Surprise Party

On Saturday we had a surprise party for Rachel (Bryan's mom) in Nashville. She was diagnosed with colon cancer back in January and has been undergoing chemotherapy. It has been a long road, but she finished the last of the 12 chemotherapy treatments on August 7th. We are so proud of her! She has truly been an inspiration to a lot of people both in terms of her "fight" and in terms of her strong faith.
Here is a great picture of Bryan and Rachel!

We love you Rachel! We're so glad we could celebrate this milestone with you!

Cowboy Stadium

Well...you knew it was coming. As big of Cowboys fans as we are, you knew we'd find a way to check out the stadium. Today was an Open House at the new Cowboy Stadium so we went to check it out. They were sewing the yardline numbers into the turf so it was cool to see that. Man, 1 Billion dollars will build a really nice stadium.
Here is the view from where we will be sitting.

But, I think the jumbo-tron is big enough for us to see anything we missed on the field.

Jerry World is a really nice place!

First Date

Last night we had some friends over for dinner. They brought their 2 year old Corgi named Flash. He and Adi had a big time. They ran around and played and tumbled over each other all evening! They would run and play until they were absolutely exhausted and then collapse on the floor to pant. As soon as they could breathe again they were back to chasing and playing. Here they are resting. Note that they both have their tongues out panting. Also note that they both collapse on the floor with legs going any which way.
Here is a shot of them playing. Sorry it's blurry....they were never still enough to get a clear shot!

Adi slept late this morning. I know she was tired from playing all evening!

Advanced Degree

This picture is a little fuzzy, but hopefully you can tell that Adi is sound asleep between the fence and the shed in the backyard. This is her favorite sleeping spot. We planted some new grass back there recently, but we left a little patch without grass so she could sleep in the nice cool dirt. She even rests her little paws on some leftover bricks. Yesterday I went out to get her and she was sound asleep with her head under the edge of the shed. I whispered her name, but my Sleeping Beauty did not budge. I had time to go back inside, get the camera, come back out, take a quick photo, take the camera back inside, and come back out before I finally made enough noise to wake her up. Doesn't she look sweet!
After Adi graduated from puppy class in May, we decided that she (and her parents) needed a little more training. So, we have been taking intermediate class this summer and tonight was graduation! She was valedictorian! Before you get to excited maybe I should mention that she was valedictorian because she was the only puppy to attend class tonight. But hey, in the mind of the Beck's, she is valedictorian! She has really improved in her behavior lately and has learned a couple of tricks as well as most of the basic commands. She even cooperated much better for her graduation photo.

Since it was Intermediate Class instead of just Puppy Class, she got to wear a red sash along with her cap. I think we dropped a treat here.

Here she is laying spread eagle on the floor (her favorite way to lay down) and smiling up at the camera.

Birthday Boy

Happy Birthday Bryan! Here is a photo of the birthday boy in his new MTSU sweatshirt beside his Boston Creme Pie birthday cake! It sure was yummy...thanks Mom!
Here his is opening his new sweatshirt from his mom and dad.

Here he is opening some new headcovers for his golfclubs...he's planning to buy some new clubs to go inside with his birthday money.

We had a really fun weekend. Mom and Dad came to visit and help us celebrate. We ate at Babe's on Friday and went to the FC Dallas soccer game on Saturday. By the way...today Adi is 8 months old!