School starts Wednesday for Mike. We both have been preparing our classrooms and curriculum the past few weeks and its now starting to fall into place. I have home visits the first week of school and start preschool on the 26th. I am very excited to start and meet all of my kids!

Craig, Ann, and Becca were here last week/weekend. We did lots of fun things with them. We took Becca out on the river with some friends for a relaxing day before inservices start again on Monday. It was a beautiful day and Mike and I got burnt. With Craig and Ann we went golfing, took Herbie on lots of walks, and Craig and Mike built Herbie a shade/rain cover with left-over wood and plywood from the roof. I will post pics of them later.

Becca helped me take Herbie to the vet on Friday. He is a whopping 22 lbs. He got his last set of puppy shots and his rabbies shot. He took them like a champ and hardly whined because the vet gave him some squirty cheese on the table to distract him from the pain. I can't believe it worked, but it did.

Last night, Mike and I took Herbie to Wildcat Den State Park. Its about 10 miles south of Durant. We took him on a hike and then down to a small stream. His orange 'bird' was thrown into the stream multiple times and finally we did it deep enough where he would have to swim if he wanted to get it and he did!!! I screamed when he finally swam. . .I was so proud! He would have done it all night if we let him, but I didn't want him to drown, so we took off for home. I can't wait to go back with him next weekend.

Thats all for now. Since school starts on Wednesday, I am sure we won't be updating for a while. Hope you all are enjoying the last bit of your summer I know ours went way too fast!

Before and After Pictures of the Roof

Our house looks like a brand new house! Ryan and Mike did a great job on the roof. They got it done 2 1/2 days and even worked around rain. The house and garage ended up having two layers of shingles, not one like we originally thought and there only was one bad piece of wood beneath all those shingles. . . Not to shabby if you ask me!
We had a great time here with Ryan, Kristy, Jack, Addy and Henry. Jack loved Herbie and wanted to play with him all the time! We went to the park, library, and a train museum while the boys were working on the house. We were sad to see them go, but it was a fun time all around.
The house projects are DONE for the time being. School is just around the corner, and we are now focusing on that!
Herbie is growing like crazy. He is learning to listen to his mother now and not just his father. He loves his outside kennel, but still loves it inside too. He spent his first night out there on Sunday night. I think it was harder for us, than for him.
We are awaiting our Bemidji guests (Craig, Ann, and Becca) They all come next week. We are so excited to show them our new house!
Thats all from Durant. We love reading all of your blogs, so keep them coming!!

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