Petpalooza

In an effort to raise money for "our" (OPT, John and our family) medical dog, John manned a booth at Petpalooza with a friend Erlene who makes and sells cute & fun accessories for dogs, and Lisa who oversees Dogs for Cures and her son Liam with his diabetic dog.

The kids and I went to support John, see all the dogs, and to have a little fun.

Which we did...

A little Face Painting

Yes and even Tate sat surprisingly still to get a lil paw print on his face.

Pony Rides

Tate loves Horses-books, toys, and well real horses from a distance! He was hesitant at first but after he saw all the ponies and sat on a few different ones he found one he wanted to ride on.

The bouncy houses are always a big hit!

Then there were the dogs-which we mostly looked at from a distance. Risso was at the booth next to John's and although I'm actually very scared of Rottweiler's this one was gently, sweet and hard not to love. Her owner Bill assured us she loved women and children and when she rolled over for her belly to be rubbed I fell for her.

We ended with the park-where McKenna practiced her Monkey bar skills and Tyler and Tate happily flew down the slide.

John didn't move much, but he did go for a stroll with us.

And then it was over...We hope we get our dog soon!