On May 5, Owen ran in the Smart’s Mill 5K.  Mom and Dad also participated.  They did a 1.75 mile (~2.82 kilometers) walk.  Owen did the full 5K (~3.11 miles).

On May 6, Ross was confirmed at Saint John The Apostle Catholic Church.

Other newsworthy events this month:

• Owen’s Car Bed is now history
• Owen made the Smart’s Mill Middle School All-A Honor Roll
• Granny got a new refrigerator as a Mother’s Day present; her old one is retiring after 18 years of faithful service
• Mom started a new Blog>
• Gunny and Piggy were accepted for social memberships at the exclusive Towne Animal Clinic in historic Leesburg, Virgnia; they plan to spend quality time with Baby and Cappy at the clinic’s world famous four-star resort this coming summer
• Pop-Pop and Granny are building a flower garden in their front yard to replace the Maple Tree that had to be taken down last month
• Our pool will open on or about May 18.

We both ran in the Freeze Your Gizzard 5K this month.

Granny, Pop-Pop, Grandpap Olaf, and a friend of Mom’s spent Thanksgiving Day with us.  Cappy had lots of company too.  The Grand-dogs Gunston and Piggy were there along with Cappy’s friend Buttons.

We had a "Vegetarian" Thanksgiving Dinner this year as it was getting late in the day, everybody was getting hungry and the turkey was still cooking. 

The day after Thanksgiving, we went to visit our cousins in Charlottesville, VA.