september 2013

the rest of september:

1st annual IMMY awards

Did I mention that I love my job? Well, in case you hadn't heard - I do. This is just one of the fun, silly things our company not only lets us do, but sponsors. This was our first annual IMMY awards (a sort-of spin off of the Emmys and The Dundies) where Insiders vote for awards for all of their peers. It was quite a glamorous affair!

two years old

It's hard to believe these babies are already 2! (I know, they are not babies anymore and this totally sounds like a post a mom would do about an actual baby. Oh well, I am embracing my puppy craziness, for now, they are our babies.)

Their birthdays are 9 days apart (Kali 9.10 and Murphy 9.19) but I give them both treats on both days. (How could you not?) Ryan was out of town for Kali's birthday, so of course, they got to sleep in bed with me!

But, he was there to celebrate (with the same treats) for Murp man's big day. Happy 2nd birthday pups!

austin

When Ryan went on his fall hunting trip this year, the puppies and I headed down to atx for a weekend in the hill country to spend time with the fam and help Daddy refinish the trampoline frame. 

Here we go (with a goodies - thank you Aunt Lauren!)

And, then I got lost leaving Dallas... I feel like Kali's expression captures the moment well.

I finally made it, and had a wonderful weekend with the Roses. We watched some Aggie football. Spent several hours sorting through Kelsey's and my childhood keepsakes, literally laughing so hard I couldn't breath and was in tears.

And we (mostly Daddy) finished sanding down the trampoline frame, repainting it and taking it apart to transport back up to Dallas for our back yard. (The puppies were super helpful with this.)

It was a wonderful weekend at home!

btho the bearkats

And beat them we did! Fun times at Stan's Blue Note since the game was pay-per-view. I will say, I really do like being in to comfort of my own home, on my own couch for games. But there is just something about cheering along with a room full of Aggies that you can't beat!

Lauren and I celebrated the victory with some parfait's from TCYB afterward, yum!!

laborless weekend

We pretty much had the perfect Labor Day weekend this year - well, my vision of the perfect weekend anyway! Basically we were on the water and with friends the whole time, it was fabulous!

Saturday:
The Saunders rented a boat for the day and the Gerbmans and us (grammar?) joined in for some fun! The Aggie's first game of the 2013 weekend was Saturday, so we all met at our house first to cheer them on. It is so good to have college football back in our lives! Gig 'em!

Around half time we headed out to the lake. We were on Lake Lewisville which is down a bit this summer, but it was still perfect in my opinion. We were also surprised how few people were out for the holiday weekend. Jello shots, white sangria, buckets of chicken and plenty of beer made for a great day!

 

Brian was our fabulous boat driver - he threw us around a lot on the tube, but it was a blast!

I love the lake...

After we docked and dried off, we headed back to our house for some more college football and per-usual, this happened.

Sunday:
Cayce and the Horner family generously invited us out to their house to grill out and swim. Another day in the water, it was excellent! Thank you so much for your generosity Horner fam! (Also, thanks to Cayce's mom for getting a group pic! Run/swim-in-photo credit to Kate)

Monday:

We decided to do a homemade brunch on Monday morning. We had mini-quiches, waffles, sausage, Aimee's famous eggs, banana muffins and mimosas of course. Everything was delicious - we are pretty good chefs when we actually cook.

After brunch, we headed up to the Markussen's house in Plano to watch the Ranger's game and grill out. The night also entailed a rigorous game of Fish Bowl, some hide and seek and giant Jenga.

Like I said, the perfect Labor Day weekend!