Maude likes to help with the dishes

Maude could be in a dead sleep in the other room and the second she hears us start to load the dishwasher, she suddenly appears to help with the pre-wash :)

Camping Cove Cabin weekend

Juneau is full of cabins out the road owned by the state or the forest service that you can rent pretty cheaply.  For super bowl weekend, we skipped the game and all electronics and went with our friend Jordan & Meredith and their dogs Spirit & Coby to Camping Cove cabin.

After a 3.75 mile hike to the cabin, Maude was excited to play ball by the water.

We played Cards Against Humanity by candle light and headlamps.

Maude & Brian enjoyed the views.

Maude & Spirit hanging out.

Maude has become a lot better at fetch lately.  She loves to chase the ball!

Beautiful sunshiny weekend.

This picture cracks me up; evidently Brian didn't get the memo about which way to look :)

Maude thinks camping is fun and exhausting.

Happy McFhergulsmas!

Our friends Aaron & Lindy recently asked us if we would host Aaron's not-birthday party.  He has Scottish heritage and instead of throwing a birthday party, he turns it into a Scottish festival of some sort.  A party to celebrate his birth, but without the birthday stuff.  We said "absolutely!" and here is a little glimpse into the evening:

Scottish drinking games

Scottish eggs

Caber toss

Everyone wore handmade-by-Lindy loin-cloth kilts

No "Happy Birthday" and instead "Auld Lang Syne"

 

An impromptu celtic dance lesson by our friend, Catharine who danced competitively in her childhood years.  Hilarious!

Brian had a few this night, which I think only helped in his Celtic dance lesson.

Maude's Contemplative Turf

Maude has a new spot in our yard where she just sits for extended lengths of time and watches the neighborhood.  She started doing this a couple weeks ago.  She literally just sits like this underneath the big tree in our front yard and watches things.  She doesn't bark when people or cars go by - she just takes things in :)  

Got crabs? Maude does!

Maude caught a Dungeness crab at the beach the other day.  She has high class taste.  This photo was taken by our friend Jordan while Brian struggled to get the crab out of Maude's mouth.  I guess it was barely alive when she found it and she finished the job.  

Maudie!

Out little Maudie is not so little anymore.  She's around 50 lbs. now and her neck is slowly growing through the progressive notches on her collar.

We finally got her a name tag.

Now if this precious face is ever lost, hopefully some friendly stranger will bring her back.  She knows pretty much everyone in the neighborhood, though, so I don't think we need to worry.

If there was a canine tooth fairy, Maude would be rolling in quarters right now.  We've been finding her teeth all over the place and have managed to save a few for photo ops.  Crazy!

Look at those pearly whites!

Happy New Year!

Maude had a play date with her friend, Lena, while we went to a party on New Year's Day.  They played.  A lot.