P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face

Franklin as Lady Gaga

Next in the parade is Lady Gaga! O wait, no that's Franklin dressed as Lady Gaga. Great costume Franklin, so believable. I can hear the kids screaming from down the street. Speaking of screaming, Franklin's favorite scary movie is Scream. Perfect example of a scary Halloween movie. Thanks, Franklin, for joining our parade and bring us a little pop culture.

Franklin is Sleepless in Seattle Part III

The next day we decided to go on an adventure. We took a ferry across the Puget Sound.


And visited Olympic National Park. You know how I feel about the outdoors, and the sheep seemed to like the fresh air too.



Here we are at Crescent Lake. This moss just grows everywhere.



We decided to pay a visit to the Ranger Station.



But Ranger Gordon wasn't home. He must be goofing off with the whole gang down at Possum Lodge.



We saw the biggest tree in the gosh darned forest.



And then we hiked out to Pacific coast at La Push. The sheep wanted to go for a dip, but there was no way I was ridin' in a car full of smelly wet wool the rest of the way home.



The hike back to the car sure was purdy.



And then we came to this city called Forks. Sounds like a utensil to me, but DJ said it had something to do with some movie with Vampires and Werewolves.




After grabbing some chow it was time to head back to the ranch. And then hop on a plane back to Iowa with John.

It sure was a fun trip out to Seattle with the whole gang.

Franklin is Sleepless in Seattle Part II

Any good ole sheepdog knows it's the proper thing to do to bring sumthin' nice along when you're visitin.'


John and Erin went to some fancy-dancy seafood joint for dinner. The sign said no dogs allowed, so they promised me and the sheep some leftovers.



What in tarnation is this stuff. They just keep starring at us!



We talked John and Erin into taking us out for ice cream instead.



Then it was Superbowl Sunday. Jesse fixed us up with some nice submarine sandwiches.



Then we watched the game. What was that ref looking at?



The fixins sure were good though.



And we made s'mores in Erin's fireplace. Made me homesick for the campfires on the trail.

Franklin is Sleepless in Seattle Part I

I reckoned it was high time I took a trip out to the state of Warshington to see the sights and check up on the sheep. We will get to the sheep soon enough, but I needed to see the sights of the big city first.



Somethun smells a lil' fishy at this next place.



Erin wanted to take me to see this here Arboretum. Soon enough I found a pond with some ducks. I barked and they just came closer and closer!



So I told John I was gettin' mighty cold, and hopped into his sweatshirt pocket.



We were all a bit tuckered out, so it was time to go the ranch and check on the sheep.

Bon Appetit!

Franklin as a Chef

Franklin from Iowa is trick-or-treating this year as a famous French pastry chef. His main course is sheep shaped sugar cookie but his most favorite candy is peanut butter twix. Unfortunately, chocolate is not good for growing puppies so he can't eat the twix. Instead, he trains his human, John, by giving him twix whenever he does tricks. Franklin, thanks for joining our parade and passing out the best candy.

3 Strikes and your... Turkey!!

Ug. O suppose it is my turn to write on this silly blog. I guess you wonder what I do when I'm not reading and writing on this blog. Well...it really is none of your business but since everyone else thinks I need to share here we go.

One thing that I like to do is bowl. So when Chris, D.J., Erin, and Franklin came to visit Justin and I took them bowling. Boy did they need help. You know bowling is a sport and has some general do's and don'ts.

Cheers!

"No, its A-E-R-I-N."

Like this, right?

No, let me show you how it's done.

I got it just where I want it.

Ouchie...

This is the one for me.

Good Franklin, remembered your shoes

I smell a good one.

Weeee!

X!

Little help here.

Aw...so close.

Cheese!

And we remembered to put all of the bowling balls away

Well we all had a great time bowling. Anyone willing to take me on, come on out to Iowa. They even sell beer by the mini pitcher (Hey I'll do whatever it takes to win)

Franklin Goes to the Mountains

Howdy Y'all! I've been busy tending to the flock back here in Iowa, but John managed to wrangle me away with him for a trip to the Rocky Mountains. We had a darned good 'ole time, and I even learned how to navigate through the big city of Denver. We stayed in the the city with John's friends Brent and Alex. They were real nice folks.

Here I am on Lookout Mountain, a fur piece from home, but a dandy of a view.


John got to go to the Denver Zoo and take some pictures of your cousins.


I dunno why they wouldn't let dogs in the zoo! Not fair at all if you ask me!

See y'all later!

Dogs' Day

Play time:

ooo....ball!

Grooming:

ooo...that's the place

Ouch...NOT the place!

mmmmm

Herding practice:

Hey, watch it buddy!

(shh...we are just pretending to be herded.)

Haha, Got'cha!

Nap Time:

My beanbag! Take the floor.

zzzzzzz..........