Nero Update

A lot of people have been asking for pictures of Nero so I thought that I would post a couple.

It is nearly impossible to see his eyes anymore, unless you pull his hair back.  They are brown if anyone is interested.

He finished his obedience class and got Most Improved Dog.  If only he could behave in public the way he behaved in obedience class :)  Kidding aside he is a good dog, but we still have a lot of work to do on getting him more comfortable with meeting new people and on his mouthing.  I actually thought we had the mouthing under control, but this week he has been grabbing me and the kids with his mouth a lot.  So back to square one on that one.  He is also getting quite loud, so we are trying to figure out how to quiet him down.  However he is very happy and he does listen quite well most of the time and he has not had any more accidents since after the surgery so I am going to count my blessings for now and hope he grows out of some of the other things.

Vacation

We took a short family vacation to celebrate the end of the school year.  We booked it prior to getting Nero and the resort we stayed at did not allow pets, so we had to leave him home with a sitter.

We spent the first night in Pittsburgh.  We really liked Station Square and the kids really enjoyed the Disney themed fountain show.  The inclines were the hit of Pittsburgh for us though. 

 

 At the top of one there was a museum and you could see how the incline worked.  It was pretty cool.

 

The view of the city was pretty cool as well:

 

 On the way out of Pittsburgh in the morning we stopped at Round Hill Park.  They had a working farm that we got to walk around and we saw 13 piglets and their parents, chickens, turkeys, sheep, and horses as well as the buildings and a garden.  It was a pretty neat stop to break up the drive.

Then we were on to Shenandoah Valley, VA.  We stayed in a 2 bedroom cabin at the resort we stayed at and they had 2 pools and a large hot tub outdoors, which was pretty neat.  The kids got to tie dye t-shirts as well, which they enjoyed.  We also went to Shenandoah National Park which was really beautiful.  We hiked down to the waterfall, which was a bit longer of a hike than we thought and we were all pretty worn out by the time we got back to the car, but I think it was worth it:

 

 

 

On our way home we stopped and got to spend some time with Aunt Bonnie and go out for crabs.  I failed to take any pictures that night, but we had a lot of fun.  She actually has a neighbor with 2 foxes and the kids got to pet one!

Graduation

 Isaac graduated from pre-k this year and they did a nice graduation event for his large class.  As we were getting ready to go to the event Mackenzie had a small breakdown because she hadn't gotten to go to her graduation.  The year of her pre-k graduation I attended a conference in Orlando and the kids, Brian and my parents flew down and we all went to Disney World.  I asked Mackenzie which she would have preferred, Disney or graduation and before Isaac's ceremony she said she would have preferred graduation.  After the ceremony she informed me that she would have chosen Disney.

Isaac did very well and was extremely proud of his diploma.  They even threw their hats in the air at the end of the ceremony.

 

Here is another great shot of Isaac sleeping in his Lazy Boy: