'Tis the Season!

...for cute holiday sweaters:

 

Thank you, Bebe, for the awesome Thanksgiving present!   These are perfect for the cold weather we've been having on the east coast.  Love!

Not Quite On The Road Again...

So, we didn't make it to Hampden-Sydney this weekend like we originally planned.  Everyone in B's family was sick, and since we'll be in VA for Thanksgiving (which is less than 2 weeks away - crazy!), we decided it would be better to stay here.

Needless to say we were both bummed, but decided to make the best of it by taking a day trip to Asheville. We woke up early, grabbed the dogs and hit the road.  B had never been to the Biltmore, so we decided to spend the day there.  Obviously we couldn't go into the house with the dogs, but we had a great time explore the gardens and vineyards that run throughout the property.  It was a gorgeous, gorgeous day:

After exploring the gardens and walking for over an hour, we rewarded ourselves with wine and lunch, outside of the winery.  I also did a mini photoshoot of the dogs :)

Hope you had a good weekend, too!

On the Road Again

This weekend we're heading up to Virginia to see B's family and go to the Hampden-Sydney/Randolph-Macon football game.

The good news is that our two terriers terrorizers will be coming with us.  This is the first time B's family has seen and met Charlie, so we took both pups to the groomer to ensure they looked their best ;)

Here are two pics of the dogs post-haircut (excuse the quality, since these are from my non-iphone phone):

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Tim's Photoshoot

A while back, well before Charlie was in the picture, I decided to ask our (completely kick ass) wedding photographers to photograph Tim and get some prints framed for B's 30th birthday present.  When I first met with Drea & Casey they had an entire wall of doggie prints in their studio and I was totally inspired.  Since B is even more obsessed with Tim than I am, I knew he would love the prints.

I spent a morning with Drea in the studio.  Tim was not the best subject (teaching him "Sit" and "Stay" before the session would have been really helpful) - but we got some amazing shots!

Here are some of my favorites:

Yesterday, Casey came over and hung the framed prints in our bedroom.

Here is the finished product - SO happy with how these came out  (sorry for the crappy shot - haven't had time to download any pics from the last two weeks):

Guess we'll be going back to the studio with Charlie...and both pups will definitely be making an appearance in our engagement pics.  Thank god Drea & Casey love dogs!

Enjoy!

Fingers Crossed

First of all, I forgot my ring today, which makes me feel naked and "off".  I discovered soon after getting engaged that apparently I get VERY hot when I sleep..so while my ring is still too big during the day, I literally sweat it off when asleep.  I'm still hunting for a nice ring holder, but for now my ring lives on a silver jewelry tray every night.  Unfortunately this makes it somewhat easy to forget, especially if I'm going casual and not wearing a ton of jewelry, like today.

I digress...forgetting my ring has nothing to do with the title of this post - my fingers are crossed because we've applied to adopt another dog and I'm really hoping it works out. This dog, a gorgeous yorkie, came to the shelter with terrible wounds on it's back. Like the hard to look at kind.  The pictures are so sad - it breaks your heart to see any animal in this condition, but something about this sweet little dog especially just broke my heart. (I'll refrain from posting pics here, but if you are curious let me know and I can send you the link) The shelter reports that the wounds are healing and the dog is still as sweet as could be, wagging his little tail often.  I sat at my desk and cried, emailed the link to Beale and we both agreed we had to put in an application.  How could we not?

If we are not selected to be his new "parents" it will be okay, I just hope this dog goes to a loving home where he gets the love and attention he deserves, and we will continue looking for another rescue dog that will get along with Tim (the dog needs to be smaller,  not an alpha dog etc).  Ugh..my heart is heavy just writing about this little guy.

Finally..on a more upbeat note.  It's Friday!  For that I'll leave you with a little bit of Friday ridiculousness:  yes Lilly is now making sorority inspired gear.  WTF?  Yup, that's what I said too, then I laughed my ass off.

Here's the schmappa schmappa gamma scarf.  Girls, I think I just found your bridesmaids gift!

Yup, those are keys & owls.  HI-LARIOUS.

Happy weekend everyone!