Final Member....For Now....

Well I caught you up..sorta, and now we have another member for you to meet. This is Hershie! For those who are going, "this isn't a Beagle," yes, I know. I spoke with the owner of Buddie's mom, and here is the deal. Rosie (Buddie's Mom) was given two different studs (different times) and took to neither of them, meaning she didn't get prego so they are no longer going to use her to bread. I searched and searched for Beagles and only two places in Iowa could I even find them and non of them were "Buddie." When I saw Buddie's photo for the first time I knew he was the one, so for me to try and find that new, "Buddie" if you will in a Beagle was extra hard. After talking to friends and family they said it would probably be harder on me to get another Beagle than to get a different breed. I for once actually listened! We were lucky that my best friend, Emily (see her below,) her parents just bread their Lab. There were two girls which I knew I wanted a girl with whatever breed I ended up with. Ross and Emily took the first girl, and we now have her sister. Boston is Ross and Emily's little girl, and Hershie is our little girl. We are excited at the same time exhausted. We got her late Sunday night, and I feel like sleep has been few and far between. Lucky for me Dan has been there for me. If this doesn't get us ready for kids, I don't know what will.

On another note, for those of you out of state, the Iowa State Fair is just a little bit of a BIG deal around here. We made our appearance again this year! I really enjoy the fair, I was telling Dan, I could seriously stay at the fair and watch the free stages, and people all day. The food is just an extra bonus ;) However, we didn't go all day. We got there about 2:30 and left about 6:30 or so. It was a fun day though. We got some candy, a big plate of nachos (fair size of course), Dan got a 1/2 pound tenderloin. Sorry, there aren't any photos of these. I wasn't in the mood to carry my camera around. Either way, we got to spend the day with friends, and just enjoy each other!

Saturday was a crazy day for me, went to a bridal shower for my cousin, at the winery downtown. It was so beautiful, my cousin is very stylish with everything she does, her house is decorated to the nines, and not with super expensive modern looking things, more of a vintage boutique (super cute). Her fashion sense is the same way. She loves her wine so the winery was a perfect fit. Check out some of the images below....

Next, after the shower I did some candid work for a wedding, it was BLAZING hot out, and super humid. I really did try to look cute with my hair curled, however, I walked around this beautiful outside wedding for 3 hours, and my hair ended up in a ponytail with no curl left :( The wedding, setting, flowers, detail, all was fun and beautiful. Here are some of the shots! Congrats to the Bride and Groom.

That was just all in one weekend, needless to say the closet hasn't come to far...hopefully this weekend, after I do a senior session, Dan working, and a birthday party....the summer is coming to an end faster than I thought, but that just means I'm one step closer to becoming a teacher :)

Hope everyone is doing great! Love you all!

Dan, Hollie, Tyson, and Hershie :)