Weekend Fun with Friends

Before I get to our weekend.. I wanted to talk about the first picture. So many people ask how Sam and Barney get along. It was a long road, but they have finally reached a mutual respect and tolerance for each other. Barney is 19 years old and deaf. He was our only child for 18 years. He was not happy with the addition of Sam. Sam wanted to hold Barney and as you can imagine... that did not go over well. Anyway, after 8 months of living together we finally got that illusive photo of them together!! It is a rare event so enjoy!!
We had a great weekend visiting and spending time with friends. Saturday evening we went out and ate Chinese with our dear friends Jo, Ted, Shannon, Wayne, and Alison. After dinner everyone came to our home for dessert and coffee. Some other dear friends, Debra and Mike, joined us and watched our Gotcha Day video which was followed by us cheering on Michael Phelps as he won his first gold medal of these Olympic games. Sam and Alison (who is 14 months) have so much fun playing together. Sam LOVES Alison and he wants to do whatever she is doing. For example.. she crawls.. he crawls. If she squeals... he squeals. If she walks and runs... he walks and runs. He really is a ladies man!!
Sunday after church our dear friends, The McNairs, came to visit us on their way to Gulf Shores. Greg and Nick have been very good friends since we all worked together at WAKA TV (about 22 years ago). Greg is a freelance videographer (he used to work for HGTV). Greg, his wife Sandy, and their children now live in Maryland and we haven't seen them in a long time. Sam instantly took to Duncan (10) and Molly (6).... especially Molly. When they left Sam was crying "Mawy"... he wanted to go with them so bad! We hope to see them again next spring or summer.