Amazing Weekend

This weekend the weather has been beautiful, so we have spent a lot of time outside. Saturday morning Hope, Daniel, me, and Jackson walked to the park. There's a little pond that's completely frozen over so Daniel took Jackson to the edge and let him walk on the ice. It was so funny! He slid all over the place. There are also geese everywhere and Jackson was dying to chase them. There was a softball field that was completely fenced in, so we took Jackson in there. A whole flock of geese were sitting in the outfield. We took off Jackson's leash and he ran full speed towards the flock of geese. They all scattered and honked really loud. We played fetch until he could barely stand anymore. I love taking him to the park for a long walk because then he's tired the whole rest of the day. When he's tired, he's not being obnoxious or chewing things up or getting into trouble.

Later that night, we threw a birthday party for Daniel's fraternity brother Jackson. We have never had so many people over to our house. It was completely full. I think Jackson (the dog) was really overwhelmed. He wasn't jumping on anyone, or even excited. He was almost scared of all the people. We sang happy birthday, and had cake. Some people (I won't say who) got very sick and ended up sleeping on our bathroom floor. Everyone had a great time anyways. It was a blast. Our wonderful roommate Eric stayed up until 7am to make sure that everyone was okay and his girlfriend even cleaned the kitchen for us. When we woke up the kitchen was clean and there were sheets in the washing machine.

This morning I wanted to take Jackson to the dog park. We've never been, and it sounded like a lot of fun. Unfortunately, there aren't any really near us. We drove about 20 minutes away and when we got there, I was really surprised. There were 20-25 other dogs and their owners inside a small fenced area. When we got inside, we let Jackson off his leash and he took off. For 45 minutes, he just ran. He chased other dogs, and other dogs chased him. It was so fun to watch them all. There were a couple little chihuahuas all the way up to a 5 month old mastiff puppy. The mastiff was absolutely gorgeous! There were 3 other black labs there, and one was a little 3 month old that had just been adopted from the Dumb Friends League! We got to talk to other owners about their dogs and pet lots of other dogs. It was a blast. And after about 45 minutes, Jackson was exhausted. We knew he was exhausted when he sat down for the first time. He passed out asleep in the car and he's been sleeping the whole rest of the day. I definitely want to go again. The people and the dogs were so nice.