is for Dog. We've had our dog Buck for almost 6 months now (gosh has it only been that long?) and couldn't image our life without him. He is the perfect dog for us (even though we built a fence in the back yard he can jump over!). Tyler is SO great with him too! He feeds him everyday and as soon as we get home in the afternoon he takes Buck outside to play until the sun goes down. Buck really loves going to the park to play fetch with the Frisbee and run around in the creek. We usually take him to the park on the weekends when it's nice outside. He's also getting better about running next to me on the leash. About 2 weekends ago we dog-sat the Syke's dog Cooper and Buck LOVED that. He's very playful and it's always nice to see him and Cooper together. His other friend Taz is an older so doesn't like to play too too much, but they still enjoy each other too! We love you Buck

...and Buck makes 5!

We finally found our new dog and he was definitely worth the wait. Eric found a listing on Craigslist for a black lab and we went to visit him this Saturday morning. By the afternoon we had him back at our house for a "trial run". After spending just a couple hours with him, we knew he was the right dog. The family we got him from did a great job training him and had several kids (13, 5 and 2) so he is great with the little ones. He is a 1 year old pure bred black lab so he still has plenty of energy, but is really well behaved. His name is Buckeye and we call him Buck. He loves to catch frisbee and play fetch (definitely prefers the frisbee though) and of course loves to play in the water. When he is ready to come inside he lays down and loves to get attention. We are all so excited to have him around it is great for the boys to have a dog to grow up with. We are definitely lucky to have him. Of course, he is a boy so the Mick family boy to girl ratio is now 4 to 1. Yowza!