Mini Getaway

Blake took his last final for year 1 last Tuesday 

and we were dying to skip town for a few days. 

We were so excited to be out of town 

and doing fun things, 

I forgot to take any pictures =( 

There's not much that's "photo worthy" 

out here in LBK. 

We celebrated our 2 year wedding anniversary Tuesday, as well

so we were trying to think of somewhere fun

with good food, great friends and 

where we don't get very often. 

We chose none other than DFW

and are so glad we did! 

We started our adventure Wednesday morning, 

stopping in Abilene to leave the pets with the inlaws,

 go to the dentist for our 6 month cleaning, 

and have a delicious supper with 

Lacy and Brent Mankin 

at Copper Creek.  

The next morning we loaded up

and hit the road 

as Blake had an orthodontist appt in Arlington at 11. 

After his appointment, 

we met Dan Green at P.F. Chang's to visit with him

before heading to the ballpark for the Rangers game. 

Texas Rangers vs Oakland A's

Go Rangers!!!

Although they lost,

 we enjoyed ourselves very much! 

After the ballgame, 

we went and checked into the hotel 

and got dressed for dinner at III Forks 

with Foster Green and Emily and Cody Miller. 

We slept in a little bit Friday; 

thank goodness because we both needed it! 

Once we finally got up and moving, 

we headed to Northpark 

for La Madeline's 

and to stroll around the mall

while we waited on Mom and Dad to arrive. 

They got in around noon,

so we headed over to Los Colinas for the 

Byron Nelson Golf Tournament. 

The only picture we took at the golf tourney =(

We thoroughly enjoyed spending the beautiful day outside

and catching up with my parents.  

After the golf tournament, 

we cleaned up and headed over to La Cima

with the folks for supper.  

The food was delicious 

and the views were spectacular! 

We bid the parents adieu, 

and headed back to Dallas 

to meet up with Foster and Molly DeWare 

for drinks but didn't last long 

as we were exhausted. 

Saturday morning we stopped off at 

Another Broken Egg Cafe

for a devine breakfast

before hitting the road to Fort Worth 

to visit with Kristen and Dave Buchanan

and to met Baby Olive. 

We had a great visit with them 

and are so glad they are back closer 

so we can see them more often.  

Around 2pm, 

we headed back to Abilene. 

We hungout with the inlaws

all day Sunday; 

attending church, playing golf (boys), 

running errands (ladies), watching the eclispe

and just visiting. 

It was wonderful. 

We got home early Monday morning 

and hit the ground running 

trying to get all of our errands completed 

and loose ends tied up

before we head to Utah Friday!

cmg

A Much Appreicated Study Break

Blake's fellow classmate and Cameroonian friend, Cedric, 

came over on Saturday to cook some French food for us.  

They will graduate in 2014 together. 

We learned how to make crepes, 

which isn't near as hard as I had envisioned, 

and he made us a delicious cake. 

We enjoyed chatting with he and his friend 

about our different cultures and 

their likes and dislikes of America/Americans.  

We had a wonderful couple of hours with them

and appreciated the distraction from the books!! 

Cedric, the cook 

waiting to eat the delicious food

my yummy crepe

delicious!!

Speaking of the books, 

Blake is halfway done with finals. 

He had 2 Thursday and 1 Saturday, 

all of which he feels like he did pretty well on. 

He has 1 tomorrow and 2 Tuesday 

and then school's out for summer!!! 

We are really looking forward to the day 

we can sing that song in its entirety

but we will have to wait another 2 years for that day! 

But in the meantime, 

we will continue to meet new friends 

and bloom where we are planted. 

cmg

Seersucker and Sombreros

I am confident that had Cinco de Mayo not fallen on a Saturday 

that the majority of the population out here in West Texas 

would have taken the day off from work to celebrate. 

Blake and I were so excited for the Derby yesterday 

that I quite frankly forgot about Cinco de Mayo

but I'm about the only one out here! 

Both of our horses lost

but we really didn't expect to win, 

we never do!

I was pretty disappointed in my pick, 

Urban Rags.

Blake's choice, 

Bodemeister

almost pulled out the win

but shoulda, coulda, woulda........

I honor of my southern roots

and Blake's mexican ones, ha

(just kidding)

Blake's west Texas ones

one of dressed for the Derby 

while the other for Cinco de Mayo. 

Had we not have been going to the end of the year SPE party at a bar, 

he would have been a more appropriately dressed

(ie. button down and a bow tie)

but the seersucker, white sperrys and light pink polo proved to work just fine. 

And I of course,

 was in my mexican uniform straight off the streets of Matzalan. 

We did stop by Abuelo's for a 

Cervezarita

(margarita with an upside down Corona in it) 

to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. 

(I took a picture but can't get it to upload from my phone....)

Our attire

Just a little keepsake photo

Rachel, Lacey and I 

We had a great night visiting with friends; 

some who are graduating next week :( 

while others who are on this journey a bit longer with us, 

thank goodness!

We definitely couldn't make this journey alone!! 

Like the old saying goes, 

misery loves company, 

right!?!?! 

cmg

Words of Wisdom

Sometimes we just need subtle reminders in life.......

Hope everyone is having a great week; 

we sure are!! 

9 days are year 1 is in the 

P A S T

Can I get a Hallelujah?!?!

cmg