Visit from Uncle Kelly & Aunt Julie

The kids were excited that Uncle Kelly was coming to visit! Just the mention of it sent Jacob to bring out and set up all the small die cast planes and their information cards that Uncle Kelly had given to him. Kendra took special care to be sure her armadillo from Uncle Kel was not buried in her bed sheets, but out on special display! And what did Rob and I do to prepare for a warm welcome? We decided to wear out the wonder dog! We heard that Julie had hurt her knee and was a bit unstable on it yet. Jasmine is not a kind greeter! She is all over people (we are working on this...) and since she is 77 lbs we knew something HAD to be done for this visit to go smoothly. So, Jacob and I took Jasmine on a L-O-N-G walk with intervals of running! Jacob rode his bike. At one point we went to the school playground and while Jacob played, I continued to walk Jasmine around the perimeter of the playground. Rob called me once they had arrived and we brought Jasmine home exhausted! Not surprisingly, she had energy to burst back and forth between them in the kitchen, but needed hardly a reminder to settle down! It took me 3 days to not feel the bruised feeling in my shins and fronts of my thighs. (Do you know what people look like walking a dog briskly while being almost dragged? Lots of leaning backwards and using the fronts of your legs for leverage!) It worked well enough though that I would do it again for our next visitors!! We played some board games and watched some Tom & Jerry cartoons together. Didn't have to twist Uncle Kelly's arm too hard for that viewing!! After teh kids were down we even got in some big people cards where Julie and I were properly beaten by Rob and Kel in Euchre. Sunday morning was breakfast at Bob Evans. (We had 2 free coupons for the kids!) The rest of the day was just hanging out until we grilled with friends Jesse and Wendy as a practice run for the grill-off at our church festival happening tomorrow (which is actually the week after Kel's visit now).