I went into the boys bathroom the other day after Sam had taken a bath and realized that he had left all of his dinosaurs in the bathtub. Even though Sam is getting to be a big boy, there is still a part of him that likes to play with his toys in the tub!

Since Rod will be in Atlanta this week, we decided to open one of Alex’s birthday presents early. Uncle Les and Aunt Laurie sent their presents early so we already had them. Lis fixed Tacos for the boys tonight, one of their favorites and then we opened the presents. Alex now understands the meaning of brain teasers… 🙂

Alex and Sam got a new haircut for school. School for them starts in just a couple of days – Monday, August 13.

This is what happens when you leave Sam and Farley home alone for just a few minutes…

While Sam and Alex were at Camp Waynesboro last month, Mom took the opportunity to fix up Sam’s room with a new color scheme a new bookcase and some cool new night lights. We also re-arranged the room a little and he now has more space to build all of his Legos.

Today we put in a doggie door in the laundry room so Farley can go outside on the deck when we are gone for the day. After some quick training with a hot dog – he was set and ready to go.

How do you beat the heat and boredom…. why go to Target of course and try on hats!

We have lived in Greenville for almost 10 years and we have lived through several hurricanes without losing any trees, but tonight we had a very powerful storm blow through the neighborhood and it took out one of the trees in the backyard. The storm only lasted a couple of hours, but our yard will never be the same.

Also, here is a photo that Rod took on the way home of a very strange cloud formation…

We went to the Natural History museum today in Raleigh. We got to pet some dead animals and learn what sound a wolf makes, plus we went down 2500ft in a submersible sub…. pretty busy day overall. Glad we are home though.

Farley got a shave and a haircut on Monday – his new summer hairdo, of course it cost quite a bit more than ten cents. He actually looks more like a Lab than a golden retriever now… except for the face – still the beautiful golden Farley we all know and love.