Mark & Mandy

Lola is growing and growing and I thought I would give everyone an update. She is now 16 weeks old (almost ready for a rabies shot). We have been trying hard to get her as much socialization as possible – she goes to puppy daycare a couple times a week where she gets to play with all types of dogs. We have also started Puppy Kindergarten.

Most of the class is spent playing and romping with other dogs (yes that is lola beating up on an Austrailian Sheepdog – Haley is her name). But we are also learning basic commands – Sit, Down, Stay, No. We think she is such a smarty pants!!

She has also outgrown her puppy collar and has graduated into a bigger size XS instead of XXS. We had to get a matching leash – here she is showing off her stuff.

Each morning we take her for a walk to try and run some of her energy out of her. We have a great open space trail close to our house and as we walk on the trail she bounds through the tall grass. Mark calls it her “wherethefuckarewe” bounce.

She is quite a bundle of love and lives for validation. She will be heading to Montana this month – her first plane flight. We know she will do great. We are still learning what to be careful of… last weekend when were were out of the house for a couple of hours we came home to find the little devil happy to show us her art project.

How can you resist!!

Last night we (Mark, me, Jessica and Yancey) trekked over to Red Rocks to see Mr. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. We arrived to a bit of rain, but we were able to park at the top of the lot and avoid the 800 stairs to get into the ampitheater. Yancey forgot a jacket, but Jess had a bright red fleece blanket that he wore as a cape – “Chicks dig capes” is what he told the parking attendant.

The black crows opened for Tom Petty and it was quite a show. Jessica and I wondered what the attraction was between Kate Hudson and Chris Robinson – or how they hooked up.

Turns out that Tom Petty sounds just as he did when he first started playing, and still continues to look as “sexy ugly” as possible. He is actually starting to look more like the Fonz (Henry Winkler), but Mark thinks he looks a bit like John Elway (must be the altitude or the beer). Mark and Yancey smoked some stogies and we supported our local brewery and Yancey by tapping the rockies and drinking Coors.

Tom played all of our favorites, ending with an encore for me “American Girl”. There was a huge variety in the ages of the concert goers – and lots of tribute smoking out. Red Rocks is simply amazing, both the sound and the setting ROCK!!