T is for Thoughtful

My sweet and thoughtful husband surprised me with flowers this week at work because I had a bad night the night before and he wanted to cheer me up.


Gerber Daisies - one of my favorites!

Tickle Whiskers

Aidan's whiskers get tickled when I make kissing noises, so of course I had to get it on video.

Family Reunion - Take 2

We just got back from our 2nd family reunion this year, but this one was for Mary's (mother-in-law) side of the family. The reunion was held in east Texas in a state park close to Longview. It started at the pavillion where we ate and hung out by the lake and that evening we went to the bonfire at Robin and Ed's campsite (sister and brother-in-law). We had a great time and the location and weather couldn't have been more beautiful. Below are some various pictures including photos of our neices and nephew at the bonfire.


Pavillion where the reunion was held


View from the Pavillion - so beautiful!


Brian and his Dad


JD


Gracie


Brittany

It's a Wonka Halloween!

Every year the 6 of us in my department at work dress up for Halloween. This year we decided on Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory (the original, not the horrible re-make). We won 2nd place and were given a $50 Visa gift card. We're so excited that we won because we plan on using the money to buy Christmas gifts for an Angel Tree recipient.


Original Willy Wonka Characters


(Left to Right) Augustus Gloop, Violet Beauregard, Charlie Bucket, Willy Wonka, Veruka Salt, and Mike TeeVee

Out with the Old....In with the New

The insurance company decided that Brian's truck was totalled, which caused Brian's 'Newcaritis' to flare up severely! He was so excited to hear that he could go shopping for a new car and only mourned the loss of the truck for about a minute (when he was taking all of his belongings out of it).

R.I.P.



And now for the unveiling of the new vehicle (drumroll)....



Ha! He Wishes!! Now for the real thing...


Fully-loaded Cadillac Escalade - look at how proud he is!

Fun on the Job

Most of you know that I work at a local college in the Career Services department. Every quarter there is an all faculty/staff meeting where each department reports on their current statistics. Our department decided about 8 years ago to start doing videos to make our statistics a little more interesting. Over the years, we've done a variety of videos and below is a montage of several of the videos that we've done. We will sometimes put people from other departments in our videos, and the best by far is our college president who lip syncs at the end of the montage. One of the videos that didn't make it on the montage was our Napolean Dynamite video (resembling the intro to the movie). It's one of my favorites, so I've included that one as well. Enjoy...

What's that Horrible Smell?

It's the Nebraska Cornhusker's Football Team...

Every year we try to watch as many games as we can at Cape Buffalo, which is where the North Texas Nebraskans meet on game day. They are a large organization of people who support the Nebraska Cornhuskers. We try to catch some of the games there because it's so much fun to be amongst fellow fans - there's usually a huge sea of red and black shirts and they play the fight song and get the crowd excited for the game.

We met up with my sister last night at Cape Buffalo to watch the game and what started out as a decent game ended up in a blood bath. We were killed by Missouri 52-17. We know we stink, but we're fans nonetheless. GO HUSKERS!


Taken BEFORE the game :-)