Sophie's Pool

Anytime the weather forecaster uses the word "oppressive" to describe the forecast - well, it isn't a good thing.  After hearing just how hot and sticky it was going to be this weekend, I decided to go buy the infamous Sophie (my brother's dog) a pool.  Let's just say that she wasn't as excited as I thought she would be.  Here's the pool...

And here's Sophie.  She seems to think that it's just a giant water bowl for her to drink from.  I had to take the picture really fast because she took a quick drink and walked away.  It wasn't the reaction I had hoped for.  I wanted her to plop down and splash around.  Oh well, maybe she'll figure it out someday.  Oh, and I'd like to send a shout out to my Dad for driving me in his truck to pick up the pool.  Boy, these things are a lot smaller than I remembered.  I could have picked the thing up in a Mini Cooper if I had wanted to. 

Update on an earlier post....Rana, Laura & Daniel have arrived safely in Damascus.  Here's a picture that Rana took on the plane: 

We miss you.  Mom and Dad are bored.  :-)  Kevin is actually downstairs watching a movie with Scott as I type this. 

I'm doing a 7 week online Bible study with Beth Moore.  Time to go watch Beth...  Hopefully, I'll have pictures of Sophie IN the pool tomorrow.