Brandt's first movie

the 4th of July

We celebrated Brandt's 12 th birthday and the 4th of July last week here in the city. Where would you imagine Brandt would pick to spend his birthday? Out of the entire city and all it has to offer, Brandt wanted to spend the majority of his day at the dog park! Brandt knows all the dog walkers as well as the dogs and the days and times they come to the park. We also found out there is a dacshshund festival in October that the kids insist we have to come back for.
The 4th was pretty laid back. We had a good view of the fireworks from our apartment so we didn't have to fight the crowds in the city. Uncle Keith flew in to spend the weekend with us. He spent today fulfilling everyone's "wish" list- he took Halle to play putt-putt, Brandt to see Hancock, and Kenzie out for sushi. He should be thoroughly exhausted by the time he leaves tomorrow!

The last 2 days have been crazy busy with Halle's Wal-Mart job. She had a great time shooting Christmas in June! She even got to have a "fake" mom one day. She said having a fake mom was fun but she doesn't want a fake dad- that would be weird. Not exactly sure what that says about me, but I'm trying not to overthink it! She bonded with the photographer over their shared love for dachshunds. They exchanged pics of our little boys and his litle girls.(Any opportunity to talk about Charlie!) He gave us a lot of positive feedback at the end of the shoot- I don't know if that's a credit to Halle or the dachshunds! We also met with J Crew's tailor today to fit the clothes for the shoot on Friday. And guess what Halle gets to wear? Dachshund pants! I'm telling you, we are just dachshund people- they follow us everywhere! I will post pics from the shoots Friday night.