Fourth of July

It came and went, without a single firework seen. We spent the holiday weekend with Jakob's parents, at their house with a pool and great weather (well, bright sun, but lots of heat), but came home to settle in before the fireworks went off. Jakob had to work today, which meant he needed sleep last night. It's not the first year we haven't fully celebrated, and I doubt it will be the last. Ah....the joys of 24 hour shifts.

Anyways, aside from my missing out on a great light show, we did enjoy family and visiting (with a little family competition on a poker table....). We hung out by the pool, and the dogs soon found out how much they loved/hated the water.

We couldn't keep Bailey out of the pool if we tried, and Henry was too jealous to allow her all the fun without him. I ended the weekend with some hellacious scratches across my arms, but not nearly as bad as the ones Bailey left on Jakob's back as she swam after him. She's faster than either of us thought.

After a couple times watching her launch herself into the pool, and swim back and forth between family members, we figured we'd put the experience to good use and finally try to get her to learn how to fetch. That went swimmingly (no pun intended) until Henry wanted to interfere, at which time Bailey dunked him much like children do. Jakob and I couldn't stop laughing, even though we shouldn't have encouraged that type of sibling rivalry between them.

After a long afternoon in the sun and the water, Bailey and Henry made amends. They shared a float, and finally kept each other warm while we ate dinner and played a little poker.

We were only at Jakob's parents for a little over 24-hours, but the whole family was glad to get some rest on the way home.