Xena's Day at the Beach

Last Saturday Xena had a wonderfully exciting & tiring day with us boating & playing on the beaches of the Coralville Res. As usual she followed right on the heels of & pestered Angus until she ran out of energy and took a nap in the boat.

p.s. the little chunker has put on 7 lbs in 4 weeks :)

RAGBRAI PICS

RAGBRAI here I come!

After work tonight I am off to Ottumwa to join up with Mom, Dad, Jessie & Chris who are already on RAGBRAI. I will ride 75 miles with them on tomorrow's route from Ottumwa to Mt. Pleasant- I am excited & nervous so wish me luck!

I'll have plenty of pics to share soon :)

Sum Sum Summertime

Since my last post I've been to my first rodeo & enjoyed an Independence Day at home for the first time in our own home (celebrated 2 yrs in our house already as of 7/13)! We've also been busy keeping Xena happy, gardening (my green beans are delish and a few cherry tomatoes have made their way into our mouths already) & overall trying as hard as we can not to make too many plans for the rest of the summer because it is already flying by way too fast!

The rodeo was part of the famed Iowa festival called "Trekfest" in Riverside, IA, and let me tell you...it was a mud-fest & we decided we never need to go to a rodeo again. Then we got ripped off by a carnie on the ball toss game. Nuff said.

On the 4th we had friends over to our house, went to the CR Kernals game, grilled out and watched fireworks from our backyard- perfect!