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Click here to see Spike’s other half (WARNING: Not so pretty! Don’t say I didn’t warn you!)

How did I end up with this borderline-pornographic picture? I was going to sleep last night and Spike rolled on his back into this funny sleeping position and I thought it’d be cute to get a picture. Mind you, the lights were out at this point. I turned the lights on for a sec, snapped a picture, and only then did I realize how unpleasant his underside is. It turned into one of those things I felt I had to share.

This past week we welcomed a third edition to our animal family. Meet Spike:

Spike is Brent’s dog from back home. His parents are going on vacation and asked us to look after him while they’re away. You might not be able to tell from the picture, but he’s huge. We’re talking 60 lbs huge. He’s old though and doesn’t cause any trouble. Riley and Nilla are keeping him on his toes, if not pissing him off a bit.

Last night was a milestone for me. I wanted to write a post then but decided to wait until I could include picture evidence. In my entire bowling career I’ve never been able to bowl three strikes in a row (a turkey). I’ve had the chance more times than I can count but have never been able to convert. Everyone around me has bowled turkeys, numerous times. As Kam eloquently put it, I’m “always the bride’s maid, but never the bride.” Well last night I was the bride, four times! It was the best night bowling I’ve ever had. I only took pictures of the first two:

I can finally say I’ve tubed the Comal River. We’ve been itching to go tubing all summer but the Guadalupe, our usual destination, has just been toooo low. And I mean so low that you have to get out and walk w/ your tube for half of the river. We could really use some more rain around here! The Comal was plenty deep though. We’ve only avoided it in the past because we’ve heard it’s a pain to get into the river, which couldn’t have been more true. The main get-in point is right next to Schlitterbahn and the entire surrounding area has been commercialized with tubing companies. All of the places wanted to charge us $5-$10/person to get in the public river, and we even had our own tubes! Blah. None of us had any cash on us because we didn’t expect to have to pay anyone for anything. Denicia came to the rescue though and sweet talked one of the guards into letting us get in for free. Once we finally got in the rest of the day was fun. And to top the day off, we went to China Harbor for dinner .

The end of summer is coming fast. It’s been a hot one thought so I welcome the Fall.

It’s the middle of August - prime time for moving. We’re pretty much the only people that live in a house with a garage. As such, we’ve been accumulating all sorts of neat stuff that people either just don’t want anymore, or that they need to store somewhere while they try to sell. Over the past two weeks we’ve received a mattress, dinner table, coffee table, recliner, computer desk, and all sorts of other stuff. Our garage is quite a site. More importantly though, we got another dog! Justin’s neighbors back home found a six month old lab mix that was in really bad shape. They nursed him back to good health but couldn’t take care of him anymore, so Justin took him. While Justin looks for a new place we’re letting the dog run around in our back yard.

Anyways, I made good use of my camera phone again:

Him and Nilla made great friends. She freaked out when they first met but they warmed up to each other quickly. They’ve been best friends ever since

Here’s Nilla trying to take him on a walk, or is he walking her?