T minus one week and 5 days

Yup, it's almost time for the kids to be going back to school. WOW!! Summer is flying by, it feels like it just started. We love summertime and I can't believe it's almost over. Soon enough, the leaves will be changing and the smell of burning firewood will fill the evening air. My favorite season is definetly Fall and I look forward to it coming but I still will miss flipflops and swimming in the lake. Another thing I can't beleive is that I am the Mom of a middle schooler-AGH!! Am I really capible of being that old? I can I guess, as long as I am the cool Mom.

What Copper Does...

Yep, he's still a baby. He plays 20 minutes and sleeps 60. What a life huh? Someone to hold you, feed you, pet you and play with you. Not so bad. He enjoys these dog days of puppyhood :O)

Coppers first doctors appointment

Today Copper got his first check up. He is growing well and the vet said he's between 6-8 weeks old. He got his first shots. OUCH!! He also had an ear infection and had to be put on medication to heal that up. He's sleeping on our bed right now, culled up in a baby blankie :0)

Happy Birthday Sis!

Sunday is my older sister Tinas birthday. She and her family live in Bluemont so we don't get to see them as much as we'd like. She reads my blog so I wanted to make sure she got my well wishes.

It's a boy!!

Here is our newest child. His name is Copper because of the movie The Fox and the Hound. He is a mixed beagle breed. The puppy we looked at last night was picked up by his owner this morning so went to the SPCA in Fredericksburg to see if they had any puppies and they did'nt have any. On our way home we went back to the Spotsy shelter and there was a lady and her mom surrendering a puppy that they had found. It was our lucky day because they hadnt given him to the shelter yet and so we got him for free :o) How neat is that? He hopes you'll come see him soon!

Animal Shelter

Today we went to the Spotsy animal shelter. The kids have been asking for a dog but I wasnt totally hooked on the idea. We have been looking at the shelter the the last couple months and today we saw the cutest puppy that is up for adoption. We didnt take hime home tonight because I wanted to make sure that Chad was okay with it. After talking with him, we agreed that I would go back in the morning and get him if hes still there. He is a male hound mixed breed.The unique think about him is that he has these georgous blue eyes. He was very affectionate and playful. I think he will be a great addition to the Grovers. Hopefully by this time tomorrow we will be proud parents of a 4 legged child :)

Summer Lovin

No, not a Grease post! I was just thinking (after just getting out of bed at 9:45), how much I LOVE sleeping in in the summer :O) I was also thinking how nice it was to have older kids who sleep in too. No midnight feedings, no 5 am wakeup calls and no crying (well, most of the time. I do have a preeteen girl ya know). Babies are wonderful dont get me wrong, I just love the fact that those days of my life are over and we can move on to Baseball, Softball and other older kid things. Every now and then I get the baby itch, but as soon as I think about the lack of sleep, I'm over it. I better enjoy this sleeping in now, come August 25th it will all be over.

What we did today

Whew, I sure am tired! I went a bought a carpet steam cleaner and did all my carpets today. I sure wish I could afford a housekeeper so I wouldnt have clean:) I also had to take Canaan to the Dr for a earache and sore throat. They werent infected, it was just allergies. I always thought that Canaan would outgrow the allergies and asthma but he hasnt. Hopefully in the next day or two he'll be feeling better.

Armed Forces

Friday night we took a trip to DC to watch the Marine parade in front of the Commandants home. The Commandants home is the longest continuiously occupied buiding in DC. It was built in 1806 and you would think it was designed and painted yesterday. The barracks there house Marine officers and the beloved mascott "Chestee the 12th" He is a Engish Bulldog and retired the night we were there. "Chestee the 13th" was inducted in as their new mascott. They even had a retirement party for Chestee the 13th Friday morning. That dog is treated better that most humans :) We also got see the Silent Drill Platoon. Its about 30 Marines that perform with ther bayonets (10 pounds each). They were amazing! They all did the same exact thing. They do a routine and execute it in perfect time with with each other. If you ever have a chance to go see this parade, do it. The tickets go fast so plan ahead.

Long time no blog!

WOW!! I hadn't realized that I haven't posted since January! We have been enjoying our summer. This past weekend we went camping with Jared and Shelly. I've got one thing to say....S'MORES! We had fun but the kids got bored toward the end of our stay. Chad and I were totally relaxed and rejuvenated. He worked 61 overtime hours in the past 2 weeks so he was more than ready to get out of town and rest up. We enjoyed ourselves, nothing but us, the woods and a lot of doing nothing'. Is it time to go again??