Those of you who know Brian....

....Know how much this man has wanted to do a salt water fish tank. Since I met the man 8 years ago he's talked about growing a coral reef in his living room. It's a very expensive habit so we've never justified taking it on. But if one can say they have the hobby w/o actually having the hobby Brian has. He's a loyal and active member of the Roanoke Reef Club and has even gone on "Reef Crawls" where locals get together and go house to house to see one another's tank systems. He's read books upon books preparing and learning about the hobby. Dangerously there is a tank store in Daleville 2 minutes from where his job is moving to soon. They know him by name and we visit as a family frequently to look at the reefs and "pishys!" as the Bit calls them. Well Bri found a man in blacksburg selling his system for dirt cheap and he jumped all over it!! Here he is unloading the thing and letting Abigail help him clean it up. We won't actually be even adding water to it for another few months and not til we're in our new house. But that doesn't dampen my sweet hubby's joy. He's built his custom stand, has his lighting and sump tank all ready. He's closer then he's ever been to doing it and as his big ole grin shows it just makes the man happy!!! I'll keep you posted down the road w/ how it will look and feel to have a section of the Carribean in our living room! :)