Birds all sing as if they knew....

On Thanksgiving, our first spent just the two of us, ISSB asked me to marry him and I said "of course." Friends and family have asked to see a photo of the ring and this is the best we can do. So you are just going to have to wait to see us in person!!!

Sarge is thrilled, our families are ecstatic and we are happy!

Turkey Trot 2008

I participated in the 2008 Austin Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving Day (that is until I twisted my knee - which is healing up quickly). The night before Ian and started a Turkey Trot Tradition by writing all the things we are thankful for on the shirt. Take a look:

Pi Milton is going red, white and blue!

We spent the day painting the shed. I am so excited because it looks amazing. Here is the old shed:

And now the new blue shed! The trim will be done next weekend and is the same color as the back wall of the dining room seen here. This blue is in the same paint family as the color we painted the den.
All the dust has done a number on my allergies, but it was worth it. :)

Yard Overhaul '08

You may recall, when we moved in we were much more concerned about the livability of the inside of the house - we were leaving the outside for later. Well, later has arrived.

About two months ago we have the tree removers in for a day. They took down 17 junk trees. Leaving only the peach, mountain laurel and the American berry bush out back. Here are some shots from the removal day:

The old backyard:
At one point I looked out the back window to see this:
The biggest tree they removed was in the middle of our deck.
This weekend we are clearing out more weeds, brush and leaves before the big freeze (ha). Tomorrow we are painting the shed and then next week we may (big may) tackle the house trim. I am so excited to put in a red door. Feng shui says a red door is welcoming. And since I hate the color, the purple door has been messing with my chi for the last 18 months.

More photos tomorrow.

Happy Bitrhday Phoenix!!!

My little nephew just turned one yesterday! Isn't he the cutest?

Welcome Baby Hope!!!!!!!!!!

My favorite little Peanut has a new little sister. Hope Elizabeth was born 11/11!!! I am sending big hugs to New baby Hope, Annie, Mom and Dad!

This recipe was put up last week by the Homesick Texan. I am looking forward to making them to celebrate!!!

Lookout Mountain: we are here! (Day 2: Part 1)

The next day we got up early and started to drive all, and I mean all, over the state of Colorado. Check it out:

Amy's hiking shoes!








Ice skating!


We were trying to figure out what the black stuff was...iron ore maybe, charcoal another guess...then we remembered that we were in LEADville!


Per Too's request, we hit up the Coyote Cantina!

Happy Halloween: Drill Baby Drill (Day 1: Part 3)

You asked for it, and you got it!

Just to be sure there is no confusion; I was wearing “Barack the Vote” button under my flag pin.

Lookout Mountain: Here we come (Day 1: Part 2)

We were so excited to go up to the Rockies for two days. Last year, Amy never had an opportunity to go to the Rockies - so this was our BIG trip!

We headed up to Breckenridge to the Lodge, to celebrate Halloween and to see some mountains!!!

(I even thought that the “mountains” you could see from Denver were the real Rockies - holy moly was I wrong! Those are just the foothills…boy was I relieved!)

Denver: Day One

I arrived in Denver after two weeks of grueling work, but hey, it pays the bills and saves my immortal soul.

I am here to visit my best friend Amy - who is here for a month working as a costume designer for the Denver Center for the Performing Art (she has the coolest job!!!).

I arrived Thursday night and was rushed off to see the nightly performance of Noises Off (which had me laughing my brains out!). It was amazing.

Then on Friday I spent the day wandering around the city:


As soon as Amy got off work, we hopped in the rental car and headed to the Rockies! More on Halloween and our trip up the mountain in the next post!