Squash for Breakfast Anyone?

Our good friends Collin & Alicia visited a couple of weekends ago with their 10 month old Grant. It was a great time hanging out. Saturday we had a breakfast casserole, the guys hit the tv room to watch football all day and us girls hit the shops and the spa for a pedicure, then we grilled pork chops that night and had a squash casserole. The next morning I rolled out of bed and got out tortillas and what I thought was the leftover breakfast casserole to make breakfast tacos. I was obviously still half asleep b/c after I got dressed and went back into the kitchen, no one had touched breakfast. Now that I was fully awake, I realized what I had done & cracked up laughing and asked Collin if there was a problem with squash casserole for breakfast?!? LOL.

Unfortunately, I didn't take any pics over the weekend, but Alicia snapped these shots as they were leaving Sunday and I swiped a pic of Collin & Grant off Alicia's blog. They looked much like this on Saturday at our house though; all suited up in their game day attire! Isn't Grant adorable! We had so much fun with him. He entertained us all weekend. Babies just have a way of making you smile all the time!

Ags vs Hogs...

At the beginning of October, we headed to Dallas and stayed with Emily & Brad in Ft. Worth for the weekend and enjoyed the famous Joe T Garcias Mexican restaurant for the first time with them, my family and Laura & Erich. We also went to the new Cowboys stadium for the first time to watch the Texas A&M Aggies fight it out against the Arkansas Hogs. Well, there wasn't much of a fight, but we can always hope for next year. It was fun meeting up with friends at the game anyway. Mom, Ernie and Jim were also in town for the weekend so we got to spend time with them and celebrate with Mom for her birthday.

Jarrod, Mom, Ernie, Jim

And me.

Summer Highlights...

Emily & Brad visit Austin...

Biking Adventures

Mount Bonnell

Lunch at the Oasis

And yummy cupcakes at Hey Cupcake!

Birthday Celebration at Hula Hut with Alyssa & Friends...

Another Reunion...

Jarrod with our nephew Cayden

Sisters Tour 2009...

This year we went on a tour of Texas wineries

July 4th...

We hit Barton Springs pool for the first time

Visting friends in Dallas...

Stacey's Birthday

Hangin' with Leslie for the weekend

Hoy's annual slip n slide party

Jrod slidin'

Mikalah slidin'

Mikalah & Stacey's stepson Jace...what a cutie!

Jrod tossin' Jace down the slide

Erin's Baby Shower in San Antonio...

Trip to Scottsdale to relax with college friends...

We hit the spa, did some shopping & made a stop in for dessert at Sugar Bowls in downtown

Goodbye Card Table!

Our most recent purchase for the house was a French Oak Harvest table for our breakfast area that we purchased at our favorite place, the Austin Auction! It was a great find and we are loving having a real table to eat on as oppose to the card table that we have communed around for the past 10 months. Now we just have to find some real chairs to go around it instead of the card table chairs and window treatments so we're not spotlighted by our neighbors as they drive into their driveway at night! Also notice in the background, our new refrigerator that we are really proud of especially since it took Jarrod & 2 guys taking our front door off the hinges to get it into the house!

Gaither Family Reunion 2009

We enjoyed time with the Gaither family relaxing at the lakehouse in Louisiana & eating lots of yummy food. One of Jarrod's cousins brought a new toy this year -- a lounging raft! The weight limit on the package said 1800 lbs & I'm pretty sure we pushed it to the limit!

Gaither Family Photo...

the loungin' raft... it was all fun and games until the adults joined the party later...the boys caught lots of catfish that we grilled; the top one is the biggest catch of the weekend...

Cayden checking out the fish & sportin' his new swimsuit; he loved the water...

Jarrod cleanin' the fish...Relaxin' with the cousins...

2 Down, Forever to go!

Jarrod & I had our 2 year anniversary this month. Last month's trip to Mexico was the celebration so we didn't really do much, but we did buy each other some new tennis shoes as an anniversary gift to each other -- I know, how romantic!

On the Beaches of

Destin, Florida - May 19, 2007

On the Beaches of

Destin, Florida - May 19, 2008

On the Beaches of

Zihuatanejo, Mexico - April 19, 2009

Looking forward to the many more years to come!

Game, Set, Match...

This past weekend I played in an area tennis tournament, the first tournament I've played in over 10 years! Since college, I had played in leagues in Dallas and just got back on a team here in Austin this Spring. I have had so much fun being back on the court after about a 6 month break during the move process. It has also been a wonderful way to meet some great girls in this area. The tournament this past weekend was very small so at our level there were only 4 girls in the singles bracket. We played a round robin & 3 of us were tied in matches won at the end so it went down to games won. It was very close, but I came out on top. It was a little hot & humid at times and I didn't know whether my body would hold up, but it was a fun time and great practice. My legs & back are definitely feeling it today!