family weekend

Two weekends ago my sister and brother in law drove down from Minneapolis with their Australian Shepherd Gertie! We were so excited for the dog cousins to meet, and to have our first real guests in the casa. Well....Shamus was, uhh, excited. Understatement of the year. The dog was so obssessed with Gertie he wouldn't eat, he wouldn't go outside to pee, (if gertie was inside), He. was. nutso. He was also more than mildly aroused, and committed a number of incestuous pelvic pumps on poor Gertie. It was a break-up-the-humping fest all weekend!! (TMI?)

Here they are peacefully coexisting for a matter of mere seconds.

 I'm sure Shamus attacked within the next five minutes.

pretty gertie!

 mom and amy - friday night at our house

To get Gertie a little break from Shay and to get a little of Bob McCue's AMAZING food (he made the best flank steak, homeade onion rings, fried artichoke hearts, baked potatoes, and sauteed mushrooms for dinner), we went over to their house on Saturday night.

 this is Gus's first appearance on the blog! He's about 13 years old, doesn't he look like a puppy? (besides his gray beard) He left Gertie the heck alone, as he has a bit o' doggie social anxiety.

 I love taking pictures of her! She's so good and still!

 the dog wheesperer.

Everyone watching DVR'd SNL with Zach Galifianakis. Hysterical. (p.s. like my dad's airplane pillow he wears 24 hours a day? it's the new hot fashion accessory. super comfort.)

Relaxing in the calm, Shamus - free environment!

To give my pup some credit, he was awesome the last day Gertie stayed with us. They were so cute playing outside, and he was totally chill with her down in the basement. And she really liked playing with him the whole time, and definitely put him in his place when he needed to be put there.

Since Gertie's departure, Shay has honestly been noticeably calmer! I think she rubbed off on him in a huge way, so I'm sooo glad she came, as embarrassed as I may have been!

And now I think I will talk about people. I still like them, I promise. :)

We were so happy to be able to put our guest room and guest bath to good use. Since they're both in the basement, it's a really private area for guests and Todd and Lisa said it felt like they had their own hotel! Besides playing with the dogs at home and the park, we went to our favorite spot, Mi Ranchito, for some good old fake Mexican food you can only find in Kansas. We also enjoyed an awesome brunch made by dad, played tons of Bananagrams, and topped it off on their last night with Minsky's Pizza and Scattergories. Indulgent weekend for sure. I wish I had more pictures of all of us together, they're on my mom's camera, but we had a fabulous time and can't wait to visit Todd and Lisa in Minnesota!