Just in Case You Were Wondering...

A quick note: I wanted everyone to know that neither Hell froze over nor did Jesus return the moment a dog set foot in my Father-in-law's home. More on that later.

A Glorious Thing Called the FoodCube

Has anyone heard of dog puzzles before? I was unaware that they existed or what they were. After watching the puppy DVD that our Vet gave us with some free food, I discovered that there are toys out there that entertain your dog and makes him work for a treat. Where do I find such a wonderful invention, I pondered? So off to PetSmart I go! After wandering up and down a few dog toy isles, I discovered the "Buster FoodCube: The original food dispensing toy for dogs."

It's incredibly easy to use and Davey caught on really quickly. It took him about 30-45 minutes to get every last bit of treat out of the cube and spent most of his time pouncing on it and kicking it around like a soccer ball. This is by far his favorite toy. I posted a video of him playing with it for the first time. 

I'm really interested in some other games to play or ideas that I can use to keep him entertained and mentally challenged so that he won't chew up everything. He has taken well to his kennel and pretty much has the potty-training thing down, so my next challenge will be to get him to stop using our bodies as his personal chew toy. I'm up for any suggestions.

A Little Horse

There's not a whole lot of new stuff to report. School is out for the summer. I'm just waiting for grades to be posted. We took Davey to the Vet for his second round of shots and a general check up on Wednesday. He's as healthy as the little horse that he's become. It's hard for us to believe that he's only 9 weeks old and 20.2 lbs! OMG! He's developing quite a personality and has just recently added "leaping" and "pouncing" to his growing list of abilities. With all the energy it takes to keep entertained, I really enjoy moments like this:

OR THIS:

Have a great day!

A Special Treat

I got the CUTEST Mother's Day card from Davey yesterday (a big "Thank You" to whomever lives in Vegas and sent me this one)! So in the spirit of Mother's Day, I decided to post some pictures of our little guy who honestly seems to be growing an inch or so a day.

My "Mother's Day" card

Cuddle-time after a long day of work & school.

He does very well walking me.

A day is not complete without some wrestling with the original Alpha Male.

And a day is not complete without some Puppy Love.

Check out how big he is already, and he's only 8 weeks old!

Yeah, he's so spoiled! This is how I put him to sleep almost every night.

I Survived the Blast...21 years ago

I've been waiting a while to actually do this post. Most residents of Henderson, Nevada have probably grown tired of the subject but in reflection it was a pretty awesome thing to see. So, with that said, I will recount from memory what I remember from 21 years ago today-the PEPCON Blast.

It was just a normal, quiet day at Fay Galloway Elementary School. If my memory serves me right, it might have even been a little overcast, but for the most part a clear day. I was in 5th grade and was working as a hall monitor but for some reason I was outside while everyone else was inside. I remember the big, huge black cloud billowing up from the valley below. Within moments, the largest explosion I have ever witnessed happened right before my eyes. I ran frantically into the building to tell someone and ran smack-dab into a teacher. I don't remember much after that except that the entire building was evacuated. Like most other kids at Fay Galloway, we thought that Kerr-McGee was on fire again, and since a majority of our parents worked there we were kind of scared. Of course, there were some boys that started reporting that it was either a) a crashed airplane that missed McCarran, or b) a nuclear attack from the Russians (we were still involved in the Cold War) that tried to take out Kerr-McGee which made the fuel for the fighter planes at Nellis Airforce Base. Nice, boys huh. Class was dismissed early and we got to go home. Our walls were cracked from the blast and we spent the rest of the day watching the footage being replayed over and over again on Channel 3 and 8. I had no idea at the time that it could be felt 600 miles away in Colorado.

Just in case you were wondering where PEPCON was exactly (I always have) I located a picture since it was so long ago and at the time it was out in the middle of no where surrounded by dirt and desert. I think they built Black Mountain Industrial Park over the old site.

Of course, if you want to, you can always look up the "PEPCON blast" footage on YouTube. It's still pretty incredible to watch, or you can wait until they show it again on Discovery's "Destroyed in Seconds".