saturday, august 21

katy, lee, and i went to kemah today. with one last weekend before teaching began, we thought we would explore a part of houston that i had never been to and that they had not been to in many years. it did not quite live up to my expectations, but we did not stay long enough to enjoy one of the restaurants which i hear is the main reason for going. we did enjoy a few rides and a nice view of the boats out on the water.

tuesday, august 10

our first day of "new hire" orientation at summer creek high school, the newest high school in the district where i teach. yes, i had to attend new hire orientation because even though i worked almost an entire year last year, i did not attend new hire orientation last year, and it was expected that i experience it to its fullest.

saturday, august 7

floating the river definitely lived up to its hype except for the wicked sunburn that followed. oh and that genius cooler definitely broke when we hit a rapid about not long after we started down the river.

friday, august 5

our hotel for the weekend was a very old historic building with a leaky sink in our first room and an extremely old a/c system in our upgraded second room. once we added to box fans, the room was much more enjoyable.once we cooled off our room, we headed down to the riverwalk for dinner and later walked to the alamo. i felt like i needed to witness this part of texas history live and in person since i haved lived here for over a year now.

wednesday, july 28

i got to take a tour of the blue bell factory today with the garrett kids, the snelgrove girls, katy, and katherine. i was so excited to experience this little bit of texas i had yet to see. plus, who doesn't love to get free bluebell ice cream on a hot summer day!?

wednesday, july 21

the packing process begins! we also began the apartment search and narrowed it down on tuesday when i signed my contract. we went back, chose the one we liked the best, and came home to start packing.

thursday, july 15

the waco zoo!

since this post was so picture heavy, i will just choose one to represent the day here. i'm such a dork...although katy took this picture when i asked her to take one of me AND one of the kids.

saturday, july 10

i realize this was already on our other blog, but i don't make an appearance on this one much. plus, it was a pretty exciting moment for me.

that's right, crave cupcakes!

thursday, july 8

even though i got full teaching certification from the state of alabama (and i am "highly qualified"), the lovely state of texas said that i had to take their tests in order to have full certification here. so, i actually had to study AGAIN after finally graduating a couple of months ago. i crammed this whole book into my head for a day and a half.luckily, it all paid off :)

saturday, july 3

i know, another food post. and mexican food again! however, this is quite blog-worthy. i made a startling discovery at our usual mexican restaurant of choice in college station: they brand their tortillas with the a&m symbol!!! wow. i mean wow.

sunday, may 30

my first day at the pool!

saturday, may 29

saturday is a good day for breakfast at le peep, don't you agree?!

wednesday, may 5

happy cinco de mayo!

our friend and future san francisco neighbor, brad, came to stay for a night while he was in town to take a certification test to work as a pharmacist in california. we made the mistake of thinking it would be easy to show up at a mexican restaurant on cinco de mayo in houston, tx and get a table at a reasonable time. silly us. at 5:45, pappasito's had a 2 hour wait. we went next door to chili's and had just as good a time!

friday, april 9

this caused me to be to late to work. if you cannot tell, it is smoke coming from a car that was on fire. we were much more concerned with whoever may have once been inside the car than being late to work though. we actually saw the flames before we got close enough to get this shot. so, so scary

friday, march 19

i know this is on the other blog, but we are just such a good-looking group that we deserve to be seen twice. gotta love the zoo!

thursday, march 18

who doesn't love the waterwall, right?! if you look closely, you can see lee and tyler peering into the building that towers over the waterwall (and pretty much all of houston).

monday, march 15

our "day date" at the houston museum of natural science and hermann park was topped off with our new favorite, peaceful locale surprisingly located in the middle of downtown houston: the japanese garden

thursday, march 11

my ticket to the rodeo and brad paisley concert! see our blog for more details

tuesday, march 9

this is only the beginning of warm weather...hello spring!

friday, february 12

a day off to travel to see family was made even better by the unbelievably gorgeous drive through the snow in east texas.
wow...can you believe this was actually texas???