Weekend in Review

It's Monday and the weekend went by too fast like always...On the bright side, OU beat Texas...Boomer Sooner!!! 

Besides the victory, we had a great weekend. On Friday Chris and I grilled out and enjoyed a lazy movie night with the dogs. We watched True Grit, which we both liked although we weren't quite sure what all the hype was about. On Saturday morning Kathleen came over bright and early and we ran in a festive Fall-themed run. Kathleen ran a 5K and did an awesome job! She got one of her best times and we were both very excited about it. I did a 10K because I am training for a half marathon on Thanksgiving morning, so I figured this would be a good halfway point in my training. I got my best time and later on when I got home I looked at the results and found out that I got 2nd place in my age group! 

Kathleen came back to my house and we watched the OU/TX game and afterwards I took a much needed nap with the dogs. By the time I woke up, Chris was coming home from his baseball games that he was coaching. We ate dinner (and a really delicious piece of chocolate fudge cake) at home and decided to have another movie night, which was perfect because it turned out to be a rainy night.We watched Unknown with Liam Neelson. We both really liked this one because it was suspenseful and hard to guess what was going to happen. 

On Sunday morning we went to church and afterwards went to my parent's house for lunch with my brother, his girlfriend, my sister and brother in law and my adorable nephew. When we got home I took the dogs for a walk before dinner and we enjoyed another lazy night at home, snuggled up with our dog family.

Next weekend I will be working in San Francisco so it was nice to relax and spend most of my time with Chris and the dogs. Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend!

Messy Mutts

Several times over the last couple months, I've come home from work and there is trash scattered throughout the living room and a trail of trash that leads to the pantry door, which is where the trashcan is. Without a doubt, I know it is Gabe...partly because the only other dog that stays in the living room when we leave is Jack and he's just too sweet of a boy to make such a mess.

The first time this happened was a couple months ago and the next day I took Gabe for his morning walk. He pooped in the grass next to the sidewalk so I bent over with my little baggie to pick it up...low and behold there was something in his poop that ABSOLUTELY should not have been. I won't elaborate because honestly the thought of it makes me gag and it's safe to say that I did not let him lick me for quite sometime after that. 

When I came home a couple weeks ago and found this mess, I scolded Gabe and because of his lack of respect for me, he jumped in my face and barked. Maybe he was mad because he didn't find anything good in there this time...he obviously didn't want to eat anything healthy because he left baby spinach laying all over the dining room. 

We have been making a point to push the trashcan to the back of the pantry, under the shelves so Gabe can not raid the trash. But he has figured out that if he pushes the right door of the pantry hard enough, the left door will pop open, so even though I haven't come home to any more messes, the pantry door is always wide open. Smart dog. 

Maybe it's time to invest in a lid for the trashcan??? 

Happy 5th Birthday Gabe!

Gabe is 5 today! We've already done some celebrating with new toys and bones (he has to share with his brothers and sisters) and lots of treats this morning. Tonight we will go for a long walk and Gabe will get to watch his favorite shows on tv. I'll probably sneak a little chicken broth on his dinner too ;).

Happy Birthday Gabe! Here's to many, many more! I love you :)