Lovely, long weekend

I love holidays. Especially minor ones like Labor Day. Of course I love Thanksgiving and Christmas as well, but with Labor Day I get all the excitement of seeing my family without the added pressures of making a big fancy dinner or buying lots of presents. This past Sunday, hubby and I got to hang out with my family and then on Monday we got to hang out with his. No big deal, just burgers and dogs on the grill and sitting around and visiting. Of course, there was much more sitting around with his family than mine. See, as you all may have figured out, I have this puppy. We took him with us to visit my folks and if the long car ride wasn't enough, my cousin has a new puppy as well. His puppy, Charlie, is very used to playing with other puppies quite aggressively (all in good fun). Rocky, not so much. Poor Rocky was terrorized by Charlie, who kept jumping on him and biting him on the face and the ears, and grabbing him by the collar and trying to pull him around. Now, Rocky out-weighs Charlie by about 20 pounds, but the poor boy doesn't have an aggressive bone in his body, and he just basically rolled over and let Charlie chew on him! He did give it back a little, but he spent on awful lot of time on his back! So I spent a lot of time chasing the dogs around and breaking up the fun when it was getting a little too rough. Rocky crashed on the way home and basically slept for the next 24 hours. (The doggy Tryptophan might have had something to do with that as well - yes we drugged our dog). All in all, it was a great day. I love getting to visit with my family. I know I only live 1 1/2 hours away, but sometimes it feels like more. I miss seeing my parents and my brother all the time. It's always great to see all my cousins too - especially Jeff and Amy who made the trip down from New York with Charlie. I hope you all had a good holiday weekend!