Lucy's First Trip to the Beach

Well,,, today was Lucy's firt trip to the beach,,, to say the least, she had a great time! Look at her ears,,, they are covered in sand!! :) She even went swimming and even though her legs are so short,,,, she is a great little swimmer!

She had a lot of fun running around everywhere. Even though some people here let their dogs run free on the beach, always keep ours on the leash. I'm just to scared that Duke is gonna chase a sea gull right into the road or something.

Bloodshot eyes!

Dang! Now there's a beautiful dog... all 88lbs of him!

We had fun but it is not EASY taking four dogs to the beach!

The car ride home is always pretty peaceful because they are always sooooo pooped! Case doesn't look very comfortable does he?

If you look closely, you can see a tear rolling out of her left eye,,,,, she was so sad to leave the beach she actually cried! I am not joking,, I wiped the tear from her eye with her towel. Okay, maybe it was from the salt water. :)

Darcy is always the first one asleep on the way home.

Nite nite~

When we first got to the beach, we almost left when we saw all the dead fish and sea snakes from the Red Tide last week. Then we looked at the water and saw no signs of the Red Tide and we also saw people swimming,, so we stayed and even let the dogs swim too,,, I was nervous at first though because I didn't want them getting sick. But everything was fine!

The dogs kept trying to smell the fist,, Darcy even managed to pick one up! I almost threw up!

Yucky Dead fish! Everywhere!

This is how I feel right now

Tonight Bill and I made dinner together and it was really good! Bill made a marinated pork tenderloin with a roasted pepper glaze and I made fried polenta! Yummy! Okay,,, I know what you all are thinking,,, I got the easy part huh? Know what? You're right! But I did help Bill with his part too! :)

Could NOT help myself!

Yes,,, we're REAL fans,,, not just when they win,,, but when they loose too! :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DUKE!

Happy Brithday to our big boy DUKE! Since we don't know when his real date of birth is (he was a stray when we took him in) we are celebrating his birthday on the day that we found him which was one year ago today! When we found him, he was almost 20 lbs underweight and bleeding from several places on his face (an obvious fight with another dog perhaps). Now he's healthy (88lbs) and very happy. We'll have to make him a cake and celebrate when his daddy gets home on Wednesday! :)

Lucy Bug!!

An updated picture of Miss Lucy. Now a BIG 6 months old.......... She was dragging that stick around the yard and I tried to get a picture of her in action but ofcourse it never quite works out the way you want it to! She looks so big doesn't she?

We have some GREAT news!!!

No, I am NOT pregnant, but Bill did get the preliminary award for Capt. upgrade and the final award will post at the end of the month. We are hopeful for a November class date which will have him done and flying as a Captain by Christmas. He has waited and trained so long for this and I can not tell you how very proud of him I am. Great job honey! I love you very much! I can't wait to hear "Capt. Adams" on the PA. How cool! :)

Super Bridget

Ok,,,,well, at the risk of Bridget absolutely KILLING me, I had to post this. It cracks me up!! She looks so serious doesnt she? She reminds me of super woman! hahaha!!!

Meet Henry!!!

This is Henry,,,, I rescued him from an abandoned wharehouse ......... SIKE! Before all of you start gasping for air (because that would mean FIVE dogs for Bill and I) Henry is NOT my dog. However, my friend Lisa, who was one of my bridesmaids in my wedding, did adpot Henry from a shelter in Indianna. How cute is he? I just wanna kiss him! I couldn't help but put his picture on my blog and make all of you have a heart atack! Love you Henry! :)

Missing my Pilot

So, the whole month of September is gonna be a little rougher than it has been. Bill is stuck doing 4 day trips this month, which means he leaves early (5am) on Mondays and gets home late on Thursday (9pm or so). I miss him tonight and doing stuff like this helps! I love and miss you very much babe! Hurry home will ya? :)

Go Gators! Bridget has good taste in football! :)

This is Bridget (on the right) and her sister. Bridget and I work together at State Farm and she was at the Gator Game this weekend to see poor Troy State loose. Just had to post on yet another great win! :)

You can barely see him,,, but I see him. Hi Tebow! :)

Bill's other Love

Some of you have asked what kind of airplane Bill flies. Well, here it is. It is called the CRJ-200. It is a 50 passenger regional jet. WIth any Luck he will be Capt. Adams by the end of the year. I will keep you all posted! :)

Super Duke is SUPER!

I realized that I posted on here when Duke was so sick by never really update with a post on how he was doing. For those of you that have been asking about him (and thanks so much for doing so) he is doing great. He is back to his normal self raising heck with the best of em! I dont know if it's just me, cause he's my boy,,, but I think he's such a beautiful dog! Looks so proud doesn't he? I love you Duke!!!

So, the latest in the life of Jo and Bill's life is that Jennifer (jo's twin sis) and Brandon are moving to FLORIDA!! Hip hip hooray!! Jen landed a great job out at Marriott's Bay Point Resort and will be starting on Sept 17th! They are getting introduced to all the great bargains of Florida Real Estate (haha! yeah right) Not quite the same as Alabama I hear. We are all glad they are coming and can't wait to have them here!!

Opening Game Day and Starting the Season off right,,,, GO GATORS!

In the car on the way to the game. We drove to Gainesville from St. Augustine. It was about an hour and a half drive. This is Matthew (Bill's little brother) sitting on Deb's (Bill's step mom)lap and Nathan, Matthew's friend. :) I put temporary tatoos on the boys and Nathan wanted me to put his on his forehead. As you can see, I didnt.

Bill's mom and Stepdad, Bob (aka Dr. Bob) before the game. We gotta get them some orange and blue huh?

Bill's brother Tom and Lisa. Speaking of Orange and blue,, looks like Tom and Lisa forgot theirs too! :)

Alberta and Albert,,,,,, only Gator fans would understand :)

Bill Sr. and Debbie. Debbie graduated from FSU, what a sport huh? She's a very good FAKER!

Our tailgate party. Had a few unwanted guests (fireants) thank goodness for my itch stick!

Setting up the food.

Bill's dad and Deb ordered BBQ from a local restaraunt in St. Augustine called L&W. The pulled pork was AWESOME. Deb also made this strawberry and Spinach salad that was topped with peanut brittle that eveyone LOVED,,,, ofcourse, I wouldn't know,, but it did look very good! :)

William Gregory Adams Sr. and William Gregory Adams Jr. Everyone keeps asking when the 3rd is coming.......stay tuned! :)

They say it's great to be a Florida Gator,,, yeah, well, today it didnt feel so great. It was hotter than H-E double hockey sticks (that was for you mom) and pretty darned crowded. ICK!

How about these seats? 40 yard line row 31. Pretty nice!

After the game. We all decided to leave after the third quarter to visit and eat and drink some more (since it was so obvious that poor W. Kentucy didnt have a shot to do anything worth staying for). Here is Bob, Mom, Tom, Bill, Dad and Debbie.

Bill's Dad with his boys and their ladies. Bill's dad with his lady too! :)

Group shot.

Tired and Hot. Pretty worn out. Thanks Dad and Debbie for such a great time. We had a ball. As always it was great seeing you and anytime you need company to fill those seats, just let us know. Thanks for everything. We Love Ya'll!

Not much going on

Well,, although we haven't had much going on lately, we are still here. Bill and I are headed to the opening game for Florida this weekend ( we will be meeting up with his dad and Debbie and his mom and Bob) and I will definately update the blog with that trip and some pictures.... GO GATORS! :)

Update on Duke

Well, Dr. Evans just called me and YUP! Duke is sick. They are sending off his blood work to see if he ate something toxic, it could be the easter Lilly that we have in the house or the mushrooms that we have in the yard,,, who knows. But the doc said that hes defianately in pain and very uncomfortable. So, hes at the vet for the day so they can watch him and he will be able to come home at five. Bill will go and get him later today. The vet is sending us home with a slew of meds for Duke. Hope he's feeling better soon.

Super Duke is SICK

Our big boy isnt feeling very good. He was up vomiting through out the night. He vomitted three times. Maybe he got into something toxic....poor thing!

Here he is at the vet,,, just laying on the floor. This is odd for him especially with another dog in the waiting room...... I am waiting on hearing from the doctor to see what is wrong. I really hope he feels better soon!

Marathon Key with Bills Brother Tom

The house where we stayed on Key Colony Beach in Marathon Key

The plane ride down was great. There were only 12 people booked on the whole flight so Bill and I decided to spread out a bit and I actually sat across fromm him.

On the final approach into Marathon I kept noticing these little tiny islands that had these houses on them. I decided to snap a pic. I guess you gotta take a boat from the main Island to get there?

Pelicans were everywhere! So were iguanas, but I never got a picture of those things.

What a pretty nice beach house huh?

Getting the boat ready to go out for the day.

Bill and I both put 50 block on and still got way too much sun! Bill looked so funny with all the sunscreen on his face.

Getting ready to go in!

Bill's bother Tom and his girlfriend Lisa'

Bill trying to hide his beer. Shhhhhh,,, his mom doesnt know he drinks!

Lisa and Tom

Right about now we're frying!

So, right across from the beach house we were staying at is the Cabana Club, we had dinner there. Ok food,,,, HORRIBLE service. Dont even ask.

The only pic we got at dinner,,, NO FLASH!

The pier at the Cabana Club

Billy trying to figure out what he wants for dinner,,, he went with the grouper :)

Tom and Lisa at Dinner at Cabana Club

My little girl is not so little any more :(

Its times like this when I wonder, how is it humanly possible to not LOVE animals, not just dogs, but ALL animals. Lucy is one of the sweetest dogs I have ever known. She was already asleep when I picked her up to take her outside before we cashed in for the night. She's couldn't quite wake up, she wanted to keep sleeping! :)