Thanksgiving

So this year, B and I hosted our first Thanksgiving! When I say hosted, I should mention that we mainly supplied the house. My parents and brother and niece were kind enough to come over here to celebrate with us. My parents helped out a lot with the food and preparation. We had my aunt and 2 uncles, their kids and my family. 12 people in all! It was a great meal, here are a few pics. The red stuff is asado, a tradition in my family. It was delish - may not seem Thanksgiving-ish - but it is for us!

So we are very thankful for our wonderful family - which also got a new addition a week ago. We have a nephew and we couldn't be more excited.







Happy Thanksgiving!

Doggie Sleepovers...

We often dog sit for our friends, and Ellie LOVES it. Here's a pic from our latest sleepover...Guss and Wyatt are so easy to watch! Ellie plays with Wyatt (in the background) and Guss gets lots of attention (in my face). They also make Ellie a little bit braver. What is funny is that she doesn't let them in our room to sleep at night! Poor guys are very accommodating and eventually she'll allow it. And she is literally half their size!

Rachel Maddow + Jon Stewart = 2 Intelligent People = Awesome.

What does this say about current trends, and how does that reflect upon us, as a society!?!?

I got this email today. I guess we can credit (let's say blame, really) Jennifer Love Hewitt for this vajazzling idea.

Yes - please rip off a layer of skin/hair, then glue rhinestones in it's place. In the shape of my favorite college football team's mascot. What a great idea.

Customizing...

I won't go into how long it took me to get that picture collage on my title. Katy - how did you do it?? My pictures started off well, but by the time I pasted them in a word document, converted to .pdf, then Exported to a .jpeg file - it's a little washed out. But it'll have to do for now!

Also - wanted to say about my blog list - Alamo Blog has a lot of great info about upcoming events, so that's a good one to keep updated on.

Snickollet is a blog I found a few years ago (I already said I'm a blog stalker) when it was highlighted on CNN. The author wrote about the loss of her husband and raising her twins during/after that loss. I was hooked, and as strange as it is (though maybe not in 2010), I like to keep up with how that family is doing. Obviously, I don't personally know them. Ok, it's definitely strange - even though it's 2010 and our lives are online. But when you start reading someone's life, it's like a book...and she's a good writer.

Are you there youth, it's me Nikki? is an AWESOME blog I found through EW.com. If you go back through her posts, she re-reads and reviews many of my favorite old "tween" books, such as, "Are you there God, it's me, Margaret" and a lot of other Judy Blume books. She has links on her page to other old book review sites, such as "The Dairy Burger" (Sweet Valley High, also a hilarious blog) and "What Claudia Wore", and other Babysitters Club sites. These are a lot of fun to read, since they've done the work of re-reading these books and are able to "review"/satirize from an adult point of view! Seriously, all those books (besides Judy Blume) were pretty ridiculous! But it brings back great memories.

Alright, that's all for now folks. Ignore the timestamp, I did this all from home. ;)

Trailer Missions...

We finally went and tried a Mighty Cone on Sunday. Was really good, albeit not a lot of food for $5. It's our mission to try all the great trailer food Austin has to offer - so one down, a lot more to go!!

Tough Life

Our Ellie has a real tough life...she's been up all morning, terrified b/c I was cleaning - she deserves a nap!