Full Weekend and Now Off to Utah!

This was a great weekend! Very full!
Andrew worked on a Habitat for Humanity house, I got a haircut, we left Abbey alone for the first, and second, time out of the kennel, I competed in the 29th Annual World Gee Haw Whimmy Diddle Competition (and got second!), the Brewgrass festival, a 100+ mile bike race (helped at, not raced) up to Grandfather Mountain in the cold rain, and now we are in the final stages of packing for a trip to Ogden, Utah for the XTERRA National Championships!

I will put up some pics from the weekend and Utah soon!

Abbey

So on May 19th this year Andrew got a call from Jeremy saying - Aren't you two looking for a puppy? To which Andrew said, um, no. But Jeremy brought this sweet little puppy over that had been found over at Camp Rockmont/LEAF and he started rethinking it. I came home from the gym that night and saw him with a puppy on a rope. And I tell you, my heart melted - she was too cute. So, after putting up posters, reporting her to the Humane Society, taking down posters a week later cause we loved her so much - we had ourselves a puppy.

We immediately took her to Pisgah that night and decided to name her after a beer. Porter and Stout are not girl names, so we went with Abbey. And for total disclosure, her middle name is Wingnut. Andrew had told his friend Russ back in college that if he ever had a dog, he would name it Wingnut - so she is Abbey Wingnut. And she is suchh a great addition to our lives! Dogs are so amazing, and she is such a chill and sweet pup. She goes with the flow - runs wild with other dogs playing and having a great time, and naps with us while we watch NASCAR! And she is growing! She loved the beach - we were along the Eastern Shore two weeks ago - and she loved chasing seagulls and running in the sand.

Full Weekend

So, Andrew and I had chatted awhile back about doing a blog to keep track of all the great places we have traveled to and all the cool things we get to do. So here it is!

This past weekend was full - half marathon, BBQ's, church, playing with the puppy, and deck work!

I ran the Asheville Citizen Times Half Marathon Saturday morning with some great girlfriends. Andrew drove Natalie, Kriste, Virginie, and I and Abbey (puppy dog!) downtown bright and early. Perfect weather for the run, nice and cool and overcast.

My knee and hip have been hurting, so I am very pleased to have gotten a new PR - 1:58:33! Now we are all thinking about the Bethel Half Marathon and the Rock the Quarry 4 miler. Of course Nat and Kriste are signed up for the Black Mountain Marathon - that will be my next decision...

Saturday night we went to our friend Bill's for an awesome BBQ complete with Pisgah Beer! We skipped out pretty early though cause I was exhausted!

Sunday morning was church at St James where we got married last year.

In the afternoon we went to Camp Rockmont for the 1st Annual Swim With Your Dog Day! I hope to find a picture or two from other folks - but it was a blast. Abbey had SO much fun. There were a good 20-30 dogs there just tearing around and swimming, and running across the field, and jumping off the dock, and having a blast! It was very cute and a lot of fun. And last night Abbey slept HARD.
Interspersed in all of that Andrew spent time working on the deck - which we hope to have done by Thanksgiving;) It is going to look great - he is just cleaning up what was already there, but sanding it, staining it, replacing nasty boards, etc. Then we will have a celebration BBQ!