Nola's Back and I am slacking on the posts

Ok, this may be a long one and Im sorry about that, but I have been really bad about putting stuff up here lately.
Big news - i have the puppy back. FINALLY. I got her out a couple of weeks ago and I think she is having fun. The first weekend I got her out, Ford came over and we took her to some of the beaches around town. We got her in the water, and she is not the most graceful swimmer, but she is getting better. She loves loves loves the sand though. Yesterday I took her to diamond head beach and she put her whole face in the sand and snorted the sand and had a minor attack. She was fine and i was dying laughing.
The rest of the weekend Ford and I drove around the entire island going to different beaches. We surfed in a couple of places and I am going to go ahead and say that i am progressing at a quicker pace on the surfboard than he is. he is going to deny it if anyone asks, but dont be fooled.