...and we're back!

As y'all know, we moved home to Louisville for Blakely's new gig. Doesn't she look official?

 Here's a closeup:

This was one of their first days of school back when we got here. I think.

Welcome to Kentucky. Booze at Taco Bell.

This is our buddy Ben Schulte. He's getting a lot bigger now.

This was a fun dinner party at Ben Schulte's house.

Bird brushing teeth...

...and then helping Gramps swap out the ugly light fixture.

Dining room when we first moved in...

...then ripped down the chandelier. It's pink now and lives in the girls' domain upstairs.

We had an impromptu 3rd of July American potluck dinner!

Our pals from Birmingham Amanda, Rees, and Dillon have family in Louisville too. They came to visit us too:

and Dillon went night night.

Mary Thomas almost ran out of diapers at school.

Two are trouble.

Reading with Grandma in the "library." 

Back story: Our house has a diminutive breakfast room off the kitchen where we stuck a couple chairs and all the girls' books when we moved in. It works well to read to them there [away from the TV] before bed, we read the morning paper in there, hang out while dinner's cooking, etc. A few days after we moved in, Jane kept referring to the room as "the library" because her books are there. So the name stuck.

Mary Thomas lovin' on Grandpa Thomas

Brush before bed. 

After one false start, our cousin Claire sleeps over now too!

I had to do some work in Nashville - Lord only knows how long ago this was - and caught up with Ryen, Josh, and Mandy over beers on Broadway...

...and found Tammy Wynette sizing me up in the men's room. And I'll be damned if Loretta Lynn's not the First Lady of Country Music. False advertising!

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I've got catching up to do!

Love,

TK