Lap Dog

It is really starting to get a little out of hand... this dog thinks she ALWAYS has to be in someone's lap.... and yes, I know that I am to blame for that (Matt). But isn't she cute?!

Halloween Costume

This year, for Halloween, I decided to dress up like...

...Keith Porter. Unfortunately for those on my side of the family, this won't mean a thing to you. Matt's side of the family, however, will get it. :)

I must say, this was definitely the easiest costume I've ever made! Mostly because the attire that we often tease Keith for, is actually very comfortable and a "regular" after-work outfit of mine (minus the mustache, of course).

Matt said he was going to put on his Neftali Feliz jersey/shirt and be a "loser."

OOoooo.... too soon, I think. (for those who aren't aware, Feliz is a closing pitcher for the Texas Rangers who couldn't get the job done in game 6. Had he gotten those three outs, or even that ONE strike, Rangers would've won the world series....so sad.)

Happy Halloween!

Rangers

Well the Rangers won game 5 of the World Series! They now lead the series 3-2. No game tonight, but game 6 will be on Wednesday. HOW EXCITING.

Matt and I drove to Waco last night to hear the Waco Jazz Orchestra. Matt's brother, Josh, plays in it and had a couple of solos. The show was songs by Frank Sinatra and Count Basie, and they had a guest singer. The singer was pretty good, but he had nothin' on Frank. ;-) The show was a lot of fun and we really enjoyed it! We got updates on the game during intermission, along with an update or two from the jazz orchestra director throughout the show.

As soon as we got in the car to head home, we found the game on the radio. The station kept going out along the way but, with the help of my parents, we were able to find stations that were carrying the game. We lost the last station just seconds after the game ended! Listen. I know people used to have to listen to that stuff on the radio all the time... but that was absolutely excruciating. At one point, when the Rangers really needed a hit, the announcer said, "He hits the ball right to the pitcher, the pitcher can't grab it but it bounces to the second baseman, he bobbles it, picks it up, throws it to first, BUT THE RUNNER IS SAFE!" Oh my goodness... Matt and I were freaking out. It is so difficult to follow when you can't SEE what is going on!

This series has been stressful, to say the least. We're looking forward to game 6 tomorrow, and hopefully the first ever World Series title for the Texas Rangers!

Watching the Rangers

Ginny has been watching all of the Rangers games with us, although she isn't nearly as enthusiastic as we are. :)

Neither of us were very enthusiastic after Game 3 of the World Series last night... YIKES. I sure hope the Rangers play better tonight!!

GO RANGERS!

Segway Tour

Today Matt and I took a Segway tour of downtown Austin! We were both a little nervous and a little skeptical that it would actually be fun, but we had a blast!! They felt VERY strange at first, but it doesn't take long to get used to it... then they're a ton of fun! As you can see in the picture above, our first stop was at the capitol. That building is HUGE! We see it every week when we go to church, but when you are right there next to it, it is so big! Here are a few pictures from our trip. (I was in a black and white pictures kind of mood tonight... ;-))

We even got a chance to go inside for a few minutes and look around. I think I toured the capitol once when I was a kid, but I don't remember it. Matt and I decided we'd like to go back sometime when we can spend more time there.

One thing you have to get used to on a Segway is that they don't really ever completely stop. You can kind of rock back and forth in place, or swivel from side to side, but its very difficult to stop. I was going slow and turned around and took this picture of Matt. After that, I took off and put the camera in my pocket... or so I thought. I actually missed my pocket and dropped our digital camera... on the concrete.... while moving. It smashed up a small corner of it, but everything still works! Whew! :)

I was really nervous that I'd end up falling off or crashing or something. I always seem to hurt myself, so I figured getting on a Segway was just asking for disaster. Surprisingly, I didn't crash! I bumped Matt's wheel once when we were stopped and it scared me and I stepped off. Even when you step off, the Segway still tries to move, so it was a little weird... haha! The guide had to come over and help me get back on it. Matt laughed at me. ;-)

I didn't actually mean to get myself in this picture, but its kind of fun!

Caught Matt off guard...

We went all around downtown Austin. We saw the Congress bridge where the bats are, the "haunted" Driskill Hotel, and.... 6th Street. Yikes. One girl nearly ran right into someone's STOPPED segway because she was so drunk. I'm pretty sure her eyes weren't even open... and this was before 5:00pm! Someone else was smoking so much weed that we could barely breathe when we passed by. I think I might've gotten a little buzzed! ;-) One guy tried to throw his cigarette out onto the sidewalk from a bar but ended up throwing it on me then laughed about it. The reputation of 6th Street is clearly true! I realized why we avoid it. :)

We saw a lot of neat things downtown though and it was a really cool tour. The best part is that now anytime we go back we can do ANY tour for one set price, which is 50% OR MORE off their regular prices! We really enjoyed it, and I think we might do it again sometime!

In case you noticed, YES those are jackets we're wearing. We were worried about the weather for our tour because it has actually been raining here (gasp!), but the rain held off and we just got the cooler temperatures for the tour. PERFECT!

Weekend

This past weekend we took a trip to north Texas. We got to Gainesville on Friday night and spent some time visiting with my parents. Then, Saturday morning, my mom, Karen, and I went and got pedicures. Matt picked me up from there and we drove to Dallas to visit with Brad and Nova and see sweet Solomon! I can't believe how big he is already! This was the first time we'd seen him since right after he was born, so we were happy to be there. :) We left from their house and went to the Rangers game! The Rangers won and we had a great time. We had "all you can eat" seats so we had unlimited hot dogs, chicken sandwiches, nachos, popcorn, peanuts and soft drinks! Needless to say, we ate WAY too much! :) After the game we met my parents and the Austins at Red Lobster in Denton. Of course after all of those hotdogs, we weren't too hungry, so we just stopped by to be social. :) I was pretty irritated at myself because I had my camera with me the entire time, but forgot to take ANY pictures of Solomon OR the Rangers game! :( Sorry!

On Sunday we just spent some time hanging out at my parents house, enjoying the slightly cooler weather. I decided to get their nice camera and take some pictures of Ginny. I didn't have much luck so I passed it along to Matt and he got some pretty good ones! Enjoy!

My parent's dog, Max...

Ginny LOVES Max's toys... that is the first thing she goes for when we go to their house. She will roll around and toss them around... she LOVES IT! She got one of Max's toys and was playing with it in the yard when Max came over wanting to reclaim his toy! As you can see by this picture, Ginny wasn't fond of that idea... she is giving him the stink eye!!

I was disappointed that this one didn't focus on Ginny, but it is still a funny picture! She LOVES playing fetch!

We had a great, but tiring, weekend!

Back to reality here in Austin... my car battery died, I had a test yesterday, I have a paper due next Monday, a huge pile of dirty laundry at home, dishes piled up in the sink, a full schedule next weekend.... *sigh*

I could use a nap... ;-)

Ginny Picture

I took this picture with my phone the other day, then edited it and came out with this! I sure think she's a pretty dog! :)