Dinner for 14

We had Kendall's sister (Torrie) and cousins (Marge & Mara) in town, so we gathered all the relatives for dinner at our place.  I should have gotten more pictures, but that didn't seem to happen.

 

 

Good Day Off

I took the day off from work yesterday, mostly to focus on writing papers but the fact that it was my birthday made it even better.  I took myself shopping for about an hour - such a treat when I have such limited time.  I read in the pool (for school of course!) and then dinner at Firebirds with my guy.

 



Gracie Takes a Trip

Now that Gracie is an only child and she traveled better than Jake, we decided to take her along to the cabin this weekend to see how she would do.

She traveled quite well.  This is a rare moment when she came up front to see what was going on.  For the most part she hung out in the back seat area, napping occasionally.

Speaking of napping, she seemed to do that quite a bit at the cabin!  She seemed to like the smaller space where she was in close proximity to us at all times.

We Have Berries!

A few years ago at the cabin we planted some berry bushes - red raspberry, blueberry and black raspberries.  Of course there were also some strawberry plants too.  Well, the red raspberry and blueberries didn't do very well at all so they got pulled last fall.  This spring we planted two more black raspberry bushes and they seem to be very happy.  If we were at the cabin  more often, it would make for better harvesting, but we'll take what we can get.  Very flavorful!  One of these years there will be enough for some jelly - yes!

A Very Sad Day

Today we said goodbye to Jacob - "Jake".  As the owner of a pet you always wonder when it is the 'right' time.  We decided this week it was Jake's time, but it wasn't an easy decision.  So with tears in our eyes and heavy hearts we went to the vet and said our goodbyes.  We'll certainly miss that guy and his attitude around the house.

Jake in a sleepy mood several years ago