Dog Class--Week Two...

Since I had to be in Seattle Friday I was a half hour late for class. Justin took both dogs and I figured he would just leave Abby in the back of the Nissan until I got there. I was wrong. He took my awesome dog out into the park, put her on a down stay and low and behold...she stayed!! For the first half hour of class she layed down and stayed in one spot!! It wasn't until Justin was asked to move to the front of the line to start heeling that she got a little scared. When she couldn't see him anymore she slowly started to sit up, just waiting for the correction knowing she was on a down stay, but she was great!!

Lexie's doing really good in class, granted this is her second time to go through the first three weeks of class, I still think she's doing great!

This week we didn't forget the coats. Lexie was the first to get hers on, since she's smaller than Abby she gets cold a lot faster!

This isn't a very good picture of Lexie, but a better picture of their really cute little jackets. After looking all over to find jackets for them (all of which were at least $20.00 a piece) I found two jackets at Ross for $5.00 each in the two sizes I needed. Can't beat that!!Cooper did really well this week too. He still loves to play, but now he knows what it means to get down to business too.

Seattle...

Friday I was scheduled to go to a meeting in Seattle between Reservations Management and the Union. I was a little nervous that Jeremy and I wouldn't make the flight because it was oversold by one person. We did get on, and after takeoff the flight attendant comes back and tells us (since she knows we're employees) that we're returning to Boise, our thought was "great, now we have to go to work!" The pilot came on a couple minutes later and let us know that we indeed had a small problem, and that it was nothing we couldn't fly with, but we did have to return to Boise to get it fixed. He also said we would have to circle Boise for a while to burn off fuel. We were pretty depressed at this point!! A few minutes later he comes back on and says that maintenance has informed us it will take and hour of circling Boise to burn off enough fuel for a safe landing because we're a full flight, full of fuel. So instead they gave us permission to fly to Seattle, at a higher altitude and slower speed. Off to Seattle!! Our flight that should have been an hour and a half turned into a two hour and ten minute flight. When we landed we had 20 minutes to get to our meeting! Luckily the corporate office is minutes away from the airport and Celeste was there ready to pick us up!

This picture was not taken upon decent when the landing gear door would normally be open...but at cruising altitude!!

Because of the situation the pilot warned us we would be met by emergency personnel, but not to worry, we had no reason to suspect a less than normal landing.

You can't fly over Seattle without getting a picture of the city! Unfortunately we weren't paying attention and missed a shot of the Space Needle...Maybe next time!

Dog Class...Round Two...

We're on to round two of dog class. We quit Lexie's class last fall three or four weeks in because we decided to have her spayed. So here we go again. Class started last Friday, April 4th, I'm just a little behind in my posting!! My Aunt Linda is also in the class with us, she's bringing her really wild dog Cooper through the class so her husband will let her keep him!

Good Luck!!

The first night of class was so windy. It had been nice all day long so we hadn't thought to bring the girls jackets, they suffered for it! Next week we'll be more prepared.

Maddie's Hearing Test...

Maddie had a hearing test scheduled at the Elks today. The pediatrician wouldn't prescribe the sedation, so they called Amy and let her know they needed to keep her up all night to get her to sleep naturally for the appointment...Easier said than done. Amy got her up at 4:30am this morning and didn't let her have a nap. By they time we got to the office she was a Mad Maddie, she played for a little bit with the toys while we waited.

Maddie and Mommy when we got into the room.
Before they had her go to sleep they gave her a mini facial...they had to make sure her skin was completely clean where they were going to hook her up for the hearing test.
Maddie fell asleep once, but woke up as soon as they started hooking up the wires to her. So I took Braden out to the waiting room, because I was sure he would wake up soon and cry and wake up Maddie. Amy got her back to sleep and had to test her by taking her picture...she figured if she didn't wake up when the flash went off she should be sound asleep.

Then they came in to hook her up.

It wasn't very long before she woke up and started grabbing at the wires. Amy got some pictures before they took them off because it was clear at this point, the test was not going to work.

On the way home she was so tired, but she wouldn't fall asleep.

Better luck next time I guess.

BJ's Scooter...

We had a "return to high school moment" yesterday. Three of us at work got together and toilet papered BJ's scooter. We did it as the three of us were leaving last night, and his reaction today was priceless!!