Summer Art's Festival

Sunday after church, we hit our usual spot-Costco to pick up a few things and for a slice of pizza...trying to kill some time before meeting up with our good friends the Thillianders, Leeders and Bill's best friend Ben.The Summer Arts Festival was going on down town close to the Old Market and it was the perfect sunny day to stroll around. We took Phoebi and Sawyer down to see the ducks....but they didn't really like Phoebi so they just hissed at us.

We decided to take Phoebi with us thinking, "Hey, she would love walking around down town, how bad can it be?" The answer is: bad. SHE was GREAT, she walked so nicely, never pulled on the leash and let everyone in Omaha pet her. The bad part was everyone else that was at the festival! Oh my goodness, we could not walk four steps without people stopping and asking about how big she was, if she was a Dalmatian/Great Dane mix, if they could pet her and how much food she ate a day....it was exhausting! Melody and I found that if we just kept walking and didn't stop, it didn't give people a chance to come over, but if we ever stopped at all.....we had more people swarming around us than the Kettle Corn stand! There were quite a few other dogs that we met and they all got along really well together! Although Phoebi was the largest one there! I must have gotten used to how big she was because once I saw her next to other ones, she just looked enormous! She's such a goof ball*

We wandered up and down the streets looking at some interesting artful expressions....and I hate to sound distasteful and unappreciative.....but here goes: some of it was downright ugly. There. I said it. But other people seemed to really think it was marvelous so who cares what I thought! It was a pretty hot day, so we made several stops by the free water station, where Phoebi downed about 21 of those little plastic cups of water.

Everyone knows that you can't go downtown without stopping at Ted & Wally's for Ice Cream!

I loved this sign that was posted at the counter: Children left unattended, will be given a double shot of espresso and a free puppy! (I made sure Sawyer stuck right with us!)

We sat outside in the little patio area to enjoy our treats. Sawyer and I shared a dish of Dutch Chocolate, Bill got a cookie dough shake, Ben got a snicker doodle and praline waffle cone! Then our friends Brandon and Laney showed up with their little son, Nolan!

I had to chuckle at this sign about cleaning up after your dog, because as soon as we had gotten out of the car to the festival, Phoebi decided to potty all over the parking lot...and it was a LOT! Thank goodness we had our potty bags with us!

Needless to say, Phoebi had a great day with all of her adoring fans but fame comes with a price: Exhaustion. As soon as we got home, she went right into her bed and passed out!