Dog Days of Summer .. and Rain!

August has flown by .. Ellie visited the Animal Park with her friends at Trudi's - she talks about the giraffe and elephant all the time. The last two weeks are vacation from Trudi's so Ellie was treated to spending time with Aunt Lisa, Aunt Mimi, Aunt Maureen and Grammy - who graciously split the first week for us! Ellie loves going to visit the horses on Saturday mornings - we get picnic tables and then make our way out to the watch the horses workout. Next week is off to Maine ... ahhhh, our long-awaited vacation! But first today is Traver's - and anyone who knows Bill knows this is the most anticipated day of the year. For the record he was up at 4am today - he "just couldn't sleep!" Here's a few shots of the summer so far ...