More St. Louis Fun!

Last weekend, Luke and I visited St. Louis. We traveled back to the city of fog and mist for two exciting reasons. 1) Old English Sheepdogs were gathering to walk in the St. Patrick's Day Parade. 2) Luke's brother Si was visiting St. Louis.

Luke and I are planning on getting a puppy in couple months. YAY! After doing a lot of research an Old English Sheepdog looked like the best fit for us (on paper). Easy going, great with families, docile, and funny (they're nicknamed the clown of the dog world) an old english sheepdog seems like the perfect dog. The only problem was that we had only ever seen pictures and read books and articles, we hadn't ever been around an old english sheepdog. So, when we found out a whole group of Sheepdogs would be in St. Louis to march in the parade Luke emailed the group and asked them if we could come meet them and play with their dogs. They were super excited and offered to take us out to drinks after the parade to talk about sheepdogs! We politely declined their offer for drinks but told them we were thrilled we could meet them before the parade.

I took a lot of pictures for my mom, who is almost as excited as me and my husband.

Here I am with Heart.

Heart, Harry, and Murphy all dressed up in green! They won't get pinched! (We both thought the outfits were a little extreme. Nobody would pinch such sweet dogs :)) That's me holding onto Harry's leash.


Luke with Charlie and Charlie's owner. Charlie was such a beautiful dog!

The Sheepies were so much fun! The people who let us play with their dogs were great too! They gave us a lot of good advice. Now we are even more excited about getting our puppy!

The day got even better when we met Luke's brother Si for dinner! Si caught us up on what is happening at USAFA, what his plans are after graduation (which happens in 2 and a half months!) and (of course) the all important fantasy basketball latest.

I just noticed I only have one good picture from our dinner with Si. Awkward.... it may look like the dogs win this blog entry but we really were excited to see you Si : ) Living in the Midwest can get lonely sometimes so visits from family are very special.

St. Louis is growing on us!