Dixie Sulks While Beau and Junior Frolic.

Middle Hawthorne showed up Sunday afternoon with Beau.

Beau is an American Bull Dog, born late January of 2008.

He absolutely loves Mr. Hawthorne. Check out this video.

And Beau is enamored of Dixie's derriere.

Check out Beau's nose's proximity to Dixie's rear. And check out Dixie's expressions. Just show's what she's thinking.

Dixie can be so scary looking. Little Beau, who's extremely muscular and huge, is such a gentleman. Well, except for when he's sniffing Dixie's butt. He always defers to Dixie. He knows it's her home and he respects her. And Dixie always lets Beau know who's la chatelaine.

Isn't Beau a handsome lad?

Here's Beau after going for a little run with Middle Hawthorne. Youngest Hawthorne came home for spring break too and brought 10 week old Junior, a lab mix. Here's cute little Junior trying to play with all of Dixie's toys. And here are Junior and Beau playing together. Check at the very end when Junior walks away, Beau reaches out to him with his paw. More Junior and Beau playing. Beau has a massive jaw and loves to play tug-of-war. He could easily swing little Junior around and throw him through the window, but thankfully he doesn't. Beau plays nicely. Too bad Daughter Hawthorne couldn't join us with Giada.

This is one of my favorite pictures of little Giada. Daughter Hawthorne shot it at the beach last summer. I miss Daughter Hawthorne and Giada.