Meet Bailey!!

Yes, we have another dog...don't call us crazy just yet. I know we have 2 golden retrievers and a cat, but this was necessary. Bailey is a champion black lab from Tommy Parrish and is the offspring of his 2 best dogs whom he still has. He's 7 years old and is very smart and very friendly. He's also very calm which is not the norm for most labs. Some friends of ours have had Bailey for the last 7 years and decided they didn't want him anymore. He's been in a small pen that he's never let out of. We just couldn't stand it, so when we heard they were looking to get rid of him, we told them we'd take him. We picked him up tonight. Our backyard is like Disney World to him after being in such a small pen. He got in our pool immediately! Adam hopes to train him to do some hunting pretty soon and we're trying to spend lots of time with him and give him some attention that he's been missing. First stop, however, is the groomer's! Man, does he stink...but he's been in a pen covered in poop so what do you expect? We've given him 1 bath already but it didn't help. I'll be calling Christy's in the morning! So, here's Bailey!

Fun in the Sun!

Who would've thought that it would be 66 degrees on January 19th?? Well, welcome to South Carolina. We are loving the warm weather and combined with the fact that we're out of school today, we had to get out and enjoy it. Lucy and Caroline's friend Holt was staying with us today and so I took the 3 of them to the Laurens Park. They were so excited to play outside in SHORT sleeve shirts! It's such a great park and CLEAN with restrooms! Here are a few shots from our trip to the park...we even took our lunch there to eat it.

New Year, New Start

March 20, 2009, I started CrossFit and Paleo dieting. By June I had lost over 35" and about 25 pounds. During the fall and over Christmas I slacked off a lot and starting eating whatever I wanted and then I hurt my knee. I decided that January 4, 2010 (1st Monday) was time to start over. I have not gained all of my weight back but some of it. I'll try to post my progress on here as I go along...helps keep me on track. So far I've lost 8 pounds and 3" in 2 weeks. Not too bad! If you want to lose weight you really should research Paleo eating and CrossFit...it's not a diet, but a lifestyle. Once I get to my desired weight I'll post before and after pictures. Wish me luck!

My First Blog

Well, I'm starting a blog...not sure why, but thought it might be fun! I thought if nothing else, it might be fun for the girls to read when they were older and a good way for out of town family to keep up with what's going on. The highlight of our day today: waiting on snow..and it is SNOWING! Not much, but a little! Of course, with our schools, they'll probably be closed tomorrow even if it doesn't stick. Lucy wanted to know if Frosty would tap on her window and wake her up when he came. Gotta love it! Of course from all the TV shows, they expected it to be snowing Christmas morning and that didn't happen so even if it's a little, it'll thrill them to death! I'll be sure and post pictures if we wake up tomorrow and the ground is white. For now, here's a recent picture of the girls to enjoy until I can upload more.