Memorable Memorial Day

Jeff and I spent a good mix of time at home and time away during the long Memorial Day weekend. We went to the Aeros game Friday (see previous post), hung out at home and went to see the sequel to Night at the Museum on Saturday, and then spent Sunday and most of Monday in Trinity with the Albus clan. As previously mentioned, we met our niece, Kayleigh and held her for the first time.  Lisa, Jeff's sister from Colorado was in town with her hubby so we also got to visit with them.

We also took a "buggy" ride through the pecan trees to see Matt's (Jeff's bro) 3 new horses and mule.   Spending time at the farm has taught me that I love  photographing animals and nature.

The horse with the pink harness is Princess, the only female.  Austin named her.
We each took a turn taking our picture with Hollywood, the horse who has figured out people=dinner time.  

I really wanted to call this post "Half Ass" because that's what Matt told me his mule is, but I didn't want to terrify my readers with that naughty word! The mule, Esther was always with this horse whose name I can't remember. Sorry hubby for using the not so flattering photo of you squinting at the sun, but it was the best one of me and well, I'm the one that blogs.  Guess that's just how the cookie crumbles, but at least I didn't post the one of you squinting AND sneezing!  Darn that Hay fever!

Well, I always worry about Cookie the cat who became a country kitty after several bouts of peeing on my carpet.  Sorry Cookie, but that crosses the line that leads to eviction!  She has now been at her new home with her grandparents for 6 months and it looks like she has settled in just fine!  She was found "sun bathing" on the waterfall in Jeff's parents back yard.  Of course had it been running, this would be an entirely different kind of picture.  She sure is a pretty kitty!

All in all, a great weekend was had by all.

Ms. Grumpy Pants

So, the first day back to work after a holiday weekend is always hard. This morning my alarm went off at 5:30 AM and I made the decision to push snooze. Seems harmless, but I am not a snooze pusher and therefore do not cushion my time for it. I get up at 5:39 AM already needing to hustle to get out of the house by 6:15. Shower goes okay, but then I make the second foolish decision of the morning. I decide to go check e mail/blogs. So, it's now 1o minutes after 6 and I am sitting at the computer reading McMama's antics with my wet hair nearly dripping on the keyboard. I rush in to finish getting ready, kiss my sweet bed head of a hubby goodbye, and rush to make my lunch before heading out the door. Next, I do what I do every morning and push the door to the garage lock from the inside and rush out the door. Immediately after I close the door I realize, my car/house keys are hanging on the hook on the OTHER side of the locked door. I call my sweet bed head:
Me: Jeff, I locked myself in the garage again. My keys are on the hook.
Bed Head: I'll be right there.
I don't know what's worse, that I locked myself in the garage or that it didn't faze my hubby who has been through this with me before. Regardless, I get in the car at 6:39 AM and decide it looks like a toll road kind of morning. 5 minutes after getting in the car frazzled, I hear Jars of Clay's Two Hands, take a deep breath and decide it's going to be a good day.

Pretty in Pink

We would like to introduce the newest member of our extended family and very first niece....

KAYLEIGH!!!  

She's 10 days old and SO pretty in Pink!!!!  We met her this weekend.  Stay tuned for more photos and commentary  from our weekend with the Albus clan.

Aeros Action

Jeff ended up getting to come home a couple of hours early Friday to start the holiday weekend.  We decided to get tickets for the Aeros game since it is their last play off game at home.  I had wanted to get tickets for this game for Jeff for our anniversary, but they weren't selling them yet.  They had to win a couple more games first.  We were pumped to go!  I don't know why more people don't go to their games.  They are really fast paced, exciting, and the tickets are cheap!  

Anyway, I took my trusty camera to document the experience to share with our kiddo in our adoption book.  They have a purse check before you go into the stadium so they checked my bag, clearly saw my camera and said nothing.  So, I zip the bag back up and we are on our way.  When we get to our seats, I con Jeff into some pre-game photos.  I put the camera around my neck ( I know, super dorky.  I'm lucky my husband still goes out with me) and waited for the action to begin.  That's when the middle aged man next to me, points at my camera and says, "you know you can't have that in here" and flashes his media pass at me.  I said something about the lady who checked my bag and didn't say anything, but he put out his hand and told me I had to give it to him.  Yea, right, I'm going to give you my camera because you flashed your (for all I know, homemade) media pass at me.  I start to put the camera away and he tells me he's kidding.  I'm still not convinced he was, but I kept taking pictures anyway and aren't you glad I did.  

This is my attempt at interesting photography with the puck Jeff bought as a souvenir.
Our self portrait that might make it in the adoption book.  We want to show him how we have fun together and what special moments we want to share with him.Being a ref looks like a dangerous job.  He's inches away from some very aggressive men with sticks.
They won the game after two over times.  We won't mention that they kept the Moose from scoring at all up until the last period and then they let them tie it up in the last 30 seconds.  I guess they weren't ready to call it a night and wanted to make it a nail bitter. 
Here's our hometown team celebrating their victory.  Now, they're off to Canada to try to keep the dream alive for a couple more games!  

A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words...Here's 6000 Words on our Anniversary

We went here to celebrate....

There's a brand new location right down the street from our house that we've been excited to go to since we watched them build it!

I can't pronounce the name, but this dish sure was delish!  The middle portion of the tenderloin cut into three medallions and covered with three different sauces.  Also included is some unique fried asparagus with crab meat.

This guy sliced, seared, and served it up right there next to the table!

Here we are about to chow down on said delish dish!
This was our yummy dessert trio compliments of the serving staff!

I got these from my fabulous hubby of 2 years!  It's the first time he's ever given me white roses and I love them, especially contrasted with the bright red ones!

2 Years ago today.....

I married my match!
Jeff,
We may not be perfect, but we are perfect for each other! I love you more and more every day and am so blessed to be sharing the journey of life with you. God has already brought us through some difficult times together and I'm sure they won't be the last. But, every time we experience something new I'm reminded of how we complement and challenge one another. I'm sure becoming parents will provide a lot of opportunities for us to grow together in this way. You will be a great daddy and I'm excited to share all the new experiences this year will bring with you.
Love you forever,
B

The Verdict

I'm not going to lie...I was intimidated by Inspector Prater who was sitting in my drive way 10 minutes early in her unmarked dark tinted car with flashy police car lights on it.  I waved, but she stayed in the car. I came back a few minutes later and she rolled down the window, but remained in the car.  She informed me that I still had 6 minutes before she would come in, as our appointment time was 5:30 PM.  She waited 6 minutes, until exactly 5:30 PM and then rang the door bell.  Oh and did I mention, she also was fully uniformed with a gun!!  She told me she thinks that all our neighbors are wondering what we did wrong for her to come to our house!  She was very nice though and politely declined my offer of some water or a soda saying, "you can't offer that to me, people will think you're trying to bribe me."  Man, I can tell she can be one tough cookie if she has to be!  She climbed in the attic, checked every door (including closet doors), and asked me numerous questions like, "There's a tornado coming right now, what do you do?"  I gave the normal, but apparently wrong response that we would hide in the bathroom which has no windows.  She took me in the bathroom and explained why this was a dumb idea.  Anyway, I'm happy that she came and even happier that she left this behind: