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artisan gelato....so, so good........

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Houston skyline at night, from a local bar we visited for the first time last night (Dogwood).

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We are just a few weeks away from our vacation to Colorado and cannot wait!    We booked it just after new years and I haven't researched it a bit (very unlike me).    I'll probably read about what there is to do as we get closer, but know that we are both ready for some R&R.....above are some photos from our previous trip to Colorado (Kevin's first) in 2008 - wow, time does fly!

Decade

This is a nearly wordless Wednesday (our blog, our rules).  Monday (2/17) marks 10 years since our first date, hard to believe we've been together for a full decade!

The photo is from my dear friend Delena's wedding - Feb 2007.   Its a cute picture of us both (and friends Erin and Trey) and you wouldn't know it in the picture but we were engaged at that point, but not telling people since we got engaged the weekend of the wedding and we would NOT take any focus away from the bride and groom.

Here's to many more years!!

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I nicknamed Smokey our "hot dog" this weekend.  It was over 100 degrees and he still wanted to be let out the back gate so he could go off-leash and explore.

I had to tell him no, it was too hot and we'd already been for a short walk.  Its tough to say no to that face....

I think this was the happiest he was all weekend.   Kevin had a quick one-night trip to Austin with friends so it was just me and Smokey at home, and Smokey sulked the whole time....a little taste of what he does when we're both on vacation.  K got back mid-day Sunday and all was right with the world again.  I haven't had the heard to tell him we'll both be gone on vacation soon.....

Sunday was also our anniversary -- six years!   We had a very low-key anniversary.   I looked up the traditional gift - candy/iron.   I'm not sure how those two items go together.   We substituted frozen custard for candy and had it for dessert after I'd made spaghetti and salad for dinner.   I'm thinking we may've had spaghetti last year too....obviously we like it!

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This is what Kevin sees every afternoon.  Smokey waits for me to get home and walk through the door.   He knows I'm home before K does since he can hear the garage door.  

He's a silly dog, but he's our silly dog.....

Happy Halloween!

After years  of saying I wanted to carve a jack-o-lantern and letting the season come and go, I finally did it.   I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.  I took some shortcuts because it was a lot harder than I remember it being.....

Have fun on Halloween, we are stocked with candy (minus a few that my loving husband couldn't resist eating -- my own fault for buying his favorites) and are ready for the trick-or-treaters.

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Its almost football season again, wahoo!   Kevin's already trying to figure out how he can cheer on his team and keep his voice so that he can lecture the next day.   funny problem to have!

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Lake Tahoe 

Wordless Wednesday - blueberry picking

This was my view for about an hour and a half on Saturday.   My dad and I went blueberry picking.  Kevin and my mom went with us, but left the picking to us.    We went earlier in the day than I'd planned (about 4:30) and I think it was a good thing we did - we had the place to ourselves since it was the hotter part of the day.    As we got closer to finished we heard more and more voices - when we first got there all we heard were birds, and an occasional far off voice.   All together we picked over 12 lbs of berries!  They are much larger than last year - the rain did the plants good.

Its a fun outing, and the price can't be beat - $2/lb for what you pick and bring out and no limit on what you eat while you pick.   The farm, Moorhead's, is open daily in June until the crop is picked out.   It is so popular that they ran out of buckets in the morning!!

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Remember the tv show "America's Next Great Restaurant"? (aired in 2011)   The runner up on the show is opening his meatball restaurant in Houston!    We were in the food court for a birthday, and I saw that a new restaurant is opening - Brooklyn Meatball Co.   They have TVs showing images, and i realized it was one of his, then i look into the restaurant and there he is.  I was thinking it was a franchise, had no idea he'd be there.    The restaurant wasn't open yet, but they were giving out samples - meatball and later tiramisu (worked well as individual birthday cakes!)  the food that I had was very good!  He was busy with the food, but happy to take a moment to take photos with people.

*I'm not good at being wordless, oh well - my blog, my rules :)

Wordless Wednesday - Graduation!!

Congrats to Kevin!! He worked hard for this degree and I was so happy to get to see him walk across the stage on Saturday.

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The one room schoolhouse from our recent trip to Woodville, TX.  First thing I thought of - 'just like Little House on the Prairie!'

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hanging out with Santa!

Wordless Wednesday: Baby Reindeer

Its probably just a baby deer (fawn), but I like to think its a baby reindeer.   So cute...

at our neighorhood Christmas event - 2009.

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Our dog is tough on his toys. this is the HEAD of his stuffed skunk, but he still plays with both pieces.

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This is my first time to particpiate in Wordless Wednesday - already broke the name by using words....eh, my blog my rules.

This is the traveling trophy that Kevin has now won twice (2nd place) at his chess meetup.