COUNTING THE DAYS . . .

(Sorry everyone--blogger was down last night and wouldn't let me post!)

We have been counting the days and today we are down to just two days until Grandpa's Sister Sally and her husband Seth arrive. (That's Aunt Sally and Uncle Seth to me!) We are all very excited for their visit. They are coming for Dad's birthday. They have never seen Jonathon so it will be fun to show him off. He was born about a month after we last saw them, if I remember right.

We gardened today for awhile. Grandma planted and Grandpa supervised. I added some Alyssum seeds to the edges of the garden while Julie let the little ones run through the sprinklers. Once we turned the sprinklers on we knew it would rain. Sure enough, within the hour it began to cloud up and the rain started. Luckily it did so right as we finished.

Once we put the kids down for a nap, Julie and I decided it was time for the dogs to stop shedding all over the house. We pulled out the hair clippers and each grabbed a dog and began shearing them. I took our lab and it took about 3.5 hours but she is totally naked. Julie took our lab collie mix and unfortunately her clippers weren't quite as sharp because it took her about 5.5 hours to make her naked. However, they are a lot cooler now and they love that! And we won't have to be sweeping up after them all the time. Yippee! Skippee! WE LOVE NAKED DOGS!

Well, gotta get some sleep. The kiddos wake up early!