"little man"

The first 5 months of Easton's life as "our" dog, in the words of 'E' himself...

Here I am with some of my new friends Mora and Sandy(and their parents R & D) and my big sister Mollie and my dad. And see how good of a dog I am, I'm the only one that gets to walk off leash.

Here I am taking my Papa and Mom and big sis for a rainy day walk, "come on everyone, home is this way."There's my beautiful mom and her dad.(my papa)
Here I am showing Mollie who the boss is gonna be. She is but a shadow of me.
My big sis is always so serious and ready to 'go' at the drop of a paw, she should mellow out and enjoy the flowers a little. She's a lot of fun once you get to know her, don't let her bark scare you.
There she is in her favorite position, sun bathing/ sleeping.
Here's my mommy again, helping me to enjoy a pool party.

And my Oma at the same pool party, she treats me real good too, a lot like my mommy.Here's my mom gettin' a little wild at the same party, don't ever let her tell ya she's shy.You guessed it, belly flop contestant #4, my mom. (She had better form than my dad's belly flops)
Here's one of my cute friends I've met this summer at Bocce Friday's, I just love her curly hair and the way she feeds me good food.

Here I am trying to get Mollie to get a little lively, she just wants to be calm and swim or dig for rocks while I think we should jump on each other and bite each other and put our heads under water for multiple seconds.(my dad has counted 7 seconds with my head underwater)
Here I am swimming in the mucky pond early in the spring. I'm actually going for a frog here but I'm not sure if mom got it in this photo, sometimes I'm to fast for photos.
Comin' at cha'. I'm running down the dock here with my dad in the background. This is where we go for our swim outings. I still haven't gotten a ride in the boats...dad says it gets hair everywhere or something like that.
Here I am playing a good game of 'tug' with my sis. This game upsets my dad because we don't bring the stick back to him. I say..."if he needs it, he should come and get it"
Here I am running (probably for home) like a big dog. I think I like running(especially chasing rabbits or deer) as much as I do swimming.
Here's another of my sister and me swimming, actually were waiting for dad to throw the stick but you know what I mean.
Here's my pretty mom blowing bubbles for us making everyone smile, well except for Mollie, she had to get a little frumpy as usual but she was having fun by the end. My mom has the cutest smile.
I'm not sure what these 'bubbles' are but they sure were fun.
Here my dad, my sis and me when I was real little coming home from one of my first walks here at this farm place.

I liked tennis balls from the beginning.
And digging, I love to dig and Mollie is good at teaching me the intricacies of this wonderful art. Once again, my dad doesn't like this game we play, so you have to do it when he's not around and work fast.
Here my mom was being silly and making puppy prints. I was just shaking my head wondering what I had gotten' into and hoping she works fast.
I wore the big girl out, she can't keep up with me. Were pretty cute huh?(we like/LOVE beef marrow bones if you were wondering)

Here we are at the beach, where the water tastes funny. Mollie got sick(both ends) from drinking the beach water.(more like gulping)(sometimes I tell her to act her age)(no one ever said she was the smart one in our family)
Here I am hiding under the couch in the first couple months, I soon out grew this groovy spot and can no longer shimmy under the living room furniture.
Here I am working my sister over and letting her know who the boss is going to be.
Here I am taking my mom and her sister/my aunt Sarah and her daughter/my cousin Maggie and my sister Mollie for a walk.
Here I am caught mid stride running through the butter cups.(I look real fast)
Mollie always has to get sassy and sound like were fighting, which always ends the fun cause dad doesn't like the noise or the tone in her voice.(sometimes dad's not much fun)
Here's my cute cousin Maggie, she was pretty fun but still a little to small to play with me.
Here's my mom reminding us why my daddy wanted to kiss on her forever. And my sister 'posing' for the camera.
Hello, my name is Easton and I'm going to be living here.
Here's my neighbor Midnight. We can play together alright but Mollie always has to get in the middle and Midnight doesn't like when she does that so he doesn't hang out much since I've been around. What can I say, I like to have a good time.
Here's my cute family, and me liking my mom, she tastes good.
Here I am looking cute as ever asleep in the horse barn. I'm probably about 10 weeks old and I've already discovered the wonders of living with horses.
And here I am, wet from swimming in my favorite creek.(Dixon)

September Visitors

September 23rd is The Motocross of Nations and E and I are lucky enough to be hosting two of our favorite guy friends. Aiden and Brad have accepted an invitation to visit us here in MD. A is going to visit with Auntie Emmie on Sunday while Brad and I head over to Budds Creek MX and catch the race. The race is the top three moto riders from different countries all over the world and then all of the countries compete in a combined format race with each riders points counting for the team overall score. The last time the race was in the USA was '83, and it will probably be many years till it returns to the states. We are looking forward to hosting them for the weekend and also for the race.

Here's some photos of Brad's father's day gift, it's the bar between bikes and also the little seat between his arms for the little princess.
Here's A showing us how to blow mega bubbles:

Tractor Pull #2 (tuckahoe steam and gas association)

My wonderful wife accompanied me to the local tractor pull Friday evening. She said it may be her first and last. But, with some time I'm sure she won't be able to stay away. The $15 gate fee was part of the hesitation for her.



(proceed only with redneck interest)...





I believe this Allis-Chalmers was running multiple turbos on one giant diesel motor. These tractors have an awesome turbine sound and each one in the super stock class has a distinctive sound.


Those deere have a nice green look to 'em.


Maybe a blue New-Holland to plow the garden with? These are still the same super stock class with the awesome sounding/pulling engines.
Find 3 non/rednecks in this photo/ win a prize.

A Case-International running on alcohol, again with a totally different sound, kind of a whirrrr with some deep base and crisp, with minimal visible exhaust. You can ask E and have her re-innact this tractors sounds for you.

Not sure of the make on this tractor blowing smoke rings while at idle and low power. It was a new tractor, less than 5 pulls. It stopped very short with no visible breakage and left the track under power. Another smoke blower. Over 310 feet is a full-pull.



And everyone's favorite(?) a john-deere named "one more deere." She blew beautiful, powerful, black smoke.
This "Hillbilly's Bear" was E's favorite, this one made her think she'd like her husband to have a tractor-pull tractor in her garage someday. Below the steering wheel I think it says..."Special thanks to my wife Lisa."

You might be a redneck if... your flamed racing pants match your flamed truck paint scheme.
Emily made it through 2 hrs for her first pull. After the first tractor class, the rest of the tractors and trucks are unbelievably and uncomfortably loud and not as impressive to me as the stock modifieds and multiple engine super mega machines, so we left and missed a lot of traffic. Also the camera battery was dead. Thanks to Emily for her patience.("just 1 more pull after the next" she kept hearing)