem..little boy, Erich! Good times!

A Little Update

Sorry for the lack of updates!!

Let's see...a whole lot has happened since the last update.

We finally got an upstairs apartment at Riverside Village. The bad news is we are 45 yards or so form the train tracks. It's a freight train so it's not too bad but hopefuly we'll get used to it.

We visited the the father of the litter of puppies we hope to get our puppy from. We also met the mother's daughter. The mother was too pregnant and was at the vet's preparing for birth. The breeder has really nice facilities and the dogs were very laidback and friendly, especially in the house. Also, the father looked like he had a strong retrieving instinct, they all did frankly. So, apparently we passed our "interview" so i'm trying to get in touch with the breeder. I'll call her today to see what's up.

Last Tuesday (3/11/08) the litter was born.
PICS OF LITTER

We're hoping for a male and there's a little confusion over the puppies sex. Nikki and I are hoping for a chocolate or black male. In one spot on the breeders website she says there were 0 chocolate males and 1 black. At the link I provided the breeder says there's 2 chocolate males and 1 black male. I'm calling the breeder today to find out the story!

We also painted the apartment this past weekend. The Living room has an accent wall with medium blue, entire bedroom is a pine green and the kitchen has an accent wall with a yellow orange. We'll add some pics soon. I can't help but think how much of a pain in the butt it'll be to repaint this when we move from this place but it looks nice at least!!

This Saturday we're hoping to do the bulk of the move with a u-haul. Ugh I hate moving.
We'll try not to wait 2 months for the next update!! :)

-Ron