Mackenzie fetching his frisbee at the park

Mackenzie is not great at fetch yet -- half the time he gets distracted and doesn't bring it back, or when he does, he refuses to drop it. However, this time he did well!

Mackenzie eats a rawhide "munchy roll" in 5 mins 30 secs

I filmed Mac to see how long it would take him to eat a 10in/26cm long compressed rawhide "munchy roll." Answer: about 5 minutes. $1.62 per munchy roll = $0.33 per minute. He's worth it. :)

Mackenzie chasing his tail the other night

Happy Birthday to Mackenzie!

Happy birthday to Mackenzie - he's now 6 months old, and weighs 47 lbs/21 kg. He's gotten so big!

birthday presents for Mac

He still likes walks and going to the park, mealtimes, rawhides and ice cubes. He still dislikes coming when called, and going outside in the rain! His adult teeth are in, and recently he's destroyed all his stuffed toys. However, I did buy him another of his favourite monkey toy for his birthday; it's his third one. Good luck, Monkey III.

Photos from Niseko, Japan

Matthew and I had a good time on our second snowboarding trip to Niseko, Japan with our friends Lindsay and Grant. Snowboarding, onsen (hot springs), Japanese food and sake - what's not to enjoy? :)

We even saw a red fox one night when we were walking to dinner. Unfortunately, it was too far away and too cold for me to take off my gloves to get a picture.

This year we went slightly later in the season, and had slightly iffy conditions at the beginning of the week, but midweek it started snowing again and didn't stop!

Amanda, Matthew and Mt. Yotei

Family lift - view from our apartment

Matthew at bottom of Boyo run

Here's the album with the rest of our photos from the trip.

Looking cute

Here's Mackenzie in the back yard - age 5 months and 18 days.

Photos from Wellington Trip

Last weekend we went to Wellington, New Zealand for our friends Angelica and Jono's wedding. It was our first time to NZ! Wellington is a cool little city -- very pretty harbour, lots of coffee and craft beer, etc. We even got a chance to do a little wine tasting in Martinborough, where we visited Palliser Estate, Schubert Wines, Ata Rangi and Coney Wines (Schubert had our favourite Pinot noir of the day). We're looking forward to getting back to NZ for a longer visit sometime.

the happy couple!

Takahe, a rare flightless bird

Gollum sculpture at Wellington airport

Here's the link to our photo album from the trip.