Welcome to the Family

This Memorial Day weekend here in Chicago, it was hot; there was no doubt summer is here. In our household, though, there were other changes aloft.

On Saturday, my sister arrived as the courier with our new dog.

She is a Chesapeake Bay Retriever, and we adopted her from their rescue society.

The weekend has seen many firsts and I'm sure there will continue to be adjustments. But so far, we're thrilled with our addition. We have bestowed the name of Allerton on her and look forward to the memories we'll make with her. It is sure to be an adventure.

(As her first bath was...) Here my sister and I do our best to clean her up: