Visitors weekend!!!

We were happy to extend our cozy apartment to my parents this weekend, as they paid us a visit. Mom and Dad got here on a rainy Friday night. They got a pretty decent tour of downtown Blacksburg and a little of Virginia Tech. We had a good time eating breakfast, watching the Hokies lose their game on TV, and making a temporary movie theater of our apartment. Dad got the opportunity to chase Neit around outside, and we even got some hiking in. Our biggest surprise of the weekend was when Joanne, Eric, Fiona and Garrett stopped by on their way home from Nick and Chris's. We were glad to let them stretch their legs at our place, and we didn't even charge them to use the toilet. Overall we had a wonderful weekend, and feel like we may be able to host even more guests in the near future! So please, get out your scheduling books and pencil in a visit.

And now...the photos from our beautiful fall hike to the Cascades.

Start of the hike

Pretty Fall Stream

The Hiking Crew

Dad and one of many stone steps

Parents on a bridge

Finally, the waterfall

Mom and Dad at the Falls

Bethany's Wedding

Ian and I made it home for the second time for my friend Bethany's wedding a few weeks back. I just now got my hands on some pictures from the wedding, and thought I'd share them with you. Enjoy!

A little pre-wedding drinkypoo

Bridesmaids in waiting

The wedding party

At the reception

Ian's Big Day

Today is Ian's first day at his new job. Be sure to ask him how it's going!

Fall festival time

We went to a fall festival today in Vinton, Va. We saw a doggy fashion/talent show (we did not enter Neit due to his new hair cut). There were also some pretty impressive competitive cloggers. Yes, little girls who clog in competitions. We were amused. And a pretty realistic Barney Fife impersonator. Yes this fall festival had it all. We had nachos and bought a cute little decorative Halloween pumpkin. We were not disappointed with a fall festival. Perhaps we'll go back next year.

Ian having fall festival fun

Me having just as much fall festival fun

Our new decoration

Neit vs. the Burrs

We took Niet for a walk yesterday, and he did a silly thing. He stuck his head into a bush full of burrs. There were so many of them, we had little choice but to cut them out. They were mostly on his face, left ear, chest, and front paws. Here are some before and after shots.

Burrs around the ears

Already starting to mat up

The hair cut

The results

Sad about his new 'do

I had to cut out a lot of fur on his chest and from his legs too. Its hard to get the full scale impact of how silly he looks now, but trust me, its funny. We hope he learned his lesson about burrs: Don't stick your head in them.