A New Deck....

Another few weeks, a few more changes at the Wright household. Here's a quick rundown.

* We have a deck. As of last week we can now enjoy the beauty that is our back yard. Well... we don't exactly have much of a yard, which is exactly why we wanted a deck so badly. It's already proving to be everybody's favorite part of the house.




* Bella is staying with us. For now, at least. After meeting with a few families that were interested in adopting her it became more and more apparent that we might have overreacted a bit, especially from the standpoint of the behavioralist we worked with. Bella is not perfect. But she is a part of our family. We decided we would commit to continuing to train her and to crating her more often.

* I am taking a creative writing class at the Indiana Writers Center in Broad Ripple. Entitled "Novel Ideas," it focuses on how writers come up with ideas for novels and how to develop the stories. It has been fun and enlightening, but also incredibly challenging. If I actually get something of substance down on paper, I'll share a few paragraphs on the blog just for fun and let you be the critics.

* My beautiful wife got me an awesome Father's Day gift. She got me a plane ticket to visit my buddy Benny Boy Helmers and his wife Michele in Florida in late July. The agenda is already being set and I can't wait.

* Speaking of my lovely wife... she's two months and three days from turning 30. Just in case you were counting.

- Adam (some more pix just for fun!)

Truth

I was struck by the following when reading a blog entry from the pastor of the church I grew up in.....

"David Henderson, a pastor in another Indiana community, points out that most couples enter marriage carrying in their minds a picture of the perfect partner. When reality sets in, they have two choices. They can either tear up that picture and accept their partner, or tear up their partner by holding on to that picture."

What a beautiful reminder to love our spouses as they are and not what we want them to be.

Blessings,
Katie

My Boy

Strawberry Picking

Avery, Brady and I, and some friends, headed out this morning to pick strawberries at a local you-pick. We had a great time picking AND eating. I hoped to snap a photo of Avery upon our return home, but she was so covered in strawberry juice I had to take her straight up to the shower to clean off before we had strawberry stains all over our house.

After we were all cleaned up, we came downstairs and ate some, freezed some and sliced some up to take over to friends.

Rainy Days and Nights

We have been spending more time inside than any of us would like lately due to a string of thunderstorms that have come through Indy in the past week or so. While being outside suits all of us better, we have all found some fun things to pass the time. Eating, cuddling up on blankets and playing with Avery's new chest of dress up clothes in her "big girl" room. We can't seem to get her to want to sleep in the new room but we are all logging some serious play time in it.