Last Sunday we took the boys for a ride on the trike and quad. We had lots of fun and Scott and Jesson only had to winch Conor and I out of the mud once. There was PLENTY of mud. It was great to spend time outside together as family. Sometime soon we hope to make an afternoon out of ATV'ing to a park to build a fire and have lunch...perhaps we'll wait until the mud dries up a little.

On Monday we spent the day with a little foster dog named Alfie. He needed a haircut badly so I offered to give him a try. The poor little thing was matted down to his skin so all all I could do was shave him pretty much bald. He was patient through most of it and has an excellent temperament. He'd make someone a wonderful pet with some work on his manners. If you're interested visit the New Hope Dog Rescue site and check out "our pet list" for further information. Alfie is being fostered by Elaine Ogenchuk here in Rosetown.

If having Alfie over to play for the day wasn't enough excitement, we had Kenya and Kairo over after our evening walk too. Their Mom Allison is a good friend of mine and our local obedience instructor. Her boys were very well behaved even though they were too hot in our house. Jesson and Conor were thrilled to have such big dogs in their living room. Thanks for the visit Allison!

Whether it's making milk mustaches or rainbow toast, the boys enjoy spending time in the kitchen and love to "help" with anything I'm doing. As soon as Conor hears the water running when I wash my hands to get started, he yells "chair!" from the living room and comes running to push a kitchen chair up to the counter. Jesson has mastered the toaster and loves to make his own toast. The rainbow bread was a big hit.