Harry Potter in London

While in London Greg and I bought a book about movie locations in and around London. Since we are such movie buffs it was a must. We took about a day or so to just visit sites from the book and take pictures.

Harry Potter of course is pretty much my all-time favorite series of books so I knew I had to see as many of the spots where the films were done at. Although a lot of the actual school scenes were set in Oxford we did as many local London shots as we could.

Below is a picture inside of King's Cross train station at platform 4, this doubled as platform 9 3/4 in all of the Harry Potter movies. It was so neat to see it in person because it does look a lot like the movie.



We then headed across the street to St. Pancras station. The outside of this building was used in both Harry Potter and Bridget Jones' Diary. In Harry Potter this is where Ron's dad's car was parked at when Harry and Ron jumped in it and began to make it fly, since they missed their train to Hogwarts.

In the first Bridget Jones' Diary you see Bridget walking in front of the building and the second movie you see her here to pick her parent's up from the train station.


This is Leadenhall Market. The store fronts here doubled as Diagon Alley in the Harry Potter movies. I could see Harry and Hagrid walking through the streets for the first time and could imagine them looking in the windows at all of the wizarding gadgets.


Also in Leadenhall Market is the Lamb Tavern that doubled as the front of the Leaky Cauldron that Harry and Hagrid enter to have a ginger beer after shopping.


Here is the front of the Australian House. This building doubled as Gringot's Bank in which Harry went to retrieve some of his money in order to buy supplies for school. At one point the Australian House had to be completely blocked off because there were so many tour groups coming through to take pictures, after the first Harry Potter movie was released.


Next time we have time in London I will do an official tour for more of the Harry Potter set locations.

2 days around London

Saturday Feb 17, 2007

Today began at Kensington Palace, this is the home of many generations of royalty, including Princess Diana and Prince Charles. We got to tour the Palace and see a lot of attire from the different generations. We were also able to see some of Princess Diana's dresses and some never-before-seen pictures from a photo shoot with Vanity Fair. That was definitely the highlight, although the entire inside of the palace was impressive.

Kensington Palace also had a large garden and park outside, which was so beautiful and peaceful.


We left Kensington Palace and headed back to King's Cross for lunch at Mor-ish (we needed to change shoes, our feet hurt already). Mor-ish was a great little greek place that served all types of food. We then headed out to see some more sights of London, including Kings Cross train station and St. Pancras Station (pics in a later post). We then headed out to see some various parks. We saw a little bit of Hyde Park but mainly we sat on a park bench in Regents' Park, it was so peaceful. It was great to see so many people out and about walking, riding bikes, having picnics, or just sitting and enjoying the outdoors.

Here you can see that we visited the famous Baker Street and were able to see the statue of Sherlock Holmes. (We tried several times but couldn't get a picture without the other foreigners)


We left Baker Street and decided to enter this place called Harrod's, or better known as shopping heaven. Harrod's is a very large, expensive department store that contains pretty much every single department that you can think of any type of store having. We spent nearly 5 hours here. They had your typical clothing, purses, and shoe departments (nothing we could afford) but they also had departments like musical instruments, electronics, a pet store, furniture, a guitar exhibit, and 2 floors of nothing but food. Oh my goodness the food, I couldn't believe my eyes. They had a whole wall of nothing but cheese, which we ate a lot of on this trip, 2 rows of meats and seafood, about 8 counters of chocolate, 3 counters of coffee, a couple of tea, an entire bakery, prepared foods galore, sushi, pizza, pastas, and so on and so on. You name it they had it. They even had a Krispy Kreme donut store that had a line of about 20 people in it, man did it smell good. Anybody who likes to shop should definitely go there. They also have about 8 restaurants in this one store. We ended up stopping for a break at a small cafe and having a milk shake, yummy yummy!

Monday, Feb 19, 2007

Today was the day we went back to downtown London to take a trip on the London Eye. The Eye was built for the millennium celebration. It is a huge ferris wheel type ride that you stand inside of. They have multiple pods that go around that take nearly 30 minutes to go a full rotation. You get to see some of the most amazing views of the city from here, well worth the ride.


Above is the actual London Eye and below is Greg and me on it. We were able to see a lot of buildings from the sky that we had seen on the ground, it makes them look a lot different.


Here is a picture of Parliament and Big Ben from the London Eye.


After the London Eye we walked around downtown London some more and ended up meeting Dan for lunch. He knew we liked Mexican food so he took us to Beach Burrito, it is kind of like Willy's. A good time was had by all, and we really enjoyed getting to see him one last time before we left, too bad Rebecca couldn't have joined us. We hung out with him until he had to go back to work and then we continued on our way. We walked through Chinatown and Soho and through some other areas of London that I will mention in another post.

We then went back to Kensington Palace to have a traditional English tea. It was great. For only 9 pounds we had tea, scones, cucumber sandwiches, and lemon cake. It was so fantastic, we didn't even eat dinner that night because we were so full.

We left afternoon tea and walked through Hyde Park. We had no idea how big it was. We walked for over an hour just to get across it. At one point we saw a road and thought we were at the end, ended up being the entrance that cuts the park in half.

Tuesday Feb 20, 2007

Today was the day to go home, we were sad but ready to see our puppies. We ate breakfast at Mor-ish. It happened to be pancake day so I had a pancake for breakfast, how appropriate. We had to hop a train to the airport and then had a layover in Detroit, we ate dinner at Jose Cuervo and then headed on back to Atlanta. Greg bought me tulips as a late Valentine's Day gift that miraculously made it through customs and immigration and I was able to bring them home, all the way from London. They even survived at home for about a week.

Bonjour, Paris!

The day to Paris began very, very early. We woke up at 3:15 am to catch the early train. Once we arrived in Paris we jumped on the hop-on hop-off bus. Our first stop was to the Arc de Triomphe. We figured we would just make a quick stop here and continue on to the Eiffel Tower. However, once we got there we were so impressed, we had no idea how big the Arc was. It was mammoth, and I was in such awe. Words cannot describe how impressive it really was. There was so much detail in the carvings, every inch of the Arc was covered. There was also an eternal flame for their unnamed soldiers.


We spent about 45 minutes walking around the Arc. We decided that we did not want to get back on the bus, we were ready to hit the Eiffel Tower. If we had gotten back on the bus we would have to ride through 4 other stops before we got there so we decided to walk. We walked for about 30 minutes and noticed one of the red buses. We thought we must be getting close but we had no idea what we were in store for. We had been walking through a downtown street and when we got to the end, there in front of us was the Eiffel Tower in all of its glory. It was the most amazing thing I had ever seen in my life. You see pictures of the Eiffel Tower and statues but seeing the actual thing was something entirely different than I had ever expected. It is known to everyone other than the Americans as the Tour Eiffel.



Greg and I decided to walk up the Eiffel Tower instead of taking the elevator, little did we know that this meant you had to walk up all 700 stairs to the second platform. When we started to walk up the Tower we got to the first platform (360 steps) and decided to stop and have a snack. We went to the little cafe and ate a chocolate croissant and a quiche along with some hot chocolate, all while we looked at the spectacular views from the first deck.



We were going to take the elevator up to the second platform but that is when we found out you had to walk the rest of the way, that was where the remaining 340 steps came in. We then took the elevator up the the very top of the Eiffel Tower. It was magnificent. We got to see all of the views of Paris, I never realized how big Paris was and how many buildings they have, they are all crammed in like sardines. We even saw their replica of our Statue of Liberty that they had given us.

Once we were done with the Eiffel Tower we decided to take a river cruise down the Seine River. We saw many building, bridges, gargoyles, and so much more. One of the most unique buildings that we saw was Notre Dame. I had always heard the story of Notre Dame and the Hunchback, but never had seen any pictures of it. The front was gorgeous but the back was so much more intriguing. It is very gothic looking. There are even statues going up the roof of the building. This picture is the backside of Notre Dame.



Once we got off of the river cruise we headed to the Musee du Louvre. Everyone had warned me that the Louvre would take a couple of days to go through but did not believe anyone. We did not arrive until 5 pm and they close at 6 pm so we did not actually go inside and look at an of the art, we didn't feel like we would have any time. We did however walk around the outside and take in all of the statues and beauties that the building itself had to offer.

The entrance to the Louvre is exactly how it looks in The Davinci Code, the big glass pyramid, as seen below.


We spent about 45 minutes walking around the outside of the Louvre, again, it was amazing. The age of the buildings and the detail that was put into them was nothing like I had ever seen and don't think the states will ever appreciate. We jumped back on the hop-on hop-off bus and took a small tour of the city, we rode back by Notre Dame, we also got to see the Hotel des Invalides. This is where Napoleon's Tomb is located. We did not get to go in but got to see the outside. We ended up at the Opera House, which is where we got on the bus. We did a little shopping, didn't buy anything, and also grabbed a beignets to snack on. We walked around this shopping area and decided to walk back to the train station instead of taking the bus. We walked down La Fayette street and stopped to eat a cheese crepe for supper. We got back to the train station and headed back to the hotel to get ready for the rest of London.

80's Pomp and Circumstance

Thursday morning we woke up and were eager to get out and about the city again. We started out by having breakfast at the Bakery Cafe right up the road from our hotel. The Europeans are big on very small breakfasts so we had croissants and hot chocolate to eat. We headed out on the Underground back to Buckingham Palace, our first stop. We watched the changing of the guards, there were so many people there and this isn't even peak season.

The inspection of the guard shack before the guards actually change


After the actual change they have a band that played. They played for about 15 - 20 minutes and we were shocked as we listened. The first song that they played Greg and I listened and thought, "Hmmmm, this sounds familiar", but we could never figure it out. Then the songs began that we did recognize. Are you ready? Are you sure your ready to read the songs that the Buckingham Palace Changing of the Guards ceremony had played? Ok, here we go:

Thriller
Eye of the Tiger
Love Lifts Us Up
Time After Time
You Give Love a Bad Name

What a riot. After we left the changing of the guards ceremony we headed to Trafalgar Square. This is a huge hot spot for filmmakers. Some of the movies that have been filmed here include 101 Dalmations, The Avengers, and 28 Days Later, along with others.

One of the large lion statues at Trafalgar Square


Popular spot for pigeons to hang out and take food from passerby's at Trafalgar Square


We walked around for a while and ended up eating at a nearby pub called The Porcupine. While Greg enjoyed the ale, the food was very greasy, typical of an English pub. After lunch we went to The Photographer's Gallery and saw some interesting pictures, to say the least, not my style of pics at all. We continued on foot around the Chinatown area and then on to Piccadilly Circus and the theater district at Leicester Square. Lots of lights and somewhat like Broadway in New York, but on a much smaller scale.

The play Equus in which Daniel Radcliff (Harry Potter) is staring in. It doesn't open until 2/27/07.
This billboard is located near Leicester Square, the theater district.


The main square at Piccadilly Circus, lots of billboards and lights.


We then walked to a nice shopping area, called Covent Garden. We had a couple of our friends, including Lisa, had told us about it so we were eager to head there. We didn't buy anything but had fun watching the street performers and just browsing in the shops.

We headed back to Earl's Court and ate dinner at Wagamama, a noodle bar. We had to get up very, very early in the morning so we went to bed early.

Valentine's Day with the Brits

After having a nice relaxing afternoon, we got up early to try to squeeze as much as possible in on our first real day in London. We grabbed a quick breakfast at our hotel, then made our way over to Buckingham Palace to see the changing of the guards. The only problem is that during the winter, they only do the changing of the guards every OTHER day, and of course this wasn't the day they were doing it. We were a little disappointed, but figured we'd come back the next day, so weren't too concerned.

It didn't seem too far, so we figured we would walk over to the House of Parliament On the way, we noticed a crowd of people gathering and figured we would check it out. It turned out to be the changing of the horse guard on one of the parade grounds. It was interesting to watch, but lasted a very long time.

One of the Horse Guard


After the changing was finished, we walked over to the House of Parliament where Big Ben is located. We also went by Westminster Abbey which is located in the same area. They were both nice and impressive, but we didn't spend too much time since we had so much to see. There were docks located really close to Big Ben, so we hopped on a boat and took a cruise down the Thames river over to the Tower Bridge.

Tami and me on the boat


Tower Bridge


When you get off at the docks close to Tower Bridge, you are right at the Tower of London, so we went in there next. We expected to get through it in an hour, but it's so huge and there is so much to see we stayed for like 3 or 4 hours. The highlight was seeing the Crown Jewels, but seeing the Ravens and all of the weapons and torture devices were very interesting also. They had one section where they had actors portraying what life was like during the times when the Tower was active. We talked with one of the guys for awhile and it turns out that his wife was in Woodstock Georgia, so he knew exactly where we were from..... small world.

Around 2:30, we figured that we weren't going to make it to lunch since we still had a lot to do, so we grabbed a quick snack at a little cafe at the Tower. After we left, we were starving since it was about 4:00, so we found an Italian restaurant called Brassierie that was close by and had a wonderful late lunch. After we were full again, we started out going across the Tower Bridge to South London and walked around. We eventually made it over to Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and took a tour. It was fairly impressive, built in 1997 as a faithful reproduction of the original Theatre that was located really close to where the original was situated. It was built using wooden pegs rather than medal screws and even has a thatch roof.... the only one allowed in all of London since the Great Fire of 1666. They still do productions, but since it is an open air theatre, they only do them in the summer.

Looking up from the seats in the Globe Theatre



We stayed at the Globe until they shutdown, and by then we were exhausted. We had really wanted to go out for a nice meal for Valentine's Day, but since we ate lunch so late and we were so tired, we decided to go back to our hotel instead. When we got off the Tube station at our hotel, we went out a different exit than we normally did and were shocked to find a huge group of people, paparazzi and a line of Limo's. Apparently, their annual Brit Awards were that night and they were being held at Earl's Court which is right down the road from our hotel. We stayed for awhile to see if we could see anyone famous, but you could mainly just see people's backs as they got out of their limo's and posed for pictures. Besides, it was the Brit Awards, so we figured we wouldn't know many of the British celebs anyway.

Earl's Court where the Brit Awards were held.



We started to go to our room, but figured we should eat something, so we ran up the road to a little pizza place and got a small pizza and some bread sticks and took them back to our room. Paired with a bottle of wine, it wasn't that bad of a supper. However, I'm not going to push my luck and will be taking Tami to a proper Valentine's Day supper next year.......

Welcome To London

We left Atlanta on Monday, February 12, 2007, and arrived in London Tuesday morning. We made it to Earl's Court, where our hotel was located, without any problems. The hotel was not exactly what we expected but it was still pretty good. We got upgraded from just a basic room (which turned out to be so small that the two of us would not have even been able to turn around without hitting each other) to a suite, or actually a complete one bedroom apartment. It even had a full dishwasher in the kitchen and washing machine/dryer combo. It wasn't as nice as the website but was still much better than the room we should have gotten, we were very happy with that arrangement.

Since the first day was only a half day in town and we were a little tired we didn't venture out too far. We were starving since we hadn't had a real meal in over 12 hours, except for airplane food, so we stopped and ate at Zizzy's. This was a very cozy Italian restaurant where we had some wine and lunch and unwound from the travel. We then walked around Earl's Court and ended up at Holland Park. We just walked around the park for a little while, watching all of the owners and their dogs out for walks after work. On our way back down the main street I noticed a movie theater, the Odean, which happened to be playing Musc & Lyrics already. We stopped in and watched the movie before heading back to our room.

We did make a pit stop on the way back by the local grocery store and picked up some snacks for the room. We didn't eat too much that night as we had gorged ourselves at lunch. We had this awesome desert that some would die for. It was a warm belgian waffle topped with bananas, caramel, chocolate, whipped cream, and ice cream. Yummy!!!!

No pics for the day but there will be more on the following days.

Vegas, baby....

Tami has been torturing me for months about the great birthday present she got for me this year. In the beginning of December, two wrapped medium sized packages appeared in the den which were supposed to be my present. I was stumped, I had no idea what it was. I was told that I couldn't open them until we got back from my birthday supper, which was also a surprise. So, my birthday finally arrived on January 2nd, and it was time for us to go out to supper. Since it was a surprise, I got a blindfold and rode in the car for about 30 minutes in the dark. When she took off the blindfold, we were in the parking lot of Hartsfield Airport leaving in a couple of hours for Vegas.

I will give Tami props, she kept the secret very well. She got with my manager and work and arranged for me to be off and for someone to back me up. She also wrapped up a box of kitchen stuff that we had packed up and a new tent we had bought (the content of those two packages I previously mentioned) to throw me off the track. We had a great time in Vegas, and I'll be updating with specifics and pictures in the next couple of days.

Mission: Christmas at Disney Part 3

Day 5: Epcot

Christmas at Epcot

All five of us got up early to beat the rush at Epcot, which never arrived until after 5 pm. The day was a little marred by rain and tornado warnings, but it didn't stop us. We started out by riding the Test Track, that was a blast, we didn't realize it was sort of like a roller coaster.
The whole family at the Test Track ride
Then we rode the new ride called Soarin'. It is a virtual ride where you fly over a lot of landmarks in San Francisco, that was really cool. All of us enjoyed this ride thoroughly. Then we headed off to visit the different countries. We started in Mexico and worked our way through Norway and China before heading off to Morocco for lunch. Lunch was excellent.

You can't go to Epcot without getting a Viking hat.

Trolls!!!!!!!


Mom and Dad then headed back to the hotel for an afternoon nap and we continued on through the rest of Morocco and then to France. We met up with the parents to see the Candlelight Processional in which Gary Sinise read the Christmas Story.

Tami and Jenny in front of Epcot France


We then walked through Germany and England where we had supper at the Rose and Crown. The food and drinks were so good. The last thing we did was head over to watch the firework show that they had. It was fireworks put together with fire, lasers, and even a giant globe that had digital images on it.

Day 6: Home

We got up early, yet again, to catch the bus to the airport, the entire day was uneventful. Once we got home we met up with my mom and Brad for lunch before Mom, Dad and Jenny headed to see Kaye and Bill in Lincolnton.

Greg and I exchanged presents with my mom and Mindrey. I got a travelling bag that I had seen that I absolutely loved from Victoria Secrets. The bag has a painted pink Union Jack symbol on it, this will be perfect since we are going to London in February. I also got a pink iDog, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest DVD, the Gwen Stefani DVD, a Georgia Bulldog pink tshirt, and some socks that have the Union Jack symbol on it. Mindrey also got me some of the New Zealand coasters with Chili Peppers on it and a beautiful necklace from her Sorrelli collection that I have been looking at for a very long time.

Greg got a gift card from my Mom to the Apple store and a book that he had wanted. My present to him came a day late but I think he was okay with the wait, I got him the Nintendo Wii system, it has been so much fun to play, very interactive.

We gave my mom a leather tank cover for her motorcycle that she had been looking at along with a joke gift of a pot and potting soil, maybe she will replant her ivy one day.

All in all Christmas was excellent this year. Can't wait until New Year's.

Mission: Christmas at Disney Part 2

Day 3: MGM-Studios

Greg, Jenny and myself all got up at 6 am again this morning to hit the rides. Mom and Dad stayed at the hotel a little longer to get ready, and to feel better since they were both sick. We got to the park before it opened and were the 3rd roller coaster to go out on the Rockin' Roller Coaster with Aerosmith. That was the best ride that we rode the entire time. We then hit the Tower of Terror which wasn't nearly as scary as we thought it was going to be. We also got some pictures with some of the Disney Characters like Daisy Duck, Mickey Mouse, Chip N' Dale, and Stitch. He was the best, even though we weren't originally planning on seeing him. The three of us were wearing shirts that we bought at the Vortex which have huge skulls on them and they got a lot of attention from everyone at the park. Mickey seemed embarrassed and Stitch wanted Greg's shirt. Stitch was taken with me, since I danced with him, he was a lot of fun.

Tami with Stitch

Mickey was shocked by our shirts


We also got pictures taken with Mike and Sulley from Monsters Inc and even the characters from Cars.
Tami with Tow Mater from Cars.


Afterwards Mom and Dad got there and we were off to the Stunt show, that was amazing to watch. Seeing all of the car chases and explosions and such. We continued on with more shows and rides. At nightfall the park turns on the over 5 million lights from the Osbourne family. It was really neat watching the light show that was going on to the music and the snow was fun. We had dinner at the Sci-fi Diner which was set up like a drive in movie theater, where we all sat in cars to eat dinner and watched an old black and white screen that showed some clips of old movies. Then, back to the hotel for a little shut eye.

Day 4: Animal Kingdom

Game Day at the Animal Kingdom

This day followed the same pattern of the three of us up early to be at the park when it opened and Mom and Dad arriving later. We started off with the Expedition Everest roller coaster, that was so much fun, except for the 35 minute wait we had to endure because the Yetti was being difficult. We were the first roller coaster to go once it started. We ended up riding it again before we hooked up with Mom and Dad since we enjoyed it so much. The next stop was breakfast and then the safari, I love seeing the wild animals just roaming around. We even got to see a baby giraffe. We did all the rides and shows at the Animal Kingdom that we wanted to do and even watched the parade. Recommendation: Do not waste your time with the Tiki Room, it was bad.

We headed back the Magic Kingdom for dinner, we had reservations at the Liberty Tree. We had a blast with all of the characters, we even took a funny pose with Goofy, inside story from the Bufords. We then went outside and watched the Light Parade, it was so beautiful. Then we headed to Cinderella's Castle to watch the fireworks.

Jenny and Tami with Goofy

Mission: Christmas at Disney Part 1

Day 1: Arrival/Downtown Disney

We arrived at our hotel around 7 pm, grabbed a bite to eat and then we were off to visit Downtown Disney. It was pretty uneventful, we walked around, did a little shopping, and even grabbed some hot chocolate from the Ghirardelli soda shop. While walking around Downtown Disney we looked at all of the awesome lego displays that were created. They had small window displays of some cities and large displays of animals and even a dragon in the water. We got to see part of a firework show as it peaked over the buildings. All in all it was fun but we didn't do too much.

Lego London.... We'll be in the real London in a couple of months:



Day 2: Magic Kingdom...a taste of Epcot


Today started out very early, 6 am in fact. We headed off to Magic Kingdom since we had breakfast reservations with Cinderella. The breakfast was really good and we had a ball taking our pictures with the other princesses like Jasmine, Snow White, and Belle, we even had pictures taken with our Fairy Godmother.




The best part was Jasmine's confusion on the Smokey and the Bandit shirt that Greg was wearing. We weren't sure if she really didn't know what Smokey and the Bandit was or if she was playing her "role".



After breakfast we headed off to enjoy the rides. Our first ride was the Futureworld Transit Authority, which is just a covered train system that takes you around part of the theme park. The rest of the day was spent riding rides and watching shows. I happened to be wearing an Alice shirt so all day we kept trying to get my picture taken with her but somehow she kept managing to to slip through our grasps, so no picture with her. We do have lots of other pictures though, so no biggie.

Once done with all of the rides and shows that we wanted to do at Magic Kingdom we attempted to start Epcot. That did not go too well. There were torrential downpours and all of the dinner restaurants were booked so we headed back to the hotel for dinner. The dinner spot at the hotel is called the Pepper Market, my recommendation is to never go there, the food is okay but the wait staff could care less about you.

Look at all of the pretty lights

Got a few quick updates to share. We haven't been too busy lately with anything worth posting. However, we did go up to Charlotte the week before last to spend time with our friends Chad and Marc. Tami has known Chad since they were very little. Tami and I were both sick which put a little bit of a damper on everything, but we still had a great time. We both got better; however, Tami required some medicine to get back to 100%. After that, we've just been getting ready for Christmas.

Tami, me, Marc and Chad













Last night, Tami and I celebrated our 8th anniversary. We went out to a restaurant called Aqua Terra located in downtown Buford. It was the first time I had eaten there. Tami had been there for lunch, but said the menu was entirely different for supper. The food was excellent, we'll definitely be going back. After that, we went out to Lake Lanier's Magical Nights of Lights. We've been every year for the past few years and it's always a lot of fun. Basically, you drive around six miles on the islands which feature tons of light displays. Here are a few of the pictures that turned out the best.

Candles


















12 Drummers Drumming.













The Holiday Village. This is where they have shops and a small amusement park. Normally we roast marshmellows in the large bonfires that they have setup, but last night was just too hot. Instead, we rode some of the rides in the amusement park.








A picture of Tami and me from the top of the Ferris Wheel.












Also, we fly out tomorrow going to Disneyworld with Dad, Mom and Jenny to spend Christmas at the Magic Kingdom. It should be a lot of fun and we plan to take a lot of pictures.

Since we won't be posting anything before, we wanted to go ahead and wish all of our friends a family a Merry Christmas!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wishing everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving.

Eat Well, spend time with family, and watch parades and football.

Goooooooo Dawgs!! Sic 'Em!!!!

I was just excited that UGA beat the 5th ranked Auburn Tigers 35-17 that I had to say yeah!

All is going well just staying busy. We will start the holidays next weekend so we will try to post about it.

Run Willow Run

This weekend we took Willow and Daisy Adair to the Second Annual Atlanta Walk/Run for Animals. The point is to bring your dog in costume and do either a 5k run, or a 1, 2, or 3 mile walk. We only planned to do the 1 mile walk because we still weren't too sure about Willow's knee, but as you can see, she was having a ball, so we kept going and did the 2 miles.




Afterwards, they had a costume contest as well as several contests such as best kisser, best trick, longest sit/stay. We were a bit biased and thought that Daisy Adair should have won...



or at the very least, Willow should have won with her Dinosaur costume.




but alas, we weren't winners. However, Daisy Adair did win the longest sit/stay competition..... I guess all of that money for obedience finally paid off!