"It's a little bit funny..."

Mommy and Buck before the 10K.

Daddy helps Buck see over the crowd (13,000 people!)

A little hug before the race.

Finishing!

Hey!!! We're done!

I know that I've already posted about the run...but here are some more pictures to prove it really happened :)

We are been VERY busy here at the Grady household. I will get some pictures of our finished backyard wall ASAP. The neighbors are calling it the "Great Wall of China." We have huge plans for our backyard - all of which we hope to have finished by the middle of June so that we actually get some use out of it. RKZ's brother, "Uncle" is coming the last week of May and has been "well" informed (according to RKZ) that he will be helping with the primary landscaping. Must be excited to spend a part of his summer doing manual labor with us! We are truly excited to see him. CONGRATULATIONS on graduating from University, Uncle C! You make all of us very proud to know you.

On other big news fronts, it has been in the 80's all weekend. It's Victoria Day weekend here - but everyone calls it "May Long" because there is an extra vacation day (3 day weekend). I like that Canadians use the month in the name because then you never forget when it is. We Americans are constantly forgetting which holiday is Labor (not Labour) day and which is Memorial Day (or maybe that's just me).

Another big piece of news is that we got a dog. See? Backyard=dog. We miss Bailey the Beagle (well, Shawn does) but we don't think he'd come back to us after living in the Shangri La that is the Duke and Duchess' world. I wanted to wait to post about Max until I could get a picture up, but that could be awhile as I have very limited time to grab my camera these days. Max is the puppy, he's 8 weeks old and a Boston Terrier/Lhasa Apso mix. He's tiny and already paper trained - which is more than I can say for Buck.

It's "summer" here now, so we've started down the slippery slope that is potty training. DANG, this is a pain! I'm sure you'll be hearing plenty about poop in the upcoming days. Hope I haven't lost a ton of readers with my delay in posting. I'm back now as the construction is coming to a close and the summer swings into gear.

Now, I'm just looking over my shoulder for a new baby to throw into this insane mix!!
Happy Victoria Day!