Back From Vacation ***LOTS OF PICS***

[sparks19]

Well we are back from vacation. It was wonderful for the most part. would have been better if my sister had stayed home. She always has to make it miserable for everyone. I don't know if anyone remembers my post about my dad requesting that I leave Teddy behind 2 days before vacation. he told me that it was because the kids were afraid of him.... turns out that was BULL. My sister apparently told my dad that if Teddy was coming then she was not. she said she had a dog at home that she didn't want and didn't want to deal with Teddy on vacation (since you know she only knew Teddy was coming for over 3 months but left it until 2 days before to say anything) when dad said too bad Teddy is going she went to her mom and they conspired a way to get dad to say no to teddy, so she told him the kids were afraid of him. Teddy went anyway and the kids LOVED him. I couldn't keep them away from him lol, I wish I had some pics of them all together but I don't :(

So here are the pics. there will be videos to come but I haven't got them on the computer yet.


This is on the drive there



Are we there yet

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How about now

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A pic from the car of the Allegheny mountains

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Swimming
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So handsome

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Here is Teddy with Buddy (he belongs to the people that own the resort)

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Throw it throw it throw it

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Why doesn't he want to play with me?

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This is my 10 year old Niece (Paige) and I in the paddle boat and Teddy swimming back into shore after coming to say hello
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This is what he did most of the time. We didn't even have to throw anything he would just swim and swim. going no where in particular lol
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Here is Teddy with my younger Brother Nick. they like each other but Nick left on tuesday because he had to work. when he went to work he got cut with a chainsaw. Luckily it only required 20 stitches and there was no bone damage and very minor muscle damage. he is OK

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This is out front of the cottage

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these were two dogs that got loose from their house and came to visit. They were very friendly and luckily their collars had a phone number on it so their owner came to get them.

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The view just outside of our cottage

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Teddy's first experience with a frog LOL

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We had beautiful sunsets
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Paige and I in the paddle boat

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this is a cottage out on an island across from us

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We went to a place called the Wye Marsh. it is a conservation area and they have lots of critters there

Goats
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Here are some birds that they are rehabilitating

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These are some young Trumpeter Swans that they are Rehabing from lead poisoning and injuries
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Great Blue Heron (he just lives there by choice he is not a rehab bird)
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Trumpeter Swans they also live there by choice.

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A turtle on a log
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I am not sure what kind of snake this is but we scared it by accident and it went into the brush and as we were looking to see if we could see it we scared a frog and it jumped over the snake. all of a sudden the snake took off after the frog. he missed but it was very cool to watch. here he is after missing the frog

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this is a young barn owl. she said he will be ready to start flying in about 2 weeks but he still has some "baby fat" to lose. We got to pet him. they are INCREDIBLY soft, unlike anything I have ever felt before. she says that is what makes them silent fliers.

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On the way home we had to stop at a hotel because the weather was really bad. Brian took a picture of Teddy and I in the morning

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some random pics out of the car window on the way home

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that's all :D

[zoey]

Grand pics!! Ty so much for sharing these. Those labs really lo-o-ove to swim, don't they?
Wow, i'm so sorry your little brother got injured with the chainsaw. That's awful, but it sounds like he'll heal up just fine. The pics. with him and Teddy are great!
The paddleboat looks fun too. Sometimes those things are so tiring!!! (But good exercise, so yanno).
No kidding about the sunsets. :D :D

[zoey]

That owl is amazing. I've never touched one before. I bet it's really soft. It's amazing how you got the shot with the wings staight up like that..and that wild goat is beautiful too. Those snakes really camaflouge well. I could hardly see it. :D :D

[Chilli]

Looks like a blast! Though I don't see how anyone could not want that handsome Teddy around.
Those sunsets were gorgeous! Absolutely amazing.

[sparks19]

Thanks everyone. Teddy had a wonderful time on vacation. We left on Saturday and he is STILL tired. LOL

We did a lot of fishing too but it always seemed the camera wasn't around when we caught the fish so unfortunately I don't have any pics of that.

[Zany_girlie]

Fun stuff! Great pictures! Looks like a blast!

[Laura's Babies]

Thanks for sharing your vacation pictures with us. I enjoyed them ALL, especially the sunsets and the ones of Teddy sleeping with ya'll.... that is so sweet!

[Daisy and Delilah]

Isn't it great that Teddy got to go? It looks like he had an absolute blast. We could call this "Teddy's Big Vacation" ;) Great pics. Glad you had a great time!! Welcome back :)

[JenBKR]

aww Teddy is such a sweetheart, I can't imagine how anyone could possibly be scared of him! Glad he got to go though. Looks like you guys all had a blast! Where did you go by the way? Looks beautiful!

[Pawsitive Thinking]

Great pictures of "terrifying" Teddy on his holiday. He looks like a great big lovebug to me!

[sparks19]

Thanks everyone :d

Well it turns out no one was afraid of Teddy it was just my sister being a jerk as usual.

We went to Georgian Bay. more specifically it was Honey Harbour, Ontario. it was gorgeous. We have been going up there since I was a kid. Actually since before I was born.

One other cute story to share.

When my youngest neice and my youngest nephew got there they were all over Teddy from the start. Well later that night Spencer (my nephew who is 3) was tired and grumpy and my brother decided to heat up a piece of pizza. Well of COURSE Spencer wants a piece of pizza too, however, it is 12:30 AM (Yes it was late but it was vacation and we were all up fishing and the kids were catching all kinds of little fish so they were having a blast)
So mom says NO PIZZA. Spencer is not happy about this and starts to pout and is so close to throwing a little tantrum (very tired).
I turned to Spencer and I said "you can't have pizza NOW" and he says "why" and I said "Well Teddy is a very sleepy puppy but he just CAN'T go to sleep until you go in and say goodnight to him. We don't want to keep such a sleepy puppy awake just for pizza do we?" and he just stares at me with this face like "really?" and I said "you better hurry he's waiting in his bed for a goodnight" So all three kids go in and are sitting in a semi circle around Teddy (who is on his makeshift bed) Teddy rolls onto his side because he knows lovin is on it's way they are all petting him and saying goodnight and Teddy did the sweetest thing.

one by one he went to each kids face and gave them one kiss each. spencer forgot all about the pizza.

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I wanna night night kiss from Teddy!!

[I_luv_rusty]

Aww Cute story above!!! Beautiful pictures of the sunset and whole trips!!! Teddy looks so cute when he sleeps!!!! Look like him and you had lots of fun!!! :D