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and now we have the t shirt to prove it (design by yours truly)

Well, vacation is over. We had a great time with my family and Alice got to meet a lot of my family that lives down there, including my grandfather and Aunt Betty. I'm back in Knoxville, but Alice decided to stay up in Franklin for a few extra days (we had swung by to pick up our dogs who were being taking care of by her parents. So I'm bacheloring it up tonight, and getting caught up in the blog world.

I'll put some stuff up about the trip later, but I just wanted to put a quick post here to let all you avid readers know that I hadn't forgotten about you.

For those of you who are interested, I uploaded some new pictures from Mom's birthday on our photo page. And there's a new podcast here. Enjoy!

action shot(!):
We used some our tax refund and got Alice a cool little commuter bike on Saturday. We went on a bike ride together on Sunday and she's getting the hang of 21 gears. Hopefully now we can start using our cars a lot less.

Cameron somehow convinced us to go on a daytrip to Charleston on Saturday to keep him company. We went down by the river and this happened:
The dogs saw some geese swimming, which got their undivided attention real quick. I called, "Get'em!" to Bob (half joking) and sure enough, he leapt in for the hunt.
Let me tell you, that dog can swim. The geese quickly realized this.
He got so close to one goose that it dove down into the water. And stayed down there for over a minute. I've never seen a goose do that. I guess this was life-or-death for him at this point. Bob started roving, looking for secondary targets. Right about then, Alice realized that there was a goose nearby with a trail of goslings (aka dog snacks) and shrieked. We started yelling and coercing Bob back towards shore in an attempt to keep him away from the young morsels.
As luck (or lack thereof) would have it, on his way back to us the same goose surfaced in front of him. The hunt was on again. After a second dive, the goose had managed to survive and the unsuccessful hunter came back dry land for some petting and cooing from his masters. Which is what he really wanted in the first place.

I love the coach's expression in the last panel.

Good news! The Metro Pulse , Knoxville's Alternative Paper, is going to start carrying Perry Bible Fellowship, one of my favorite comic strips.

Alice and I got back late on Sunday after a marathon trip to West Virginia. Highlights:
I had my last site visit at Cowen on Friday- the Dining Hall is finished. We'll be heading back up on the 7th for the opening ceremony. We had a belated Mother's Day for Mom Saturday evening. All the sibs and Drew pitched in to get her a Dyson. Now she can combat pet fur more effectively! Drew talked me into applying with him for the Amazing Race. We'll see if we can get further than him and Cam were able to.

On another note: I'll be pushing hard to get a lot done on the house in the next two weeks. If you can help, let me know! I'll need it.