Is it really Monday again already? We enjoyed a great visit last night with Mark's cousin and her children who came down from El Cerrito to visit with Blanche as part of her birthday celebration. We will see them a little bit more today before they head home. They are also visiting a few of the colleges in the area as Samantha is an upcoming senior.

Mark begins his AP course today for the remainder of the week. He's hoping to prepare some of his lesson plans as part of the course work. He is also in the middle of his last ELL course and has summer school to teach next week so he has no shortage of things to do!

Today Buddy has his first grooming appointment. This should be an interesting experience! Maybe I'll post before and after pictures.

Thank you to those who recommended reading choices for Kelleigh. I am letting her read the third book in the Twilight series and she is nearly finished with it despite getting it late yesterday afternoon. She has read all three books in less than 5 days - quite a feat for an almost 11-year-old! When she's finished, we'll go to the library and get the other recommended ones.

Need to go deal with the pool equipment malfunctions and cross my fingers that it doesn't require a service call ... more later ... :o)