Pictures

Okay Okay, so you have been asking for a few photos so here are a few :)

Us on a jetski at a staff retreat with the church :) Wheeee

Us playing around after the Geis wedding, isn't he a cutie!

And that's it because our camera hates me and didn't copy the photos from JT's bday and other events, so all we have are our memories, sorry all!!!

Sunshine in Sept

What a great day, started off with a slow start, I got to sleep in for awhile and then woke up and did a little community work :) Yes I was crocheting this morning but I was making Stoma covers for little children at the hospital. They are the cutest colors and I love to make them so it made me feel really good today! Then I took some time for myself... me and my best guy :) Sebastian got in the car and took off to the beach with Amy. We enjoyed running in the ocean, jumping over waves, playing with the water frisbie and just spending time with a great friend :) Later on my real best guy, got back from a guys fishing morning, wahoo for guy time, and changed into some swim shorts and joined us in the water. Unfortunetly the Texas heat got a little too warm so we decided to head home. Tonight I am working at the church and he went to a concert at the park with some friends, followed up with dinner with some more friends and then watching the fight somewhere :) What a great day, when you can take the time to do some things for others, take some time for yourself and then end the day by spending it with people you love and then going home with the one you love. What a day :)

Wedding Bliss

On August 23rd, Jonathan and I got the honor to stand by two of our great friends as they joined their lives together as one. As Jonathan was the best man, he was with Eddie most of the day, even through the flat tire, errands, whataburger etc. As a bridesmaid I met up with Barbie at lunch and then hung out with her for the rest of the day until the wedding. She looked amazing and the look on Eddie's face when he saw her was priceless. The wedding was beautiful and the reception was amazing. We had a wonderful time visiting with old friends and hanging out with new ones. We wish them the best as they join their hearts together and start off on an amazing adventure. Congrats Mr. and Mrs. Geis

So I just turned 26 and here's how it went...

All week Mia had been hinting at something big for my birthday. I finally get it out of her that we're going somewhere for the weekend. Then I finally get it out of her that we'll be spending the weekend in Fredericksburg. I had to work the actual day of my birthday but manage to sneak out that night cuz my boss loves me. So I get home, we pack the car, and off we go to drive up to Fredericksburg. I slept in the car most of the way. After about three and a half hours of driving we make it to the hotel and crash for the night. The next morning we get up in time to catch the end of the hotel's continental breakfast. I get my food and sit down and start eating. As I'm eating I look up to see my parents and my little brothers walking towards me. I say hey, and then go right back to my breakfast. Whoa wait a sec...I didn't know they were coming! Mia surprised we with getting my family to meet us for the weekend and come to find out my sister and her boyfriend are coming up later in the day too! So I'm excited! I love Fredericksburg and I love my family and I really love my wife for all she did to put the weekend together for me. So we spend the weekend running around town and hanging out with the family. We did a lot so I'll just give you the highlights. Friday we had lunch at a cool little old school diner at the airport. Mia and I spent the better part of the afternoon with my sister and her man. We checked out several Wineries and experienced wine tasting Texas style. It was a great experience and I learned a lot. We went out for Mexican food for dinner that night and then we went to this place called the Rockbox Theatre. They stared with stuff from the 50's and just worked their way up. It was a really cool and really funny show. If you're ever up that way it's definitely a place to check out. Saturday we grabbed breakfast and then headed out to Enchanted Rock State Park to hike to the top of the second largest granite monadnock in the United States. Translation-it's a giant pink rock. So my whole family heads up the rock and about half way up my sister's boyfriend gets sick cuz he decided to race my little brother up a steep part of the climb. He blamed it on one to many pancakes at breakfast. My dad, who was two bad knees, makes it to the top. I'm sure he will be hatin life later for doing it but I was proud of him for makin it to the top. The top of Enchanted Rock has one of the most beautiful views of the Texas hill country and when the sun sets on the rock it seems to glow (that's how it got its name). We hiked back down the rock and then took a detour on our way back to the hotel and checked Wildseed Farms. Wildseed Farms is the largest working wildflower farm in the U.S. They have somewhere in the neighborhood of over 200 acres of wildflowers. It was awesome. I'm not normally in to that kinda thing but you got to admire anyone who plants 200 acres of flowers. We slept in on Sunday and did a little more shopping in town. There's a place there that sells old baseball cards from like the late 80's and my little brother just loves baseball cards. So we go in to look around and my brother buys a couple packs. The guy who owns the place tell him to wait there a sec and he runs out to his car. He comes back and hands my brother a pack of cards with a Nolan Ryan card from the last year he played with the Astros. Let me just tell you, it's a cool card and a collector's item. I tried everything in the book to get him to give me that card but he wouldn't budge. I loved Nolan Ryan as a kid. He was the guy who could throw 100 M.P.H. pitches.......Anyways. We grabbed some Dairy Queen for lunch and then all parted ways. I had an awesome weekend. Somewhere in all that Mia gave me an IPhone and some awesome sunglasses! Can't wait to start playing with that! My wife is awesome and I had a great weekend with my family. Life just doesn't get better than that!

Rusty - a New Dog

No don't worry he isn't ours, he belongs to the church. He showed up last week with a collar and so skinny you could see every single rib in his body. We called all the humane societies to see if anyone was looking for him and I contacted the lost pet hotline, no one was looking for him. So he became "our" dog. We took him to get cleaned up and "fixed", well he got his bath but he was too skinny for the second half. We have a sign sheet for who fed him and who gave him his heart worm medicine. He has learned to sit already and loves all kinds of food (AKA he is spoiled by everyone with their leftovers) just until we can get some weight on him. He is so sweet and loving but we have definitely created a creature of comfort. He even tried to steal my money bag from this weeks offering because he thought it was a food bag!

The Sun Shines Again!!!

Well Hurricane Dolly and Tropical Storm Dolly has passed and Corpus Christi is clear once again. It is beautiful outside and I couldn't wait to be outside and enjoy it! Unfortunetly today was another work day for me, but as soon as I got home I collared up the puppies and took them out one by one for a "lesson"/walk, they did fantastic with me. Sasha is a little slow on her mile and a half but she shuffled along! Now I am off to relax and scrape popcorn ceiling off the ceiling of Regina's brand new house! I'm excited to do some fixing up and do a little handy man stuff! Heidi isn't going to have anything on us tonight!

Hurricane Dolly

Just in case anyone was worried. We got a bag packed up and the puppies stuff all packed up just in case we have to head out of town. Looks like JT will stay behind and I most likely won't have to go anywhere but it doesn't hurt to be prepared right :)