Michelle and family are moved back up here from FL - now they have to get used to the cooler weather! Last Thursday Marc flew down there and drove up with Michelle and the kids, while John drove the U-Haul truck. Marc had a great time, and said there were lots of questions asked...about everything! Nothing like a 7 and 5 year old's interest in knowing all they can! Here is a cell phone photo of Rebecca when they stopped at Shoney's for one of their meals.
She looks just like Michelle did at that age, except for the orange hair.



Yesterday was Mandisa's birthday - two years old already! Our Pizza Girl was happy to get a pizza bone (crust) for being such a good girl
. I think she has to be one of the sweetest dogs we have - no surprise, with Gringo and Angi as her parents. I'm thinking of starting some Rally classes with her next week, as she seems to be very willing to please.

Finally a dry day today, after 2 days of rain - the puppies are happy to be outside again! They are all sprawled out out there, enjoying the sunshine. And the leaves are out now, making it so much prettier outside! Ah, spring!

Best buddies

I realized a while ago that I'd never put up any photos of Ellie Mae! She is about 16 months old now and is really coming into her own. Ellie is a very big girl, about 26" at the shoulder and has a big beautiful body. I love her expression and her white eyelashes

Here's a picture of her head on, taken last weekend.

Spring has finally arrived! Yesterday it was 83, which is warmer than it should be this time of year, and a bit of overkill, but it was nice to have sunshine and warm temperatures. The leaves are popping out and the tulips are growing, although no flowers yet. There is so much to do, its hard to know where to start.

The big news is that Michelle, John, and the kids are moving back to CT from FL . They are packing up and starting the drive up next Friday, so should be here by Saturday evening. It'll be good to have them nearby again! Rebecca turned 5 yesterday, and she was just a toddler when they moved down south. Both she and Justin will have to get used to wearing shoes, LOL!

Diane sent some great pictures of Maisie enjoying her ice bottle - I think that 7 UP could use these in an advertising campaign, don't you?

Don't you wish you were Bryce?