SHUFFLEBOARD TOURNAMENT

Our last shuffleboard tournament each year is a "novelty" tournament. We play two frames sitting on chairs, two frames playing with our left hand, two frames where we score only if the puck lands on a line, and two frames where we only score if we land in the "kitchen" (which is normally a minus 10). Anyway, we had a lot of fun and I had one of my best games with a score of 64.

The Ref...

Shooting left-handed...

Shooting from a sitting position is quite awkward!!

What form!!!

SPRING FLOWERS

Just had to share this picture of cactus flowers. We walk past a lot of these when we are out walking the dogs and it never ceases to amaze me just how beautiful they are.

RICA AND CHICA

What a beautiful little girl!

Tennis anyone?

Couldn't resist snapping this picture of Rica sound asleep in their toy box. How cute can you get?

Loren and I attended the Idaho Picnic today with our friends Claudia and Allen from Idaho Falls. Allen retired from the City of Idaho Falls and Claudia is a retired teacher. They are a lot of fun!! (Claudia's cousin, Diane Blume (Garcia), worked for Loren at the Idaho Department of Administration - small world). We didn't know another soul at the picnic but had a good time anyway. Next year we will invite more of our Idaho friends!

OBEDIENCE TRAINING

I have been taking Rica to Basic Obedience Training for the last seven weeks and tonight she graduated!! She learned to heel, sit, down, stay, and come. We started the class with seven dogs and tonight "graduated" only three - Rica, a border collie and a blue heeler. Here she is with her graduation certificate (she is completely exhausted after the hour-long class!!).

CRAFT WORKSHOP

When we first started coming to the park they had craft workshops every Monday afternoon but hadn't had any for the last few years so I volunteered to try and get some going this year. This afternoon 13 of us made No-Sew Fleece Ponchos. It only took about 1-1/2 hours and they all turned out really nice. It was a little too warm (88 degrees) to be wearing them though!

YUMA KENNEL CLUB AKC DOG SHOW

I showed Chica at the Yuma Kennel Club AKC Dog Show this morning. It was a first for both of us and we learned a lot and had a blast! She got First Place and Best of Breed ribbons for the Chihauhau group and First Place ribbon for the Toy group (she was the only Toy in the competition) but lost out Best of Show to the Border Collie. She also got a nice "silver" canister for her doggie treats.
Strutting our stuff...

The exam...

The competition....

The result....