Anyway... I don't want this blog to be thrown away, all wet and soggy, in the middle of the night in a half asleep daze. So... I'm here with a mission. Not only post pictures, but try and keep it somewhat entertaining with my terrible grammar and speling.
We've been busy with stuff (so descriptive!). Obviously you've seen the kitchen while looking for an update, but we've been up to all sorts of other things (things!... and Stuff!).
I'm going to try and get it all in one blog. Ready.... go!
We still have two large animals we keep in our house. At this point we've started dressing them up.... So, we've officially gone off the deep end. Just wait for the Christmas card with us and the dogs and we're all wearing matching holiday sweaters. This was for a little doggie festival downtown.
We still have two large animals we keep in our house. At this point we've started dressing them up.... So, we've officially gone off the deep end. Just wait for the Christmas card with us and the dogs and we're all wearing matching holiday sweaters. This was for a little doggie festival downtown.
We were invited to a Glam-Rock party with free face painting. If you know us, you know we can't say no to the word "free".... so we danced the night away with our faces painted! Madelyn and Lorena stopped for a picture.
If I ever run for office this picture will be deleted form the Internet.
Pre-painted faced with the birthday girl Tolly. She's much better at updating her blog... and it's awesome!
I guess our lives have turned into going to weird parties and getting our pictures taken.... here's another one. This one may be my favorite because we're all so serious. Our good friend Justin (top hat) moved to Chicago this month. He got himself a good job and left the heat for the cold. Looks like we'll be visiting Chicago at some point.
I stood in line for 30 minutes to meet Dan Aykroyd. Why? Because I'm a huge nerd. I had him sign my Ghostbusters poster (wow, what's wrong with me?). The best part of the Dan Aykroyd story is that the reason he was there was that he was signing his vodka. Apparently he sells vodka on the side. Not only vodka... but vodka in a glass skull. All I wanted was my Ghostbusters poster signed, but I realized as I walked out that the exit to the line went straight to the registers. So, now I have a glass skull of vodka signed by Dan Aykroyd in my house. I don't drink Vodka... so I'll just hold on to it and put it on ebay in hopes that someone one day thinks, "I want vodka... in a skull... signed by an obscure celebrity." Currently it's on display in our home because the story of the glass skull of vodka signed by Dan Aykroyd is a funny conversation piece.
Madelyn's sister Lacy, nephew Miles, mom, and dad came for an Austin visit. The star of the trip was Miles. I don't think there was a moment where he wasn't being held. I love this picture...
Luckily they came before it was too warm, although, if you asked them they would have all said it was unbearably hot. We ate... and ate... and ate... and the girls shopped. We took Lacy to a lot of our favorite places in Austin, but I think her favorite was a small cafe in a strip mall between a Karate studio and a place that sells truck hitches. A Romanian place called Drakula. The language and food were both unidentifiable. But I was glad that our awesome city had this to offer! If I had thought about it I would have taken pictures but I was too concerned about what I ordered. Here's a nice picture of Madelyn and her mom....
We actually had a nice spring here in Texas so we absorbed as many outdoor activities as possible. Madelyn, Kelly and I went to Ski Shores for dinner. It's one of our favorite places. It's right on the water... you can drive there or pull up your boat. You come to Austin... we'll take you there.
At the last minute a ticket became available for Conan, only 1, and my wonderful wife told me to go ahead. So, since I'm a big fan, I went to Conan by myself. I laughed a lot. Here is Conan O'Brien in a Texas jersey.
Lockhart is the self proclaimed BBQ capital of Texas.... so we took the 30 minute drive and ate a lot. The BBQ was amazing. Standing next to a huge open flame while putting in our order was awful. As you can tell from all of these photos when we eat we bring Kelly.
Lockhart is also the location is the amazing film "Waiting for Guffman" where Madelyn and I got our picture taken on the stairs leading to Corky's apartment. Obscure movie location FTW!
"What my baby wants my baby gets."
4ft of Turkey goodness. I had to pick it up in our big car and fold down the seats. Madelyn was very specific, she wanted a big sandwich, but NOT a row of a bunch of large sandwich's... the bread needed to be continuous. So, I found a place that makes the large bread. She was so happy.
Hardcore 4square in the driveway. It was amazing.
Madelyn got everything she wanted. I felt good about that, but on the other hand... how am I going to top this next year? By the time Madelyn is turning 30 the parties will be INSANE!
More blogs coming! Our trip to Folly Beach!
3 comments:
I'm so sad I missed the 4Square party. All these pics look amazing! And, yes, the parties def have to get better & better. Geminis are a particular people.
What about the broken nose? That definitely deserves to be commemorated on the blog!
Dude, a good friend of mine has some of the Aykroyd vodka in the glass skull. He had bought a limited edition bottle (or skull, rather), and supposedly they were going to stop making it, but apparently not.
If I had a Ghostbusters poster I probably would have gotten it signed as well.
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