Honestly, does it get any better than this?

More vacation photos.

At the lake

This is vacation at Lake Martin. Life is good.

Dining room, almost complete

Short of some touch-up paint and some work on that horrible wall o' knotty pine by the fireplace, the dining room is finally completed. I like the color, and I really like some of the photos that I printed to hang on the wall.

See you in less than 24 hours, Mom and Dad! We are excited!

One more dog...

On August 7, we will be adding yet one more mouth to feed to our family. Military working dog Randy A143 will be making a 14-hour flight from Incheon, S. Korea to Dulles Airport in Washington DC, as she retires from nearly 12 years of military service for the US Army. Her future plans? Snoozing by the fireplace, wrestling with the small dogs, chasing her beloved Kong in the backyard, getting lots of love and ear scratches from a 4 year-old little girl, and generally kicking back and relaxing.

The kennelmaster promised better photos, but for now I just have one. Here's ex-MWD Randy, posing as a frog. Isn't she cute?

Ciao!

Robin.

In the sprinkler

Bryan worked today, so Katy and I had a "girls day out." We had lunch out, then stopped and picked up a few groceries, a sprinkler, and a magazine for me. The lawn was looking a tad parched, so I figured that I'd sit outside with a magazine and a nice cool drink while Katy both helped the grass get watered and ran off some energy by playing in the sprinkler. Of course, she was too cute, so I had to go grab my camera. I still have that magazine--maybe I'll get a chance to read it tomorrow!