Catch-up! Ketchup?

I have done an abysmal job of maintaining a steady posting stream and I'm only doing myself a disservice (considering there are very few others who read this besides myself...and maybe my mom). I've striven to post on a regular basis to keep my writing skills sharp, my vocabulary broad. Boom, #fail.

So here we go! Let me catch you up on March and part of April real quicklike.

At the beginning of March, the UST/PwC crew made our way to the rodeo for a nice afternoon in the very brisk, chill wind to consume fried delicacies (Oreos are special) and ride carnival rides (Berserkmoes is my ride buddy!) and check out the really smelly animals (yes, I stepped in manure).

Bbot and Tbot

Apparently using this as a landmark was idiotic considering there were four of them throughout the fairgrounds.

Ride buddy!

A quick side note to my awesomeness: I managed to wrangle a dead possum out of my backyard. Yeah, an actually dead one, not just "playing". I did my dad's bee/ocean dance and grimaced and made funny noises and finally said, "No one else is going to do this. No one else is here," so I got serious and made it happen. Never again, please!

Mischief managed.

To describe me as "squeamish" would be an understatement.

For two separate weeks in April I got to dogsit! And my phone promptly blew up with pictures of Bear. Bear and Kyle. Oh babies of all makes and models, why must you be so cute?

A very contented houseguest.

Soooomebody escaped their kitchen jail. And then left all their white fur on my dark brown couch. Sigh.

Get that camera out of my FACE. Ooooh no, sir, I will do no such thing. I suffer...you suffer.

Eat him up!

Over the next few weeks, G and S's wedding became top priority with several weekends of fun showers and then capping it all off with a fabulous wedding (and one really gorgeous bride!). It was such a treat to see this group of girls from UST days so many weekends in a row. With several of them bearing babies and one who moved umpteen thousand miles away (Ok, Ft. Worth, but who's counting?) it can be really challenging to gather the group together to catch up. Boy, did we get spoiled! I won't see these ladies again until JUNE. But, at least scheduling three months in advance gives you something to look forward to!

Franya!

We clean up pretty nicely!

If you don't go "He's sooooo cute" you need to get your eyes checked. I love my little Landosaurus. His parents are pretty boss, too.

Look at that gorgeous bride! Radiant is the best way to describe her. Love these ladies!

I mentioned scheduling events months in advance has it's advantages. Who knows how long ago, my brother, sister-in-law and I decided to schedule a bowling date for Annabelle's first time. It was HILARIOUS. The boo just walks in like she owns the place and proceeds to take it all in stride. She figures out what to do and when and has a great gallop/walk on her way up to the lane. This girl is too funny!

Mid-gallup.

Eat her up!

I didn't get a good picture of it, but everytime she rolled the ball down the lane she threw her hands up in victory.

Another such situation was with my friend, Stacey. We planned a tour of Blue Bell and an afternoon of shopping in January...for April. The weather was more perfect than we could have asked for and the tour of Blue Bell was great! If you haven't been before, I highly recommend taking a day trip to see it. Not only are the facilities really cool and the tour interesting, the little town of Brenham is ADORABLE. There's a great little main street with shops (not just antiques) and a great cafe with probably the most delicious Dutch Apple pie I have ever had the pleasure of consuming. What are you waiting for??

"Moo mooooooo, moo moooooooo"

I have really pretty friends. And ones with good taste...we both loved this old truck!

This picture practically captions itself: us at the cafe!

And to cap off these wonderful two months (prior to my big awesome vacation) was a celebration of the union of my cousin and his new wife who eloped in Paris in January. It was a great family event and the weather was perfect for breezing in and out of the house as appetizers floated past.

"Bread so that this house may never know hunger. Salt that life may always have flavor. And wine that joy and prosperity may reign forever." It's a quote from It's a Wonderful Life and I couldn't resist gifting their new household with this!

The last update for April is coming soon! Can you stand to wait? Because I'll probably end up posting it right after this so your wait time is considerably short. Or WILL I? Dun dun duuuuun!