Birthdays Galore to Celebrate

The Reels and Dobsons finally got all together to celebrate our fall birthdays...Annie, Dennis, and Sarah!! On top of the birthdays we had just learned the great news about Dennis' promotion!

We enjoyed a fun dinner at Georges, complete with Big O's! To top off the evening we got to watch the Aggies knock off No. 8 OU! WHOOP!

Handsome 'lil Devil!

Happy Birthday to our favorite Halloween baby, Cooper!

Minneapolis

Minneapolis = In October = Freezing = Not for me!

The last week of October, I went up to MN for a conference...the week consisted of 30 degree temperatures, with rain, snow flurries and 50 mph winds! Now for a girl in Parks and Rec, who rarely has to dress up...walking around, outside in dress clothes and heels wasn't the best!

Luckily, they have these great skyways from building to building, so once we started to master those, it made things much easier!

The conference was great! I love to see 7000 fellow parks and recreation employees all together! I met a lot of new people, many from other areas of Texas, and some from other parts of the country.

Luckily, we went when we did, as they got 12 inches of snow this weekend!

PS - Sorry for the lack of photos, like I said, the weather wasn't exactly ideal for sightseeing!

Good 'ol Texas Wedding

In October, we got the whole gang back together to celebrate the marriage of Marty and Ben! It was a gorgeous wedding outside of Austin at the Salt Lick, full of dancing, BBQ, drinks and laughs with great friends!

The after party moved to one of the newlyweds favorite little dives!

It'd been to long since we'd all been together...hopefully we can gather the troops again before another couple of years pass!

We See You!

So I may not love Halloween...Yep I was the kid (and adult for that matter) who hated costumes, masks, anything scary! But I can never pass up a cute craft, so I made these great pumpkins for the childcare room at work!

All ya need....

A cute little pumpkin

Black Spray Paint

Gold Glitter Spray Paint

Craft Glue

Googly Eyes (102 to be exact on each pumpkin!)

Sweet Home College Station!

Labor Day weekend was also the kickoff of football season for our dear Aggies! Marka and Steven were celebrating they're 5 year reunion, so Dennis and I tagged along for the great hotel rates and cheap game tickets! We kicked things off with a long lunch at Wings 'n More, YUM!

The game was great...we started 2010 off with a huge W.I.N.! Though the hike to the 3rd deck was awful...clearly I'd banished those memories...the seats on the alumni side were great...we got to sit in the shade! Two keys words being SIT and SHADE! Being the old Ags we are, we headed back to the hotel on the early side! Got up Sunday and enjoyed breakfast with the Dredla's and then stopped by the Alumni Center to see the new ring!

Anniversary #4

4 Fabulous Years! Can you believe it??? We hardly can!

Summer Va-Cay...Part 2!

Aw, Cape May! You NEVER disappoint! This year was as wonderful as ever, with 9 stupendous beach days in a row, the last day it rained, but gave us (like we needed one) a good reason to go shopping! This year we added two new boys to the group…I’m sure Dennis, Jeff, and Mike were excited! Gary and Ryan fit in like two missing puzzle pieces, and boy did the 11 of us ‘kids’ have fun!

Cocktails on the Veranda!!

The boat sure is getting full!

Sarah, Beth, Mike, Annie, Jeff, Gary, Em, Ryan, Lisa, Lindsay, Dennis

Fishing trip with my sisters!

The whole fam, 2010!

Christmas in July, Dinner Cruise

Flounder Night, my favorite!

Not just family, but great friends too!

The Reels and The Dobsons

Last night...was gonna be low key, until these guys TOTALLY rocked The Ugly Mug!

Summer Va-cay: Part 1!

This year I decided to bite the bullet and ask off for nearly 2 weeks...so for 2 glorious weeks I spent time visiting family and friends! First stop, Boston! I flew in and met up with Mom, Sarah, Annie, Auntie Phyl, and Robyn for some shopping and site seeing!

Then it was off to the Fenway Park for Red Sox Game!!

It was a great game, one that they won!

Thanks to Mom and Annie for making our matching shirts!

The next day was spent back in Manchester, visiting with the rest of Mom's family, enjoying the VERY cool weather, and getting ready for a fun summer BBQ with lost of other family we haven't seen in forever!

Though it was a quick trip, it certainly was a blast! Love to everyone up there....can't wait to see everyone again soon!

Nearly a Year-in-Review

Get in and buckle up as we speed through some of our highlights from the past 10 months....

January brought a great, spur of the moment ski trip with our fabulous travel buddies Jess and Matthew! 4 glorious days up in Winter Park, Colorado...2 great days of skiing, 3 relaxing afternoons in the hot tub, an evening with my aunt, uncle, and cousin, and of course too many laughs to count!

February, on my birthday, we woke up to SNOW in TEXAS! And not only snow, but record snow! It was so much fun! When Dennis and I finally got home from work, we bundled up and headed out to play with the dogs!

In April, Dennis and I 'celebrated' our Valentines gift to each other...BON JOVI! I knew, the day I got to see him live would be amazing...I just had no idea how amazing!

That brings us up to summer and of course Cape May, which will involve some serious picture selection! You may also notice Dennis' new 'do! Dennis started with Enterprise Rent-a-Car in March, so he's a short haired, clean-shaven, shirt and tie wearing guy now!! We are loving being out of the restaurant business!

Well...guess that's a good start...stayed tuned for Cape May 2010!

We're still ALIVE and KICKIN'

So, I know it's been nearly a year...but with a great new computer and an extra day off this weekend, I took some time to re-vamp, and I'll do my best to update the missing months....stay tuned!