Sunny turns 6 months old

Sunny turned 6 months old on April 12th. She looks larger in the photo than she looks with someone standing by her, but she is about 23.5" at the shoulder now and 55lbs.
This has been our last month of 'together time' as I return to work next week from winter lay-off. Sunny came to us as she fit all the requirements I had for a puppy and as her litter was timed perfectly for my lay-off. She arrived 4 days after my last day at work in December for maximum puppy time before I go back to long hours this spring for the next 8 months. It will be hard on both of us to be seperated for 12-14 hours a day after so much time together, but she has been having kennel time everyday since she graduated from her crate a couple of months ago to get her ready for the change. I have been looking for a dog-walker for over a month and finally, in the last couple of days may have found someone. Also, Dad's schedule is very changeable right now, so he will be home with her some of the time.
She is still a very quiet, very obedient girl and we hope she will be totally trustworthy in the house soon, so she can be left loose. For the past few weeks I have tried to leave her alone in the house 1/2 hr to an hour at least once a week. The only things she has destroyed so far, inside or outside, are bits of the carpet in her kennel and the ear pieces off my reading glasses from the nightstand. Not bad for the past 4 months of puppyhood!
She just started her second obedience class last week so we are working on sit-stay and down-stay right now (as she already walks at heel). There are 10 dogs in class and she did well with the ones she met, and tried to play with the instructor's German Shepherd after class. She still loves all people and the other day I took her to the elementary school when school let out as she never sees children on a regular basis. She sat quietly on the lawn and watched about a hundred of them walk by. It was too bad we couldn't interact with any of them, but I would need parental permission first. Now to find a toddler she can see! I would also like to take her to the local Fire Dept and Police Dept to meet people in uniform.
She also did very well about 2 weeks ago when we went to a therapy dog testing for Delta Society. Sunny had to stay in the car during the testing so she wouldn't be a distraction. An hour in the car by herself, which is the longest she's been in there alone with me out of the car, and she just slept and hung out. After the testing I brought her inside to meet the people and dogs. She happily went up to all the people and loved them and cautiously approached the 3 big dogs (two labs and a boxer)and made friends with them too, then just lay on the floor and waited while we talked. She got told a lot that she was beautiful, and everybody just loved her and was amazed at her quiet little personality for 5 1/2 months old! They all agreed she's going to have no problems being a therapy dog when she reaches her 1 yr old required age.