My Marty

A few years ago I took this photo of Marty at camp.  He has always been a pretty serious guy and I love here how clear his eyes are and how thoughful he looks.  He is now 12 1/2 and loosing his eyesight.  He sure still is his mom's boy and I love him to pieces and hate to think of the day when he won't be with me here on Earth.  Anyhow, a few months ago I saw the groupon deal of the day was a canvas photo enlargment for $29 including shipping.  I jumped on it and had this photo done, so I can always treasure this face......

A patch of sun....

My three little rescues.....

Where did I find this guy? He who loves Pugs as much as me!

And you thought I only made tutus for Pugs????

Cakes and Treats

The doggie cake...the dogs said it was delicious!

Silly little cake I made for the humans! 

The treat bags!  Filled with all sorts of fun stuff!!!!

Vinny's First Birthday!

Vinny & his mama ready to celebrate

Recognize anyone?????

 

Mia & Jess (heh, whose that little mama in the background?)

Grabbing that little corner of sunshine

Hmmmm, that doesn't look like a Pug????? 

I'm pretty sure someone was handing out fruit here.....

Ernie loves his mama!

Mia loved that watermelon!

Mia and Zoey in their tutus!  Those two sure act and look alike!

I just didn't have enough lap for my whole group!

Vinny couldn't take anymore fun!

Heh, kid got any candy?

Best friends!

No, I did not dress these two to match!!!

Excuse our delay!!!

Sorry for the delay in talking about our fun weekend!!!  I switched to the new Blogger interface and was a little slowwwwwwwwww working it out!!!


We waiting Saturday for our houseguests to arrive.  Finally at 7 p.m. they rolled into the driveway.

Now we would have normally taken some more photos of the arrival.  But it was pretty much like "welcome to camp crazy"!  Our gang were barking their little wiggly butts off when our friends Jess with Miss Mia and Vikki with Mr. Ernie came into the house!  Miss Kiki has already been to Ernie's house twice, and we all met Mia, but frankly the poor thing had only been with Jess for a day, so everything was very different this time around.  We pretty much decided that Mia and our Zoey were "birds of a feather".  They looked alike and sure acted alike!  They took MANY more photos of Saturday night than I did, so be sure to check out their blogs to see the action from their view! 

We ate a late dinner and sat and talked.  We got to talking about Lilo and our other little furry friends that have passed.   This year has been an especially hard one for our little world of Pugs.  Jess has a glass bead that she had custom made for Lilo from Maybeads.  Jess and I were talking about how Maybeads was working on a huge order of Pug beads.  I told them how I secretly SO wished that one of my own friends had ordered all those custom beads and that maybe I'd get one as a gift.  So they went outside to get their bags and when they came back in they were bearing gifts....

Wine from Vikki

A pen Jess made me from a glass Maybead charm!!! 

A canvas print of sweet Lilo in my favorite dress.

What a good laugh they got from me and all my wishing!!! 

It was so wonderful to have friends FINALLY visit NY!!!!

We got company!

Some company rolled into town that are attending Vinny's first birthday. Anyone recognize that car? or can you see whose inside?

Giving new meaning to stuffed Pugs!

C sent me this photo of what's happening at home today. Four of the six decided to take the smallest space to nape. In the back are Marty and Rosie and in front are Kiki and Chloe. Zoey is off alone napping and Stewie is following C around the kitchen.

Stewie's Bakery Adventure

Stewie took his first trip to the bakery. Of course the absolute minute we grab his harness Kiki wants to join in. These two are quite a pair! Against my better judgment I let the two of them sit in the front seat. They actually did behave. It's only 2 blocks away so they didn't have long to stay good!Once inside Stewie stuck to Kiki like glue. Then I showed him the cookie showcase!

and they both sat on the doggy sofa while I chatted.

I have to tell you six does not feel like a lot of Pugs, and this little guy..he fits right in!

The boys....

Oh, excuse me Stewie...were you napping?

Stewie goes to camp!

We popped all six in the back and headed off for camp. Everyone but Kiki napped. She preferred overseeing the drive.

Once there P set up the "pugpen" and everyone got in.Not long after we got there C, PJ, and Charlie arrived. They all decided to go out on the boat, so I decided to grab a quick nap. This is the scene that greeted P when he got back a couple hours later.....Charlie took a rest in between playing. Finally Rosie plays tug with Charlie! She wanted to so bad and finally got the courage.
On Monday everyone headed out and I decided to check the internet. Seems Stewie figured out how to help surf the web....

Then Stewie settled in for a nap. Seems that boy can sleep anywhere.

P and Stewie chilling.

I think this little guy is the perfect fit for our family! Thanks SEPRA!!!

Meeting the gang....

Everyone was anxiously awaiting our arrival at home. Although we did not expect that homecoming to be at 3:30 a.m., it was all good! I walked in first and was greeted crazily by the gang...a few minutes later P walked in with Stewie. There was a LOT of sniffing and Kiki barked like crazy. We put Stewie in the pen in the middle of the kitchen to get his bearings. He came from a foster home with multiple Pugs, so he pretty much took it all in stride.

Come on mom, let me out...I can handle it!We popped trouble maker Kiki into the pen..... she was VERY interested....and then just let him out and all was well...


P headed off for a couple hours sleep and I did my best to stay up. Around 5 a.m. I knew I was not going to be able to pull an all-nighter, so I popped Stewie into the crate and headed to be with the others. I layed in bed and listened for any crying and was so wound up I couldn't sleep. Finally I drifted off and before I knew it the alarm was ringing....7 a.m. Time to get up and pack for camp!!!!

Tomarrow: Stewie's first camp day!