UPDATE!!

We're ashamed, it's true... we haven't updated since January! Well, we're definitely not going to be able to include all that's been going on in our lives for the past 5 months, but we'll just have to settle for an update on life more recently :D.
This summer, I'm working part time at a local bank and taking classes so that I can finish up with school by December(!!!!). It sure is hard to be busy with schoolwork during the summer months, though... Most of the time, the LAST thing I want to be spending my time on is homework!! But I know that it's just for this one summer, and there's a wonderful light at the end of the tunnel.
Dylan's been continuing to enjoy work, along with pursuing other hobbies like guitar playing, cooking, beer brewing, and gardening. We've been experimenting with "EarthTainer" gardening--planting in rubbermaid tubs. The tomatoes LOVE it, but it's not the best for the snow peas, and we needed to devote more room to lower-yielding plants to get enough to really enjoy. But it's been fun nonetheless!
Murray's been spending a lot of time relaxing and laying low on the warmer days of Summer. One of the most common positions we find him in is laying on the ground with his belly in the air and paws hanging limp by his sides--trying to cool off, I guess?! He also LOVES that we aren't wearing socks these days so our feet our exposed and he can give us baths every evening... bleh! :S AND he's been spending even more time trying to get in CONTACT with water--what a strange kitty!
It's amazing how busy summers can get, isn't it? You think, "Ah, finally... summer break", but in reality things start to speed up because you want to take advantage of the summer months and all that comes with them! We've had and will continue to have a lot of fun weekends... Conferences, boating, camping, canoeing, biking, swimming, concerts, ball games, farmers markets, family, friends... And we still want to keep up with other loves like cooking, baking, guitar playing, reading, movies, relaxing... Learning to live each day as it comes, that's for sure.
Here are some pictures that supplement some of the things I wrote about: