field trip

We had a great day Tuesday!   I took the afternoon off work and went on what I decided to call a field trip - why should kids get all the fun field trips?

I went with Kevin up to Huntsville to meet his coworkers and classmates.   He had one last class to attend for his History of Science class and then the entire class and the professor were going to a nearby bar to celebrate the end of the semester.  His whole class is only 7 people!

Before his class we met his cousin for lunch - he works for the athletics department so he is BUSY getting ready for Friday's quarterfinal semifinal football game.  Go Bearkats!   Note: I corrected what level of game it was, I can't keep the terms straight. 


It was nice to get out of the office and enjoy some time with my husband.

He finished his semester today!

Wordless Wednesday

hanging out with Santa!

Texans are playoff bound!

Big day in Houston!!!   By beating the Bengals and the Saints beating the Titans the Houston Texans win the division, wohoo!!   First time to go to the playoffs.   Kevin has his tickets purchased in case we get a home game :)


I actually didn't watch the game, I spent a great day with Gwendolyn and baby Stella to finish up some Christmas shopping and have some long overdue girl time.    Gwendolyn and I were college roommates for 2 years, and I still thank my lucky stars that I was matched up with such a wonderful roommate!!!  We really did 'shop til we drop' and both got a lot of items marked off our lists...

 I tried to find some division champs shirts on my way home, but both stores I went to were sold out - once said they sold out in 10 minutes!  I'll be on the lookout for them, guess you just had to be in the right place at the right time to get them.

PS If you are ever at Sam's, their 4-berry milkshake is delicious and a deal at less than $2, just don't look at how many calories it has....shopping counts as cardio right??

Thanksgiving, weeks later

Long overdue.....We had a great, family-filled weekend for Thanksgiving!   My whole family came to our house, and we had a great time.  It was a quick trip for my brother and his wife, they both had to work on Black Friday so they came in late Wednesday and headed back home early on Friday.   I'm glad they made the trip to be with us!!

We ate too much (who didn't), but did pretty well.   We had one snafu with the turkey, my dad cooked it at their house before coming up and he either miscalculated the time or the smoker (electric) malfunctioned, because the turkey fell completely apart.  He rescued enough of it for us to eat, it was very smokey tasting...We'll try again at Christmas.

That weekend we even did a home project (made good use of my handy-man dad's help), so we know have a cabinet (storage!) in the master bath, we love it already!


It was an eventful weekend for Rockey too, he got a new home with my brother and sis-in-law.  They took him home with them and he now has a roommate - a little feathered friend.  We enjoyed having a bird for a while, I think I'll stick with 4-legged pets.

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.