The Puppy Saga Continues

We managed to find a good home for the little black lab who wandered into the yard last week with his sister. He went to a retired teacher I worked with and her husband. Of course, there were a lot of tears from Rachel after they left with the dog. She asked Dad if she could keep the other dog and Dad had to think. He asked me the next morning what I thought and I said, "If you would have seen all of those tears, you would have said 'yes' right away." So - to make a long story short - we have added another dog to our brood!

Puppies!

We had 2 stray puppies wander into the yard on Friday night. After many phone calls to see who they belonged to, we concluded that someone must have just "dropped" them off near the farm. They are really cute (and I am not even a dog person) and well behaved with the kids. Although I did lose one of my potted plants to the puppies last night! They also thought they should come on my morning walk with me. Not a good idea! Rachel, of course, has fallen in love with the pups but Mom and Dad are already searching for a home for them. Already having 12 farm cats, 1 dog, 3 kids and a yard full of cows, I don't think we need to add 2 puppies into the mix. Wish us luck!

Corn Huskers

We had our first taste of sweet corn from the garden the other day. The girls had fun husking the corn!

Sunflowers

In the midst of a busy week (Grandma's birthday, 2 days of Music Teacher workshop, carpet cleaning and moving furniture), we did have time to go up to the sunflower field for some pictures. Good thing I took the pictures this week - the sunflowers are starting to mature so they won't be this pretty very much longer!

Other news - Rachel is very excited to have her own room! We moved Jordan and Sarah into the same room so Rachel could have "her own space." The room is very tiny and looks even smaller with the furniture in it but she is happy.

I only have 1 week left of summer before I have to go back to work. It has been a wonderful summer and I have enjoyed staying home with the girls. Todd will hopefully start the wheat harvest next week.

I guess that is the end of the news. Enjoy the pictures!

Slumber Party at Grandma's!

Grandma Marilyn took on a lot when she invited all 3 girls to stay all night at her house. They were so excited to pack their suitcases and walk the "long walk" to Grandma and Papa's house (it is only on the other side of the yard.) Of course, we received a phone call after 9:00 saying that Jordan wanted to come home. She did go back at 7:00 in the morning for "supper" (which is breakfast, lunch, dinner and supper to her!)

Crazy Hair!

Jordan has just the right type of hair to stand on end in the tub. She really enjoyed getting her picture taken!