Cooper has a visitor!

Ginny came to visit today and Cooper had a great time smiling and even giggling a little :) It was great to see her and I think she enjoyed meeting the little man ;-)

Day 6: Homecoming

We left Elko, NV headed for home early Monday morning. We had an uneventful drive, save some icy roads in southern Wyoming. Grandma, Grandpa and Tatum put on an amazing party when we arrived :)

What a wonderful time with my Trap dog. And it made me appreciate my (human) family even more than before!

Asleep en route to Utah

The Great Salt Lake

Mountains near Park City

Yep, more mountains--view from Salt Lake City

Outside of Park City

Red rocks

Wyoming wind turbines

Tired pup--is he actually using my coat as a blanket??

Yes, he is

Beautiful flowers waiting for us at home

Tate sharing the jello he made for our party

Trapper wanted some, too!

At home with possum

The party boy!! So good to see him :)

Grandpa cutting the chicken

Trapper's new best friend

Dad and Tatum

Still begging--what a svelt 11 year old boy, though!

Be my friend, Trapper!

Sorry, no more chicken

Good boy!

Let's celebrate!!

Ha!

The ribbons :)

What a spread!

Silliness

More silliness with Grandma :)

Cooper boy! So good to see you again!

Silly boys!

So good to be home

:)

More Cooper--is he looking at the wine glass??

Waiting for the "dessert" from Tatum

Yummy!

Now ice cream?!

It's good to be a Champion!!

I hate this hat, Mom!!

Come on, Trapper, smile!

Grandpa and Cooper

What a good baby!

We'll miss you, Grandma & Grandpa! Thanks for staying with us!

Happy baby--the next day

And so it begins.....

Sibling rivalry

Day 5: What an amazing day!!

Wow, what an amazing day this was. We had a clean run in Hybrid and made it to Challengers!! Going into Challengers we were the #5 overall 20" Preferred dog. We had a clean run, finishing 4th in Challengers. All in all, 5 out of 5 clean runs at Nationals, a great time with Michael, Trapper and tons of friends. And of course, a fantastic first time at Nationals with my 11-year-old buddy, Trapper. I truly couldn't have asked for a more wonderful experience. Now to drive home and see the boys, grandma & grandpa!!

Trapper and his "buddy" Sulley

Can I please stop touching another dog now??

Screen shot of our final standings :)

My boy and our ribbons

What a good dog!

Here we are after Challengers

Come on Trap, look happy to be next to me!

Headed home--lamb trachea for snack

Yum

More yum

Trapper's "souvenir"--the possum--he loves it!

Leaving Reno

Ahhh...

Tired boy

Mountains

More mountains

He's getting very sleepy!

Yep, more mountains

Sunset

Up close

And he's OUT

Why?! did you use the flash, Mom!!

Celebrating in Elko with bottle of wine from Michael :)

Good boy!

In his kennel with his possum

Happy boy

Have I mentioned he loves his possum?

Goodnight!