My how fast time passes.

This summer has been all but a blur. We've done some fun things, which I'll get to, but let me do the personal updates first. Abby's work is going pretty good. She likes going to the clinic, but I don't like it when she has to stay at the hospital overnight- boo for OB, but she does like delivering babies- or so she tells Daddy. Daddy is fishing as much as possible this summer. He's also crusading to save the Sandy River. Boof is, just boofy - she is getting skinnier since she's been on a diet and since she has been playing with Rosa. And Rosa, the new one, is pretty cute. Sometimes when I'm getting pets and loves from Momma, she chases and tries to bite my tail, then she runs away when I turn around. I don't mind too much because I love getting pets from Momma. But sometimes she frustrates me because she acts like she wants to play chase, but she only runs and hides under the bed when I chase her. Ugh- cats. She is getting bigger, but she still looks like a mini-Boofy. I'm doing pretty well. Looking good, and behaving - most of the time.

Now for the fun stuff. What about this weather we have been having this summer. June and July were just deplorable. August things started to get a little more seasonable, but still. We had a few fun camp days and a few good hiking days. One day we went to Bigelow and hiked all the way up the Firewarden's trail- that was steep. Then we hiked across the top and down a different trail. I love doing loops. On the way across the top, in a wooded section- you'll never believe what we saw- a HUGE Mama moose and her baby. Daddy was wicked scared (I was trying to just get out of dodge) and Mom bearly noticed. It was a beautiful day for hiking. I was so pooped at the end I think i slept for nearly 3 days straight.

Hmm. What else did we do for fun.... well I didn't get to go, but Abby & Ethan had their first vacation as a working couple. I had to stay with Nana & Papa, then with Aunt Andrea & Bill (and those cats, you know the ones that eat the bacon!). Anyway, they went to PEI for 4 days. I guess it was pretty nice, lots of farm lands then right next to the beaches. They saw a couple shows up there - one was a hilarious dinner theater, the other a music-montage about disco music. Both were very entertaining.

On the way home, they stopped in the middle of Maine to go White Water Rafting on the Penobscot River. Abby's been bugging grandpa Jim for quite some time now, so he gave her the trip for her birthday. It was AWESOME!! The sun was shining and the waves were big. BUt I get really nervous when she tells the story about how she fell out of the raft, then got stuck under the raft before coming to the surface again so the guide could haul her into the raft. Phew, I'm glad I wasn't there for that!

Anyway.

Then, finally they came back to get me!! Ethan and I went on a little scouting fishing trip while Abby went to southern Maine to meet up with Sarah & Caitlin. They did more kayaking on the river (with LLBean's) and walked around Freeport for the whole day! It was so nice to see them and hang out. Man-oh-man, true friends are really gems and wonderful blessings in our lives.