Labor Day Weekend

Holly and Chaz surprised the family with a visit over labor day weekend. It was wonderful to see them again! We enjoyed a trip to the apple festival, breakfast at Tupelo Honey, and plently of time at our house just hanging out! Below are pictures of our adventures.



Mom was very embarrassed that she did not have on any makeup, how was she to know that we would have visitors joining us for breakfast?



It didn't take Holly long to return to her roots, who knew she had hippie tendencies?? Actually, this picture was taken while we were waiting for the Chocolate Fetish to open. I guess not everyone enjoys chocolate before 10:00am on a Saturday.


At the Apple Festival in Hendersonville, Jeremy couldn't resist the photo op with the H'ville Bears that decorated the streets downtown. Below are a few of their best shots. Our personal favorite is the middle shot, however we can't figure out why there is police tape. We hope Jeremy wasn't tampering with a crime scene!

What Were We Thinking?!?

Over the weekend Jeremy and I came to the conclusion that Jake, our 1 1/2 year old chocolate lab, was at the age where he would no longer need to be in his kennel while we were not at home. Saturday and Sunday he was wonderful, of course these were only short time frames of being free in the house with older brother Miles (our 3 year old chocolate lab). The true test was going to be Monday when Jeremy and I returned to work and would be gone 9+ hours at a time. When we came home after work on Monday his little halo was just glowing, they were both angels! Looking back I should have known, Mondays are their days to catch up on sleep from the busy weekend, as if 18 hours a day isn't enough.

Below is a picture of how I was greeted when I got home from work on Tuesday.

What were we thinking? No, I take that back. What was he thinking?! Was he protesting? Would he rather be caged while we are away? Was he bored? Did Miles talk him into it like sneaky older siblings do? Jeremy and I tackled the clean up duty, he collected the pillow fluff and other various items Jake collected from other parts of the house to bring into the den and utterly destroy. I had vacuum duty. Did you know that Styrofoam packaging torn into tiny pieces is incredibly hard to vacuum even with a Dyson?

The picture below was taken after our den was back in order. I managed to get the culprit and the victim all in the same shot. I apologize for the poor quality of this picture, both of these were taken with my cell phone and I guess the dim lighting didn't help.

Family Vacation

I am finally getting around to posting some pictures of our summer vacation. We had a wonderful time with my family in Hilton Head, SC.

We enjoyed burying Marcus in the sand,

beautiful sunsets on the pier,
our day trip to Savannah, GA to visit Mrs. Wilkes Bording House,



and of course the boys enjoyed the car rides in Chaz's Mini Cooper rental.

The end.