spring break

This will be my last post on traveling for a while, I promise.

A few weeks ago, we drove back to Wichita for Brian's spring break. The 11-hour doozy was Annabelle's first road trip... we weren't sure how it would go, but she did so well. We attribute a lot of that to Stryder's good influence. She basically does whatever he does, so since he is such a great dog, she is too.

It was really fun introducing Annabelle to Wichita. We also celebrated my birthday, spent great time with our families, saw friends and just relaxed. I caught a pretty horrible 24-hour flu bug - not so much fun - but other than that, it was a wonderful week.

One of the most fun parts of our visit was getting to see all FOUR of our family goldens together. Lesley was also on break for a few days while we were there, so it was the first time that all of the doggies had been together at once. As you can imagine, Annabelle was absolutely in heaven. She played so hard all day long, and quickly grew to adore her cousin Stella.

My mom with Junior, Brian with Stryder, Les with Stella and Em with Annabelle

Annabelle snuggling on the bed with the boys

We also got to reunite Annabelle with her brother, Brinkley. When we walked in the Buttner's door, the dogs went absolutely nuts. We're pretty sure they recognized each other, even though its been two months since they were together. We just love it that they will be able to grow up knowing each other!

The Smiths and the Buttners