Here are Shannon and I at her baby shower in Burlington, KY. Little Thomas is due at the end of July. We can't wait to meet him!
Jim, Fatime, Logan, Brett, and Katherine came to visit us last weekend on their way to Virginia and Washington, D.C. It was great to see them...and we were honored to spend Father's Day and Jim's 40th birthday with him! There were a couple of basketball games while they were here!
Here is Kate with Brewer...the kids are quite the animal lovers! Kate made special friends with our orange cat, Oliver, too. He ate up all the attention!
Here is Brewer cooling off in front of the fridge after a long walk! For the monthly update, he's getting much longer but not much taller. It looks like he's "growing into his neck" a bit more. His weight gain is leveling off a bit. He's just over 50 pounds now. He has added a new trick to his repertoire. If you point your finger at him like it's a gun and say "bang", he falls to the ground. It is hilarious and he looks so proud when he does it! It's been so fun teaching him new tricks!
Brewer and I after doing the 5k Race for the Cure with Kate, Diesel, and my parents (who were in town for a few days!). Adam and Brian ran it...those overachievers! Brewer was a real trooper, even if he did pull me the entire time! 
Kate and Brian's dog, Diesel (Brewer's bestest friend, besides Adam, of course!)
Kate and Brian were dog-sitting for Otto, a beautiful Samoyed. Here is Brewer giving him an Eskimo kiss!
Here are Meg and I taking the bicycle cab back to our hotel after "Rent". The poor guy biked us about 2 miles in a drizzle, and then probably had to go back to Broadway to get any other business! It was a great way to travel...you can see the sights at a slower pace and it's seemed much safer than a cab ride!
Times Square
Central Park
The NYFD...on our visit to Central Park, we "ran into" an Israel parade for Israel's 58th Anniversary of Independence. It was really interesting! We were able to see Hilary Clinton start the parade.
This is the before picture of our foyer and hallway...yuck!
And this is the after!!! Adam did an awesome job putting down a sub floor and this porcelain tile...all by himself! It makes the hallway much brighter! When we redo the kitchen, we will continue this floor into the kitchen and bathroom.
This is the national art museum. I didn't have time to see any of the artwork, but I was told that the musuem contains mostly art from famous Finnish artists.
This is a Lutheran church located near the Baltic sea in the city center. It is ontop of a hill that overlooks the city. It was quite a beautiful site. It turns out that around 85% of the Finnish are Lutheran. In fact, the person that I spent a lot of the week with told me that her father was a Lutheran minister. There are many more pictures that I will post later.
The National Theater. Not much to say about this.
A view from a bar ontop of one of the cities taller buildings. This is overlooking the old part of Helsinki. The Baltic Sea can be seen in the distance.
A Russian Orthodox church near the Lutheran church.
Here is a picture of our Florida room with our new furniture. It is now the most used room in the house! Also, Brewer wrestling with Adam (guess who won!), and Brewer's first true encounter with Carley. Sure, she's hissing in the picture and took off right after, but she actually sat there for a minute with him close by. The first two pictures are from a few weeks ago, when Brewer was still easy to pick up, and of him with his favorite squeak toy, "Binky".
