We skipped the trick or treaters this year to have dinner at El Patio with our old friend Leigh who was in town for one night. She lives just otuside DC with her husband who has a top secret (no, really!) Air Force job. Marcus is sure he has seen the aliens!
I can not tell you how excited I am to be getting a new dryer. We got ours before we got married and lately it doesn't work well... clothes take 2+ hours to dry and some things are getting small holes and burn spots. After replacing the heating element, it is still no good and a new dryer has been purchased.At 20 or even 25, the thought of buying a new dryer was horrible. What a waste of money. But, today at age 31 I am proud to own a new Whirlpool 6.5 cu. ft. capacity brand new dryer. I just know I'll enjoy doing laundry now! :)
The snazzy new dryer even has a door that opens down instead of out. It creates a small shelf for folded clothes and will not block the garage door as bad. It is the little things!
Friday night was Fall Fest at our church. It is always lots of fun to run around with Kyleigh, Cohen and our friends' kids while Marcus wows the crowds with his mad juggling skills.
All of the girls attacked "Marcus the Juggler" when he took a break. Here he is with Alexis, Kayla, Brookley and Kyleigh.
Cohen was a brave little monkey and climbed high up the stairs to slide down the big kid slide. Kyleigh kept telling us that Cohen was to small to do the stairs (she remembers me carrying her up those stairs just a few years ago!).
Here is Kyleigh taking her annual picture with Alexis this year....
And, here they are last year.
I flew to Michigan on Wednesday for work. It was nice to pull out my winter coat and sweaters for the cool 50 desgree highs Michigan had planned.
In preparation for the little free time I had, I researched the area and found that the small town of Frankenmeuth is home to the largest Christmas store in the world. Note to self: extra suitcase will be needed!
And here is the inside- note the sign that reads Section 5. I found sections 1-10 and covered a small fraction of the store. They provide maps, have multiple concessions in case you get hungry and a viewing room/theater to learn how Bronner's came to be.
Another cool thing I learned about Michigan.... they have Big Boy! Marcus and I laugh about Big Boy because that is Sheldon's favorite place to eat on The Big Bang Theory. I did not even know they existed.
Luckily, I had easy flights too and from on American. However, upon my return to Austin while awaiting my lugage, I saw this.
This message is for all of my Keller Williams friends....
Please send my congratulations to Michael Ballestreri for creaming me in fantasy football this week. I had 11 players in my lineup and he had 6. Yep, you guessed it. He was 5 players short and beat my team. In case you want to know why:
1. I had Matt Schaub (Houston QB) who left early in the game and did not earn me a single point. He ended with negative points!
2. WR Plaxico Burress did not get to the end zone for the first time ALL season. Yep. He was in my lineup.
3. RB Travis Henry left in the third quarter after landing on the ball and brusing his ribs. Travis, you are supposed to catch the ball, not land on it!
4. TE Chris Cooley always comes through with 5+ catches. This week, in my lineup, he caught the ball one time for a mere 1.3 points. Jerk!
5. Finally, I blame the Philadelphia Eagles. They are not in my lineup, but they intentionally kicked the ball away from WR Devin Hester, my run-every-kick-back-for-a-touchdown-point-scoring-machine! I knew Philly was mean!
Good work Michael!
-Anna
We saw them last year at our church, Great Hills, and this time we were at the Toyota Center in Houston. It was a much bigger crowd and a bigger stage and set.
Here we are! I happened to already be in Houston for TAFP's Primary Care Summit, so we took advantage of the convenience and booked our concert tix. If I happen to look at little sleepy, this picture was taken well after 10:00 PM and I had been up since 4:30.
Marcus left out two of my favorite pictures from Big State Festival....
And this one. Boy am I grateful to be married and be able to love on my husband in the privacy of our home. This couple could not get enough of each other. They sang each Gary Allan song with all the emotion they could muster while dancing, kissing and rubbing on each other. Yucky!
This weekend Anna and I got to go to the concert event for country music....the first annual Big State Festival held out at the World Motor Speedway, just outside College Station...
The next day was Kevin Fowler, and Gary Allan....two great shows....totally different, but just good.
Kevin raised hell, Gary sang about having been through hell.
Finally, the aggie weather casters were right, and the 10% chance for rain occurred.... for the entire Tim concert.....
My virtual funny friend Erica (she is a friend of my cousin and although we've only met once, we are blog friends) has tagged me. So, I am to share 7 fun/unique things about me and then tag 7 of my blogging friends.... here it goes!
...until Penny, the hot chick (read Anna, just kidding!) moves in across the street. Both boys like her and try to impress her in the funniest of ways.
On Saturday, we watched the Texas / OU game at our favorite place- the big media room at the Utley's house. They are fabulous hosts and everyone in our sunday school class brings the best snacks to enjoy all game long!
an old yellowed wooden tray with a star burnt in- perfect for the coasters and remotes on the ottoman.
These really cool pendants were sold at one place and the beads at another. I put them together tonight so Brandy has the necklace she wanted and could not find.
I'm looking forward to April so that we can go back and buy more junk!
And here is 16 year old Kyleigh and her cousin Adyson on Saturday night.
I love our new TV for lots of reasons, the newest is the extra decorating space the long and low entertainment center provides. I could swag it all up!
