Congratulations Johnette!

We were in Beaumont 2 weeks ago for a very special occasion. Johnette, my stepmom, was graduating from college with a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice and a minor in Psychology. I was really proud of her, after all, she had been working on her degree for over 25 years! And that's not all either - she graduated with nearly a 4.0 GPA and was literally one of the only graduates I saw with the yellow lapels on her graduation gown, which also made her easy to spot. My pictures are actually not so great, but I posted them anyway. I didn't get my camera out afterwards, because her sister was taking lots of pictures. Anyhow, it was great to see her finally finish something she has been working very hard on for many years. Way to go Johnette! That's her in the yellow near the front of the picture with all of the other graduates coming out to take their seats.

Pinot & Picasso

I know I am way behind on posts, so since I had some free time this afternoon I thought I'd update our blog. About 3 weeks ago I went on a girl's night out with some of Kurt's wonderful family. We decided to start at Lauren's house and had pizza and her famous amazing salad. From there, we headed to a place called Pinot & Picasso. It's such a neat idea, and we all had a blast. You bring your own wine, beer, or other beverage of choice and snacks if you'd like. There is one painting for the night and the artist teaches you step by step how to complete the painting. You're free to paint whatever you like, as Kelli did, and you can change up colors too. It was lots of fun, but we were missing Amy and Sally, so we'll probably head back for another painting some time soon. Our paintings actually didn't turn out so bad. Kurt really didn't believe me when I brought it home and said I had painted it. I think he was just being nice! The colors are a little bright, so we don't have it hanging in our house just yet - maybe one day though. Picasso's in training: Rhonda, Wanda, Lauren, Karen, Kelli, Jennifer, & Corrie

Wanda was really concentrating.

Cheers!

Jennifer was cracking us all up, as usual...

Can you resist this?

As many of you know, Cash is a pretty big part of our lives. After all, before you have kids your dogs are as good as it gets. So since we don't have kids to post pictures of, I thought I'd try to catch Cash in many of his "Kodak moments" that we think are funny. Over the weekend, we were looking around the house for him and couldn't find him anywhere. He was sleeping in the pantry! The door wasn't shut...it was just slightly cracked, so it wasn't like he was shut in there. I guess he just thought it was a good, cool place to sleep. When we opened the door, he just looked up at us like, "what, just trying to catch an afternoon nap." Also, since I've been home some days during the week when I'm not working at Pottery Barn, Cash has become quite the lazy summer dog. We usually go for a walk in the morning before it gets too hot, and then he literally naps all day, then when he's bored he walks to another place in the house to nap some more. He seems to get a burst of energy in the afternoon when Kurt gets home, which is such a nice surprise from his early puppy days when we couldn't do enough to wear him out.

So anyway, last week I was cleaning around the house and I opened our front guest bedroom so I could vacuum. I forgot to shut the door back and Cash took it as an open invitation to get some sleep right on the bed. He makes us laugh so often and is great company when I'm at home by myself. Oh the joys of having a dog!