Every Boy Needs a Dog

As much as he would want one (and he does) unfortunately it's not going to happen. However, there are opportunities out there for dog loving boys. He was in dog heaven this weekend when we went for dinner at the condo of our Relief Society President, Ann Romish and her husband. They have two dogs (one in Cooper's arms, the other quite similar) and their son who is deaf/blind came over with his golden retriever service dog who was a real beauty and very friendly. Cooper was in dog heaven. They live on the 9th floor in a high rise in the U-District (as in UW for those not familiar with Seattle) with a fabulous view of Lake Union and the Seattle skyline. They are fabulous people! There was also a heated pool which despite the windy, chilly evening was also enjoyed by the boys as you can see from the photo of Spencer.

Last week Spencer finished his last day of elementary school (sigh). He is moving on to middle school next year. The last week of school was pretty much one big party. The picture with the girls is from the 2nd to the last day when they had a field trip where they went to the Space Needle (which gave me a headache--I guess I'm getting old) and they "rode the Duck" which again if you are from Seattle needs no explanation but if not, it's a big silver boat looking thing on wheels with a canopy over it that tours around Seattle on land and water. It was a rather fun day. The girls are just three of the six that are his friends. He's quite the ladies man.