Father's Day Weekend in the Hamptons

We had an early start saturday morning when we brought Brandon to the airport at 6am.  Once we got back to the house we had breakfast and decided we were up for the day!  I went out to run some errands before 8 and even ran into one of Daisy's Vet/nurses.  I picked up some key ingredients for the nectarine hazelnut pastry that I baked that morning. 

Once the baking was done and we were packed, we jumped in the car to head to the 'Hamptons,' also known as the suburbs.  Daisy took the driver's seat as I loaded the car.

In the afternoon we headed to Mokena where Daisy met her cousin Charlotte.


Daisy and her cousin (my brother's dog) Charlotte

Daisy has a tendency of waking up the same time Sunday as we do on Saturday... I guess its our fault for setting the tone.  Last Saturday, I woke up at 4:30am, let Daisy out, brought her back in for a nap as I went to the H2O sale.  The day after that she woke up early again, naturally...   This weekend we spent the night at my parents house and Sunday morning she was up at 5:45am again (after waking up 5:45am on Saturday to take Brandon to the airport).  We didn't get a nap in after that...  I take that back--I didn't get a nap in after that.  Daisy made herelf comfortable on dad's recliner lazy boys...

After we spent most the weekend in Mokena, I headed over to Brandon's parents' for dinner with his family.  Brandon's team has been winning the first two days of the nationals tourney.  Daisy got to meet some aunts and uncles and Papa & Carol.  Even ran around the yard with Brandon's brother Andew's dog, Vegas.

After a nice weekend we headed home only to find bumper to bumper traffic all the way back to the city... bummer.  We finally made it home, washed up, and called it a night!

Monday came and it was storming in the morning!  We went out quick and ended up staying home and taking a recovery day.  Daisy didn't mind....