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Ihas been a while.... We are still mourning the loss of our sweet Elijah pup. It is still somewhat of a shock. We have been able to spend lots of time with the other two, but seeing them play and have fun is a reiminder of him not being there. So sad to lose them in general, but to lose them so quickly is like salt in a wound.

Friday was a little like walking in a fog, since Thursday was crazy. But, it was a casual day since we took care of a friends little boy all day. It was fun and he is a sweet little guy. Then the girls went to dinner with grandpa Jim and Grandma Cheryl that night. Jay and I took the other two dogs outside and they had a playdate with the neighbors dogs. They all played ball for a long time and could have played longer.

Then Saturday came and it was a day that we have all been looking forward to for a while. State Fair!! So much fun. We got an early start on the day and headed home in the early evening. We saw lots of animals, ate lots of yummy food and even ran into Grandpa Al and Grandma Nicki. It was a lot of fun. But, you could tell by the end of the day that the girls were done for and they needed a nap! So we made it home and we all crashed for a while. It was nice to get in a good nap. Then we woke up and played with the dogs again for a while and called it a day.

Sunday was church and then McDonalds. But, we met at a different McD's because we were meeting Grandpa Jim and Grandma Cheryl to take pictures for their Christmas cards (yes, Chrstmas cards. That is so depressing!!). We met at a beautiful little park area in Edina. They girls were great and they had fun. Hopefully one of the photos will turn out for them!

Today - it was so, so nice to have Jay home for another day. I think that he really needed it - we started off the morning by going fishing. It was a truly beautiful morning. The weather was perfect the wind was nonexistant and the fish were, well, nibbling. The girls liked to look at the fish and touch them, Madeline always wanted to hold them. Then we made a nice picnic lucnh and enjoyed that outside. Then poor Noah, one of our other dogs, was totally unaware of what was coming to him. The razors!! I am sure that he thought that within our grief we wouldn't remember that he desperatly needed a shave. So sorry buddy! However, we are pretty certain that he put a hex on the razors. Just after we stared shaving him down the razors stopped cutting. Devine intervention from Elijah!!? We had a delicious grilled out dinner.

Emma doesn't start school until Friday so we have a few more days before the schedule starts back in again. Once school starts I am going to start my workout routine again. It was abandoned for the summer, yes, practicially the whole summer. I think that I am going to be sorry for doing that once I start working out again. Oh well. Have to do something to make winter pass by.

I couldn't get the photos to layout the way I wanted to, or I just didn't have the patience to fool with it. Either way you hopefully can decipher when the photos were from.