Soccer in the Sunshine

Adam had a soccer game on Sunday. It was a great game and they ended up tied 1-1. BJ took some great photos and shared with everyone. Thanks BJ!

It must have been the weekend for ties because Kylie's soccer game ended in a 0-0 tie! Kylie played really well and we kept waiting for her to score. Maybe next game.

Jayda Earns Carting Title!!

Sunday, the Northwest Rottweiler Fanciers held a carting trial in Buckley. Jayda and I participated and qualified, earning her Carting Started title! For those that are not familiar with carting, the dog is hitched to a cart that is loaded with 40 pounds. A course is set up that includes right and left turns, 360's, weaving through cones, walking over a bridge, stopping, starting and going through a gate and a figure 8. The weather was cold but really nice. The course location could have been better. It was along a busy highway but the dogs did very well considering all the distractions. All the dogs in our practice group earned titles. It was a great day.

Getting started. Jayda sits to be hitched to the cart and the weight loaded:

Moving around the course:

Jayda with her ribbon:

Soccer on Vashon Island

Kylie had a soccer game on Vashon Island on Saturday. We took the ferry from Pt. Defiance. It was a beautiful fall day and the girls were very excited. Grandma and Grandpa went along too. We won the soccer game 4-0 so a good time was had by all!!

Ferry docking at Pt. Defiance:

We brought along our fans:

The team waiting for the ferry:

The ferry ride over to Vashon:


Kylie had a good game:

The ferry ride home:

Tramp Time

Adam took some photos for his photography class and I thought they were very cool! The kids love the trampoline and spend lots of time out there. Here's Adam's interpretation of Ryan doing his tramp thing...

Carting Practice

Today we met a friend, Joanne and her two rottweilers for carting practice. Everybody did well and Joanne felt like they made a lot of progress. Kylie and Andy played in the park and watched from under a big tree. The carting trial is Sunday, October 19. Stay tuned for results...

Lily and Nemo

I love my cats!! Lily and Nemo haven't had much camera-time lately. They were both looking especially pretty today so here they are in living color:

Lily...our sweet house kitty.


Nemo...neighborhood hunter and everybody's friend.

Herding Demonstration

Last month, Ewetopia had a herding demonstration at the Puyallup fair. Kylie participated with Jayda and Andy. Both dogs did very well and Kylie loved being in front of the crowd with her dogs!

These two went first and opened the show. Jayda was very reserved which was good because the crowd was large! Maybe the crowd made her a little timid?






Andy also did a great job.


He was a little wild at times but Kylie was able to settle him down.


And after the show, Kylie was relaxing with Beckham. Beckham herded ducks in the demonstration.

Remembering Summer

It's a wet, grey day here today so I thought it was a good time to remember the sunny skies we had in Michigan. We vacationed there from July 23 to August 6 and the weather was perfect. We had a great time.