Pop Pop is Donald Duck?

As long as I can remember my dad has entertained many children, including myself, with his Donald Duck voice. Now my children get to enjoy this talent of Pops. No one is ever really sure what dad says, we only know that it enthrals the kids and fills them with delight!

It was a great visit with Mom and Dad....aka Grandma and Pop Pop. The kids love their grandparents!

Rachel is In!!!!

Rachel the happy homeowner! It is official she is in her house! Congrats Rachel!

The Kitchen


The laundry room off of the kitchen.


The front room.


The den


The hallway from bedrooms to front room.


bathroom....dad thinks its comfy. Spent lots of time in there....looking at the tile, right?


Master Bed....furniture arrives Friday! (Doug, are ya busy?)


Master Bath




Zane and Rachel's shed. Coolest feature of house. Its as big as my living room!

Wyley at CHAMPS!

Throughtout the swim season the kids are trying to meet benchmark times that would qualify them in various brackets for the end of the season meet, CHAMPS. As you might recall, Wyley first swam a 1:59 in freestyle. Well, he worked his little tooties off and met the time qualification for CHAMPS, in the Bronze bracket. Here is his race from June 26, 2008. You'll notice we need to work on the start!

Wyley did well in this race. He swam his best time of 30.18 seconds. Not bad, huh?! He also qualified himself next year for the Silver Bracket. His final comment on the swim season, "Next year, GOLD!!"

(anyone who knows how to rotate video, let me know!)

Matese.....

Well, after spending the week in the vets office, our kitty is now home! We still haven't narrowed down the issue, but the vet is leaning toward something toxic that she ingested. Well, we are still giving her meds to finish up the antibiotics and are also giving out liver meds. Her blood tests showed that her levels fell either within normal or almost normal. BUT she is not eating like she should. Either the cat is picky....how could this be from animal that cleans itself i ask!....or really hasn't gotten her appetite back. she ate while at the vets and didn't need the tube afterall! Like I have said before, Matese isn't the most social of cats. She usually runs away and hides or swats at you. But she has been quite mushy lately. So much so that when we brought her home from the vet and I was able to cuddle her, Wyley said, "They fixed her! She's being nice!" I have more pics and updates to come so be ready!