When Bobi Jo came to Seattle in August, we put together a little plan for an Ousnamer/Nelson/O'Connell get together. We decided to build it around Sheridan's Second Birthday. Our fun little reunion was last weekend, in Cour de Lane, or Couer de Alane. Or however you spell it.
While the weekend had a very stressful beginning that had something to do with me not putting the key back in the lock box on the front porch and then putting a pot of water on the stove to start the dinner preparations and then the Idaho gang arriving and us all hugging in the front yard and then the doors having an automatic locking mechanism upon shutting and then us all realizing that we were done locked out and then Neil going around to every window to check for just one lucky unlocked window to no avail and then trying to get in touch with the owner for her to come and save us so that we could have our lovely weekend and then the fire alarm in the house started alarming because of my stupid pot of stupid water and then Karen learned that a neighbor had a key to our weekend house so she went over to her house, barefoot, because her shoes were inside, but she wasn't home anyway so she couldn't help, and then........i kind of went into a catatonic state of anxiety because i was so afraid of burning down somebody else's house....and really, i was hopping around the back porch watching the pot on the stove and waiting for it to ignite into a ball of flames. And then--Neil broke a window and jumped inside to save the evening (the weekend, the house, my life....) Thank god the house did not burn down.
There was no smoke damage, the window was repaired, and we had a GREAT weekend! And Karen and I got to ring in Sheridan's third year of life!!
Altogether, we were a group of seven adults, two kids, and five four-leggeds (or three four-leggeds, according to Bobi Jo's calculation). We managed just fine! The dogs did amazingly well together.
This is Lane
This is Riley
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| He looks forlorn here, but he is actually a happy dog. |
This is Jimmy and Vic
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| Jimmy is still a puppy, hence the crazed expression. Vic is a gorgeous specimen and I would like to adopt him should the Mary and Neil ever need to give him up. Both these guys are big goofs. Love. |
And you all know what Barley looks like. She was along for the ride as well.
Patrick took us our for a boat ride. It was a perfect Bluebird day. See?
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| That's right, I am TWO! |
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| Lovebirds, Patrick and Bobi Jo |
We had a lot of fun, just hanging around the (not burned down) house. I love hang out time. It was so fun to see everybody, share meals, laugh, see Sheridan laugh and run and tell us what coyotes eat, and really just BE. It was also really fun to share Reed with the Ousnamers. This Family is awesome, and I love that Karen and I get to be part of it.
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| Briana and Sheridan and the canine pillow, Vic |
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| I hate that I did not get enough pics of Neil and Mary. This is Neil, and he is a very, very fun Bamba. |
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| This is Mary |
It was fun to see Sheridan and Reed interact. I look forward to watching their friendship develop over the years.
Thanks, Everybody! We had a great time. Looking forward to Sheridan's Third birthday!!
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