Parker Fred Glynn, Student of the Week

This was the week Parker had been waiting for. Student of the week, officially known as "Super Sapphire". We arrived Monday morning with a giant poster board telling the entire class about Parker. By the way, Parker had decided that he needed a middle name, and "Fred" it is. Not sure what prompted the need, put it looks like its going to stick.

Lots of special activities for the week. Kira was home, so cupcakes were made for everyone in the class.

I came to class on Friday so that he and I could read a few of our favorite books. Parker read "Are You My Mother" and I finished "The Grufflo's Child" and "The Bear Snores on"

Not sure Parker can wait for next year. We had a great week!

Valerie and The Family in Town

This past week was a great time to catch up with family. Valerie, Jescie and Jack flew in town from American Samoa for a short visit. Dad flew in from Kelowna to hang with the kids. The cousins all had fun getting acquainted again. Conner even helped Jescie with make-up and other necessities one day. Everyone is growing up fast. We did manage to spend time getting caught up again. We even managed a family walk from our place over to the Starbucks at Blackhawk. It's hard to stay connected when we all live thousands of miles apart!

Since Val's return to American Samoa, Conner has been pretty vigilant about watching who is signed on to Skype. I think we've managed 3 or 4 conversations with Jescie and Jack in the last few weeks thanks to Conner's paying attention.

Parker Swims A Length of the Pool - Almost

Parker now has the ability to swim the length of the pool. Unfortunately when the camera comes on, the jokster comes out. Here he floats around forever, and then as he approaches the end, he swerves to the edge. All in good fun. Next time it's a hidden camera!

Tundra, It's Official

We headed out to Petaluma and beyond today to meet our new potential family member. We had a chance to catch up with Nacina, Kailah's breeder, which was great. It was a long time since the last visit. Conner grilled her on everything there was to know about Tundra. The toughest question? "Could we change her name?" was answered with, yes, but it's really hard to do without confusing the dog. We then left Kailah to enjoy a spa day with Nacina and we took Tundra to the nearby beach so that we could get a chance to meet her. For Conner, I think it was a pretty quick decision, Tundra was going to be his new dog. We played on the beach for a while, fed the dog 10 pounds of treats and headed back to Nacina to let her know we would love to adopt Tundra.

New Family Member?

Conner has been asking for a new dog for the past several months. He has been walking Kailah with me at 6:00 a.m. most mornings to show his commitment to taking care of the potential new dog. I have been very reluctant to add to our family. After getting Kailah as a one year old and fully trained, the thought of a new puppy has not been very appealing.

Several days ago this message appeared in our inbox:

"Tundra is a really wonderful, healthy, affectionate, spayed 3 1/2 year old purebred chocolate lab. Her family got her as a baby and gave her a good life and lots of love as they raised her with their baby boy.

Unfortunalty, they lost their house and their marriage at the same time and realized that Tundra was suffering from the tension and the lack of exercise. I of course said yes to keeping her while a new home was found. So please send this email to everyone you can because they might know someone who needs a great companion like Tundra.

She is very affectionate and loves to be petted, scratched, tickled, and hugged. She is very athletic and can run for miles and still be ready to fetch the ball. She loves to ride in the car and is very well behaved. She is a house dog and will lay on her cushion as long as you say, and has good indoor manners. She is well trained, walk good onleash, has amazing recall, gets along and plays with any other dogs. She loves cats, little kids, and toys.

Overall, Tundra is a well trained, young, healthy, easy to care for chocolate girl. Please call me if you want to meet this super little girl. Nacina"

Nacina was the breeder we got Kailah from, so we know the dog is currently in good hands.

We talked as a family and Conner thought this would be a good idea. We are off on Saturday to meet and greet. More details to follow!