Late Summer Fun

Lake Powell for a weekend. Pretty much our favorite trip ever. New boat, wakeboarding, headaches, cliff jumping, tube wars, ice cream at Dangling Rope, Monopoly Deal, old movies, good company, lightning storms at night, etc. Good times.

Took a trip to Salt Lake in August to go to Sarah and Alex's wedding up in Park City. So nice to be up in the mountains and with family and friends. Gorgeous wedding and venue. The guys in the family did the Jordanelle Tri the next morning. A first for all of us, and a great success. Next year, we may man up and join Jeff for the Olympic distance.

Little Pete's with the McOmbers. Hanging with Austin.

Cowboy's preason vs Raiders. First NFL game ever! We cheered against both teams.

Saw John Mayer at Superpages. Such a great show live. Arguably, the greatest guitarist we've ever seen live. Seriously, go see him in concert if you can. So much fun, and a beautiful evening in Dallas.

Last Week

Last weekend we went to Lake Powell! Heaven on Earth I tell you. And we owe it all to the West's for hosting such a great trip. Seeing family is so satisfying. Great weather, minus some crazy lightning storms at night-which were still really cool. Surfing, wakeboarding, tubing, triathalon training, Monopoly Deal, yummy food, cute Samantha...turns out we didn't take many pictures. I'll try and dig some up.

We snagged $10 tickets to see Aerosmith. Steve Tyler does not age. At 62 his voice still rocks like it did 20 years ago too. Such a great night. Good friends, summer time, live music-it doesn't get much better.

Activities

I guess we have had quite a bit of fun lately. Dallas turns out to be so much fun in the summer. I love walking outside at midnight to 90 degree weather. We're averaging about 100 during the day right now...that coupled with the humidity is a little much without a swimming pool on hand.

Boating this past weekend to train for Lake Powell on Thursday. We are counting down the days!

The Robert Plant concert was awesome. His is such a rockin' performer and his voice is as good as ever. Beautiful venue...great night.

Happy Birthday Hughie!

The big 27. "I'm just coming into my prime," he has been saying that since we met. :) Sushi for dinner and a pool party and BBQ to celebrate on Saturday.

We went to the Dallas Museum of Art for our first activity with the Red Cross. Beautiful exhibit and great live jazz music after.

TIME OFF!

We have had such a fun few weeks. I had 2 weeks off of work and we did so many fun things. Swimming, boating, cycling, movies, friends, a trip to Utah...summer is happiness. This is a picture of my cute husband cleaning his bike. It's "almost" too hot to ride. 100 degrees may be the limit. I went to Utah to visit family for a few days. It's almost harder to go back, I never want to leave. The weather was perfect and those mountains get more beautiful everytime I go. Hanging out with mom, Dane and all my cousins and family was great-and long over due. Lunch with Julia, Natalie, Mads and Samantha at Cheesecake Factory made my day-missed you Britt! Miss these girls. Felt like we were in highschool again. Ha.

Jaybird- "I can't take you girls ANYWHERE!"

God bless America. We had an awesome 4th of July weekend.

We pulled over to watch fireworks on the side of the freeway!

SUMMER

We love summer in Texas! Pool parties, BBQ's, sun...

Somehow it makes it easier to work all week.

A proud wife...

Hugh's work had a dress up like a Guido from "Jersey Shore" day.

Needless to say he won best costume.

He said no one at work recognized him with his hairdo.

Pura Vida

In celebration of our ONE year anniversary we went to Costa Rica.

We hiked through a rainforest to watch lava flowing out of

Volcano Arenal and then lounged in some natural hot springs...

We made it!

Happy 1 year anniversary to us!

We're happy as can be and still crazy about each other.

Here's to year 2 (the year of the husband-according to Hugh).

Face time with Samantha

Computer Aunt and Uncle came to life thanks to a visit from some family. No more Gmail video chat. We loved having my Mom, Natalie, and the precious Samantha here in Dallas for the weekend. La Hacienda, shopping for the ladies at The Galeria, a night on the lake at Little Pete's, and some R&R - a perfect weekend.

The Chairman comes to Texas

We had a great weekend with my dad in town. Running, biking, boating, Del Frisco's...thanks for coming to visit us pops :)