Around the House

     We are going on our second week of summer vacation and loving every single minute of it!  Andy has gone on two fishing trips (both of them successful with fish to eat), we have gotten up every morning for our daily workout, and we have started our first DIY project as a couple (more on that when it's complete).  It's been a productive and enjoyable summer so far!  Next week, we have a trip planned to Fredericksburg without Maddie Mae (our Brittany spaniel).  We don't have children, but Maddie definitely feels like one at times.  We rarely take a trip where we cannot take Maddie with us, so it will be great alone time for the two of us.  Unfortunately, I have a few workshops/workdays in the upcoming weeks that require me to be at school, but I get paid for a couple of them and others are my comp time for the year.
     This past Thursday, Andy and I were going to Kemah to listen to live music; however, the weather decided to not cooperate with us (but we are extremely thankful for the rain) so we had to make plans elsewhere.  What did we decide to do... BOWLING at Main Event!  We both have our own bowling balls and shoes, so it's rather affordable fun for us.  We hadn't been bowling in probably over a year, but we had a blast!  Our scores weren't very good... my average was about 110 and Andy's was about 140.  We're usually in the 140s' for me and 180's for Andy.  Then we played some arcade games and finally relaxed in the bar area for a couple of drinks.

     We bought Maddie a ball to play with in the backyard.  Normally she is not allowed to "fetch" unless she's working with Andy to retrieve her bumpers.  However, now with the new backyard she needs to get some exercise in hopes of releasing some of her crazy energy.  This ball isn't an ordinary round ball.  It has edges cut off so that when it bounces it could go anywhere instead of a typical straight line path.  Below are some pictures of our super athletic dog.  And yes, Andy has trained her himself so we are very proud of her!!