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Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Wedding Season

July has been our wedding season. We've been to two weddings this month and still have one more to go to this weekend. With being an out of town guest to all three, I can't help but think of all of our friends and family that travelled from out of town to our wedding and how thankful I am that they gave up a weekend to spend it celebrating with us.

At Michelle and Eric's wedding, not only did we get to see two wonderful people tie the knot, but we also got to have fun with some good friends from CGS.




Michelle, Eric & their cake


Some of the folks at our table


The attending CGS crew

With the gorgeous green backdrop, we couldn't resist posing for some of our own pictures.




The Maxwells


Rebecca & Doug


Again, Jenny hamming it up

The third weekend in July, Patrick and I got to see a good friend of mine from college marry an amazing man. Karen and I were in a small group bible study together for the first two years of college. She is an amazing woman of God who I have always looked up to and am so happy that the two of them found each other. As I watched Karen walk down the aisle, I was in awe, she was one of the most beautiful brides I had ever seen. And then Patrick whispered in my ear "James is biting his lower lip." And then I looked at the groom, then looked back at Karen and tears started welling up in my eyes as I watched theirs do the same. Watching the those two marry each other was such a wonderful experience. It really brought back not-too-old-memories of seeing my groom as I walked towards him down the aisle.


After Karen changed from her gorgeous white wedding dress near the end of the reception.

I just wish I had gotten some more pictures, but the lighting at the reception was not quite right with my camera and the flash didn't want to cooperate.


See what I mean? blurry.

This Sunday we are heading out to Galveston for the last wedding of the season. Patrick's high school friend and college roommate, Kurt, is getting married and we can't wait to meet his new bride!

Thursday, July 20, 2006

Almost a month later...

So, I've been 25 for almost a month now and I now have pictures (thanks to Brandi) to share from the wonderful party that we had!


Its like a mini CGS reunion!


Jenny is such a ham! I have more pics to prove it...love that new Austinite!


One of my two favorite girl twins ;o) - Haleigh and Sam


Nathan and Julie - yeah, I think most of what's on the table is still hanging out at our place, along with a cooler full of Lonestar.


Awww Rebecca and Doug are so cute!


Josh and Sarah - and if you weren't around for it, my goodness, this guy knows his Trivial Pursuit!


Julie won this one!


Boxers or Briefs? Next time, I want to play too!


No candles, so a shot of tequila will have to do, thanks hun (and Brandi!)

I'm not sure what was so funny, if you know or have ideas, please share!


Brandi finishing off the chocolate icing...mmmm

Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Take Me Out to the Ballgame

About a month ago, Patrick and I got the opportunity to go watch Roger Clemens pitch for the Round Rock Express.




Roger Clemens warming up
(if you look close enough, you might see Matthew McConaughey and Lance Armstrong)


As soon as it was announced that he would be playing baseball with our local AA team, Patrick sent me on an online quest to purchase tickets. But it seems like every other wife was on that same mission from their husbands because the site kept crashing and it took me hours to be able to successfully get through the process of buying our tickets. We ended up sitting on the "Berm" but Patrick camped out so that we could get right up front.







I'm sure he was explaining something to me at the time

And so we were able to heckle the outfielder who was nice enough to throw a ball into the crowd but mistakenly hit a woman in the head who wasn't paying attention. Oops!



The things you see in Texas...

Its’ been awhile since I’ve really posted (with pictures and everything.) So, the next few posts will be some of our Summer outings…


Patrick and I headed out to swim at Krause Springs in Spicewood, TX and saw this at a stoplight a block away from our apartment:



When we got to Krause Springs we walked around the butterfly garden and while Patrick chased after butterflies with the camera, I stalked the roosters and listened to a taller-than-me-wind chime...









Next time we go, I'll have to take pictures of the actual springs, because my goodness they're beautiful. Plus, while swimming in the freezing water, I caught a baby frog!!

On our way home, after eating barbecue, we saw this at another stoplight:



hmmmm, someone wasn't following directions!