We've been doing a lot of work out at the Kirkwood campus. Apparantly Greg Stokes (one of the famous Hawkeye twin towers) works for Kirkwood athletic department. He was gracious enough to pose for a picture with me... too bad my hair looked so bad!! It was awesome to meet him because I told him that I remember watching him and Michael Payne and Steve Carfino when I was growing up. This was the highlight of my day!
Matt and Jenny came for a visit with the kids. We got to go to High School Musical however due to the flooding it was actually held at a high school and not the theater. Poor Carl was the only one that didn't get to go. He was looking pretty cool about it though. 
We are really getting used to Hawkeye. He is the BEST dog ever!! I think that I won the dog lottery. He is so calm and obedient. He actually listens better than someone else that I know - Katie! He goes to bed without a fuss. We are starting to get into a routine and things are really going well. I probably know four times as many neighbors as I did before he came to live with us. He's sure a friendly dog!
Aunt Kerry came to visit and she and Katie painted my craft room. I was a little nervous about Katie painting but it really turned out nice!
Work is going so-so. I think that we are going to be out of our offices for at least a year. We are going to move back downtown to another "temporary" office. We are either moving next week, the week after or in September - depending whom I talk. It's frustrating.
Katie has finished with t-ball and it seems as though her summer is almost over. She is still travelling quite a bit - going to various relatives. So far this summer she has only been to day care nine days. I don't think she has any idea how lucky she is to have some many people willing to come and "spring" her from day care.
I promise to post more on the blog - especially now that I have a new USB cord for my camera!!
Katie spent the weekend at her Dad's and she was lucky enough to have Grandma and Grandpa Kaufman come spend the holiday with her. She and Grandpa went fishing and she was very excited to catch her first fish. Grandpa didn't do so bad either.
Then after fireworks Katie got to do her sparklers. As you can see they were quite the hit!
Introducing Hawkeye..... I probably have lost all of my marbles, but here is the latest addition to the Kaufman family. Little Hawkeye joined us on June 30, 2008. He's a good puppy. I'm not sure how good I am at taking care of him, but I guess I'll learn fast. Hawkeye is a second generation labradoodle, which is supposed to be a low-shedding, hypo allergenic dog. He'll grow to be the size of a regular lab, so about 50 - 70 pounds. Wish me luck!!
This weekend was not so great for me. I ended up getting pretty sick. I slept most of the day on Friday the 4th and figured that it was just my body crashing from all of the stress and flood stuff going on here. On Sat. I was just as tired and again I couldn't get the energy to do much at all. On Sunday, my knees and wrists hurt so bad and my skin was all splotchy. I determined that it was time to go to the urgent care center where I was diagnosed with Fifth Disease. Apparently, according to the doctor, this is an illness that children more commonly get (although not Katie). He went on to say that this disease hits women the hardest. I completely think that he's right. My only remedy is to rest and to treat the symptoms.
Katie and I are on vacation for the next two weeks. We are having a stay at home vacation and we cannot wait!!
