Baily at 6 Months

Baily is six months old this week.  He's become a big part of our life and brings joy (and some irritation) every day.  He now weighs 42 pounds and still growing.  Big week coming up, Tuesday he spends the day at the vet getting his "wings" clipped.





Oct. 4, 2012

 




Feb. 8,2013

 




Oct. 4, 2012

 




Feb. 8, 2013

 






Just Relaxing

Lazy week, long walks on the lake and cozy fires.

Crossbills

Our feeder which contains fine sunflower hearts has been taken over by both White-winged and Red Crossbills.  They chase the Redpolls, Goldfinches, and Pine Siskens away.  Their food of choice is pine nuts, so they must find the sunflower hearts a good alternative.  First time we have seen them at the feeders here.  Here's some pics of the Red Crossbills, look closely and you can see the crossed bills.

Family Weekend

This past weekend Delaney was baptized.  Lucas, Renee, and Scott flew in for the weekend, so we had a great family get together.



Lucas has perfected the "army crawl" and is covering a lot of territory.  Always interested in what Beckett is up to.




Some cool dude ready to go out for some sledding.




Grandma flirting with Lucas.




Proud Dads




Lucas chatting it up with Delaney.  Lucas is 2 months older than Delaney.




Beckett trying to organize a group shot







Tough to get everyone looking at the camera at the same time.



One very happy Great Grandma.

Winter Walks

One of the joys of winter here is to take long walks on the frozen lake.  It gives you an entirely different perspective of the shoreline; you see many natural features and structures that go unnoticed when traveling the lake by boat.  Baily loves it.  He has free reign and wanders far and wide.



For added traction on the ice we have "diamond ice grippers" that fit over the soles of our boots.  Work really well, got them at Cabella's



There's about 4" of fluffy snow on the ground so the walking is pretty easy



Baily checks out anything sticking out of the ice.



A snow squal blowing across the lake; Baily is right off the point of our bay going out into the main part of the lake.  We get lake effect snow from Lake Superior just about every day.



Baily checks out the ice fishermen off in the distance.



Likes to run



And he always leads the way home



Life is good



School Daze

Baily began an 8 week obediance class in Minocqua this week. Here's some pics of his first day in school. There's about a dozen dogs in the class.


The traditional first day in school shot.



Registration and meeting the classmates



One of Baily's new found friends



The classmates are amazingly attentive given they don't speak English



Macy trains Baily to heel.  Baily trains Macy to provide lots of treats if she wants cooperation



Baily continues Macy's "provide treats" training



Dawgs

Baily joined us at Karyl and Doug's for New Years this year. Baily, Daisy, and Scout all got along well and, as we frequently say, "A good time was had by all!"

Daisy with Karyl

Didn't take long for Baily to make himself at home.

A dog's life, always on the wrong side of a barrier

Daisy sharing her water with Baily

Best time of the day...belly rubs