Trophy Season

This is what Shawn does before I get home from work in the evening!

Puppy Head

Crockett has become an enthusiastic swimmer!

Bay Bridge at Sunset

Easter Sunday in Philadephia

The weather forecast was for more COLD, wet weather, so we decided to take off for the weekend. After boarding Crockett at the "doggy hotel" in Arnold, we pointed the Honda north and ended up in Philadelphia for the weekend. Shawn got a great deal on a room at the Loews Hotel in downtown Philly. We found out too late that this chain caters to pet owners, and that our pooch would have been most welcome in our hotel room.

We caught up with Jennifer Hawk and John Klinkose for dinner on Saturday night. They live in the Art Museum neighborhood, a neighborhood full of eclectic and undiscovered shops and restaurants and bars. It was good to see them and to meet Sophia, their recently-adopted lab mix puppy.

King Tut

Shawn and I drove to Philadelphia this weekend to catch the King Tut exhibit at the Franklin Institute -- that tiny green dot at the top of the steps is me. I had seen many of the artifacts before when I was in Egypt in 2003, but wanted to see how well they traveled.

The tickets were sort of expensive ($35/person) and the lines were terribly long -- which is why we saw the show late on Easter Sunday afternoon -- but it was worth the effort! We wandered around the museum for an hour to kill some time before the main event. I've included some pictures -- we saw everything from a Wright Brothers flyer to moon rocks -- though none of Tut, since cameras were prohibited inside the exhibit.

Shawn really IS the center of the universe!

Barge at Sunset

The True Love of Shawn's Life

Bringing the Fishing Boat to Maryland

Shawn's been commenting for some time that he can't take our boat up the smaller rivers and to the "flats" where rockfish spawn. The solution? Bring his 16' Eldocraft to Maryland from Tennessee. This little boat will be no match for the mighty Bay, but it will do just fine on the Magothy.

Scenes from Ella's First Birthday Party

The Kimbro Boys on the Strip

At Buffalo Wild Wings, to watch the top-ranked Lady Vols win the NCAA women's basketball national championship.

Ella Strikes a Pose

Sitting on the ledge of the wood stove in her parents' bedroom.