House Guest

Christina and I had another house guest after Rachel, Chris and Chris left last weekend. Christina's house guest, Jordan, was here all week. Jordan is 12 years old, so I thought it would be crazy to have yet another house guest especially a younger girl, but it wasn't. She was quiet, very nice and happily kept Cali company. She watched Cali while Christina and I went to work during the day. I'd come home and we'd hang out watching TV. The only issue was all the hair I had to clean up after her.

One night Christina was taking Cali out for a potty break and Jordan tagged along. As some of you may know, our front steps to the second floor are steep and hardwood. Little Jordan started walking down the steps and only made it down a couple before tripping and stumbling all the way down. She ended in a somersault before hitting the bottom of the staircase. Jordan luckily was okay and Christina got through the heartbreak of watching the fall. Jordan, like any 12-year-old walked along with Cali avoiding eye contact with Christina. She was over the incident soon enough though, and seemed to enjoy the rest of her stay here (accident-free.)

I was sad to say 'bye' since Jordan was such a sweetheart. It was a fun week with the girls.

Meet 12-year-old Jordan.

Surprised?

One thing I learned from a week with the girls...two golden retreivers shed twice as much as one. You'd think this would be obvious, but looking at the blond hair-covered rug after Jordan left made me realize just how much these dogs shed. Watching the dog-hair tumbleweeds across our wooden floors increased my awareness of their shed factor even more. Not quite out of the wild wild west of goldens, but still able to enjoy Cali while I'm here. (Ha! Did you enjoy that little play-on words?)

Here's a couple more of the girls at play during our night alone.