Another pool party!

Last weekend was Sam's annual pool party. Lucas was busy being a woodsman so Sally and I took Sammy Sam for his big party. Some how I almost think he knew because he was up early bounding in our room, which is mostly unusual for a Saturday morning. We loaded him in the car and headed to the pool. Last year we showed up about 20 minutes late, which we learned this year is much better than being on time. When we were on time this year we had to wait in line. As some of you know, Sam is extremely vocal and waiting in line amidst many other dogs and outside a giant swimming pool was more than he could handle. His howling and yelping had some concerned, but we knew it was just typical Sam. Thankfully Sally stood in line while Sam and I paced the parking lot on the far side until it was our time to go in. Once in we could just let him go and then he was so happy! Plus Lucas brought home a truck full of fire wood-it was a great day for all of us!

In certainly more important news Andy has been recovering pretty well over the past couple of weeks. He is taking some classes at OSU and seems to be doing okay managing the course load and studying. His eyes are still not quite up to par so he is having to work pretty hard, but seems eager to be doing anything. What is super cool about the whole thing is that Rogue Brewery, a brewery in Newport, has become a major player in this whole story. Some of you know already that a Rogue delivery guy was the first on the scene of the accident and he climbed in the car and helped to clot the major head wound, helping to save ANdy's life until help could come. Well, since then word got back to Rogue about Andy and they have majorly come through. First they donated TWO kegs of beer to our Church's Greek Festival next weekend. And, then, this week they sent Andy TWO boxes full of stuff: a free sweatshirt, a T-shirt, a hat, a poster, a flag...amazing. I mean really, Andy should be sending them stuff (which is what we are in the process of doing now.) Anyway, I just think it is pretty amazing how the story has developed. Especially considering that our Uncle Robbie was one of the creators of Rogue Brewery...pretty cool huh?

Well, other than that, things are pretty normal. It is definitly fall here in Albany, especially in the morning...brrr... and the garden is reaching its end. Liam is growing in his winter coat and Sam looks like he is settling in for the winter. Hope you are doing great and enjoying the sunshine!