New ink and I hope St. Louis is ready, cause I'm here.

Well first I have got to begin with the new addition to my body.  An awesome tattoo on my ankle paying tribute to my passions!  I am a little in love with it.  Deb and I were talking about seeing a movie, then I joked and said we could get tattoos instead.  Well the movie didn't seem that interesting so we got tattoos instead.  We got our last tattoos after a similar conversation and nothing good playing at the multiplex.  

We've gotten all of our most recent work done at Ben Around Tattoos in Waynesboro, VA, and they've all been done by Shawn.  He fit us in last minute, came up with beautiful artwork for us and said the nicest think we had ever heard a man say about his wife.

Deb: "What Does your wife do"

Shawn: "She's compassionate.  She goes out of her way to help others."

It was a pretty incredible thing to hear a husband say about his wife.  We welled a wee bit and not from the pain.

***I would also like to have a side bar and say that I though getting Tattooed on my ribs was like the worst of the worst, but that honor had to go to the inside of your ankle.  HOLY CRAP! It hurt.  I decided after the shading that I didn't need color at this time.

Long story short, I have been so bad about posting but you'll have to forgive me.  The last couple weeks were full of packing and getting ready to leave for St. Louis.  After Almost 14 hours in a Prius (way good choice for a road trip) I arrived last night in St. Louis with my dear friend and co-worker Kelsey, in tow.  Hooray!

Here is our Journey, in images:

 The mornin' was super misty, foggy, and rainy. Boo!

The lovely and luscious Kelsey, who affectionately offered to drive me to STL.  Woh! She's Awesome.

Clearly on this trip I discovered instagram! Its super great!

Lewisburg, WV was named the #1 small town US.  They had a plaque.

Kelsey loves eating Nori just like my sweetie pie, awe Deb I miss you!

West Virginia is BEAUTIFUL!

This is me relaxing like a Princess, in Princess, KY!

Here we are bringing the Sunshine to Clark County, KY.  

Conversation with the clerk at the Clark County, KY, gas station.

Clerk: "You girls aren't from here."

Me: "No we're not how can you tell."

Clerk: "You actually seem happy."

Me: "Oh is that out of the ordinary?"

Clerk: "Yah."

Me; "Well, happy to bring the sunshine, have a great day."

Indiana Pistols! We didn't see a welcome sign.

Yeah that's a goat in the back of that truck.

Kisses for Deb!

This was in the bathroom at a rest stop.  Looks dicey to me.

Again there was no sign for Missouri, but hey, Welcome to Missouri!

I got bored and camera happy.

WE MADE IT!!!

You are probably wondering, what was Deb and the puppies doing when you were tripping around the midwest.  Well here are the photos that deb sent me of the puppies:

Orson Baby! on his bed

Hobbes so sad I'm gone.

Orson looking for me.

Blue Bear and his crazy eyes!

Our delicate boy on his bed.

Sweet boys.

She Loves ME!!!

On sunday after our long day in the car we wanted to do something fun.  We were going to go to the Zoo.  The traffic and parking was such a situation that all we saw was this statue honoring the Zoo.

Our treat for Kelsey and my last night together!

Yay Blue Moon.

It was a great trip, but now I have to get going and be ready for work.  Till Later, Posting soon.

~ Caroline ~