New York report

We're back online now after some technical difficulties (namely a hard drive burn-out and replacement.) Fortunately, we had just backed up our entire computer on an external drive, and we have a service plan at Best Buy for repairs, so it wasn't as tramatic as it could have been!

So, anyway - last week we spent a short visit in NY visiting family. We got to meet Eli finally and had fun hanging out and playing with him.


Abby had a great time playing with Jess and Rob's 125 rotty mix, Tyson - no, really, she did! We were surprised, but within 2 minutes of meeting each other, they were paling around the backyard and chasing each other!


It was great to be able to spend some time with our families. Unfortunately the trip was very short, which meant no Rochester trip this time... :( hopefully we can see everyone there soon. Josh and Amy were able to come down one day to have lunch with us though, so we did get to see them! Yey!

Now we're back in hot, hot, hot GA. Brad is working hard at school, trying to get as much done as possible though meeting some frustration along the way. I'm trying to enjoy what seems like a very short summer break this year by working on projects at the house and getting in some much needed reading in the sun time. We would love some summer visitors, so please let us know if you'd like to come down. As always, we'd love to have you!

Show time!

Since we last posted, we have seen two really great shows... totally different shows... but two great shows!

Last week, we went with Amy and a couple of her friends to Atlanta to see "Wicked" at the Fox. It was incredible! We were blown away by the performance, the talent, the effects... amazing! If the Broadway touring company comes near you, SEE IT!

Then this past weekend, we went to a Jimmy Buffett concert!! Different kind of fun, but so fun! The weather was pretty good most of the day. Perfect for a long afternoon of tailgating, but then a crazy storm right before the concert and rain all the way through, but we planned on that, so we were fine and we had dry clothes to drive home in, yey! We took lots of pictures and we'll load them soon.

Now, I'm on summer break and currently at a conference "retreat" at Unicoi State Park. It's a pretty good session so far and I'm here with people I like, so I'm having a good time so far. Brad's working hard at school trying to get as much done as possible. He's doing really well.

Well, I should be paying more attention to the speaker, so I should close this post. :) We hope you're all enjoying our site! Those of you in NY, we'll see you soon - we're heading up this weekend for a few days! :)