Friday, August 22, 2008

The Commander in the House

Dear Everett,
Do you remember Larry? We met him years ago when we were still renting in GA. We've never lived in the same state, but we've remained friends after we met through work. Since he lives in FL now, we've met more in FL than anywhere else. As in the past, Larry came to town for a football game--the Steelers play the Purple this weekend!
Here Dad is explaining the construction of Fred's fence, to Larry.
At the family dinner, with nieces Sydney and Avery--Syd has just finished opening her birthday presents.

The kids playing fetch using apples instead of tennis balls with Paisle...the pup was not fooled for long! Sure she ran after them, but she would not pick up the funny tasting apples....
The girls, triumphant in beating Auntie (yours truly) in a foot race, officiated by the Commander. I am so excited for the football game tomorrow! Okay, so football was never really your thing--you were much more interested in soccer. Well, we all have our quirks.... ;-)


Speaking of quirks, this was Paisle's first time meeting Jerome (Nina and Jerome shown here).
For the first time I've experienced, Paisle was afraid of someone. She would not go near Jerome, not even for treats. This is cause for concern, as we are going to be at the very crowded State Fair in just a few days! Hopefully she was just over-tired, or over-stressed from being left at the house while I went to the airport to pick up the Commander. The kids said when they let Paisle out after I'd left, she tried to run down the street in the direction I'd driven...not good.

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