Bailey

On Sunday, we got a dog!! He is a black lab as you can see from the photos. He is somewhere around 7 years old. We got him from a friend of ours who bought Bailey for his brother, but after a series (several series and seven years later) of events he has now come to live with us! Yeah!!

Bailey is a great dog. He is pretty low key and obedient. Not a high maintenance dog at all. We can leave him at home inside and not worry that things are going to be torn to shreds when we come back. He sits and stays. Pretty impressive. Down is a foreign word to him. When you throw the ball, he will sit and stay when you throw it and wait for you to say get it before he moves. We're going on tour soon.

Here's a little story and then we'll get to the pictures. On Monday morning, I thought I would go for a run with Bailey. Kind of see where he is endurance wise. Well, he did great for the first half mile. I thought this is going to be great. A new running partner. Then, he kind of slowed down for the rest of that mile. Mile 2 came and I could tell that Bailey was not going to run anymore, so I thought we will just speed walk for the rest. The next two miles were a little difficult. I was coercing Bailey to keep up. Needless to say, I don't think Bailey will be the new running partner. We need to do some training first...



Not a super great picture. But he is cute!


He always does this cross the leg thing when he lays down. Not sure why, but we think it is funny. He is so black...at night when we let him outside, we can't even see him. We just listen for the jingle of his collar.

Flying across the Mississippi

This post is a little overdue seeing that these pictures are from the end of May. ADB's Aunt, Uncle and cousin came to visit us at the end of May. His cousin has his pilot's license and so they flew down from Ohio in this plane. ADB and I had the opportunity to go up in the plane with him. We went up for a ride when they came to visit in the Adirondacks. It was great to be able to go up again. This time we flew over the Mighty Mississippi.

Here is a picture of ADB and I in the plane. ADB is in the front seat and I'm in the back.

While in the air, we get to wear these fun headsets. Don't worry ADB isn't doing anything to fly the plane. He justs sits in the front seat.

There she is...the Mighty Mississippi. The tugboats are down there pushing some cargo. This is actually in Mississippi. We weren't able to fly over the downtown Memphis area of the Mississippi.

The sunset.
It was a fun trip in the air.

OHIO

This past weekend, we traveled to OHIO to attend ADB's cousin's wedding and to bring back some furniture that his family was giving us. What a trip!! We also got to see a Dayton Dragon baseball game. Not sure what league they are in, but those chosen from the Dragons get to play for the Cincinnati Reds. I don't have the baseball lingo, but I hope you get what I mean. The Dragons lost, but we did get to see a home run and some stolen bases (unfortunately it was the other team that was stealing the bases.)

The wedding was great and as always good to see family. Here is a picture of ADB and I before the wedding. This picture is mainly for my mom who couldn't believe that I bought a dress that was pink. Okay, it isn't all pink, but for those of you that know me...pink has not been in my wardrobe. Lately it has been making some appearances, such as the dress below. I really liked the pink bow.

This is ADB's brother. What a great photo!!

This is the trailer we hauled back to Memphis. Men hard at work securing our valuables. Only to have it undone a few miles down the road to pick up another piece...a 7 foot bookcase. Thanks family for the furniture. Can't wait to get it all tidy and set up in our house.


That was the weekend. Quick with a lot of driving! But saw some pretty countryside in Kentucky.

Pictures of the House

Here are some more pictures of the house.




The front of the house.


The Kitchen and the Family Room/den. This is one of our favorite parts of the house.

Screen porch and back yard area. Screen porch is another bonus for us!


Those are pretty much the highlights!! We haven't moved in yet as we are having the hardwood floors redone and are going to do some painting!


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