la familia guapa reunion: dallas

A few weekends ago my good friend from Spain (well he's from Philly, but we met when we studied abroad in Spain) came to Dallas to visit Erica and I for a mini-reunion. I say mini, because in Spain there was a group of six of us that spent the whole summer together. Here we are, La Familia Guapa...

While Bre, Laura and Bret were definitely missed, the three of us + Ryan had a great time! On Friday night we went to Sangria Tapas y Bar for some delicious, well... tapas and sangria. Then on Saturday we participated in the Dallas Tomato Battle 2011. We weren't really sure what we were in for, but it was a blast! (Please excuse the terrible pictures, it was a disposable waterproof camera and Walgreens ruined the film when they developed it.)

 

After we got the tomato gunk cleaned off (took multiple hair washes and loads of laundry) we grilled out at our place. It was a lovely evening with wonderful friends and a pretty precious puppy, if I do say so myself. Miss you already Harrison!

 

back door

As one of our first DIY home improvement projects, we decided we wanted to replace our dingy old sliding glass back door (that didn't really lock most of the time) with some fancy new french doors. We got them on sale (and another 10% off with a coupon) at Lowe's - a pretty good deal!

It was a bit of a process, but after a few hours and some clever maneuvering by Ryan and Jim...

Bada-bing, bada-boom...

NEW DOORS!

murphy

Ryan and I are pleased to introduce the latest addition to the Koch home. Meet Murphy...

We got him last Wednesday on a bit of a whim. We found him on Craig's List from a sweet couple in Ft. Worth and drove out as quickly as we could after work to pick him up.

We love him!

the den

Thoughts... opinions?

Set Up #1

The TV in this one is to the right. This just wasn't enough seating, so we also tried the above with our blue couch backed up against the bar, closing in the TV are making a U shape. (I took pictures of this but I'm not sure where they went...)

Set Up #2

This is what we currently have, who know what next week will bring....

happy halloween

After our fun but exhausting weekend in CS we had a chill Halloween evening with Greg, Kate and Lauren. We dressed up, ate tacos and passes out candy to the neighborhood kiddos. I was bummed because there were less kids than I expected (we even had candy leftover) - but it was a great time overall!

Lucy & Ricky, Pocahontas & John Smith and the squirrel

For day-of, last-minute costumes I think these came out pretty well

reunion

A few weekends ago we had our 2nd Annual Roommate and Family Reunion in College Station for the Texas A&M vs. Mizzou football game. Despite the disappointing outcome of the game, the great food, wonderful friends and Aggie tailgating made for a fabulous weekend! Here are some pics of the fun...

Alyssa's great monster cookies

Great friends and family!

2818 Place and 302 Bolton Reunion