We are family

This weekend all of the ladies in my family (minus Kara, Ashton and Ab...we missed y'all!) met in Fredericksburg for a girls weekend!! We stayed at this cute B&B called the Chuckwagon Inn.

The whole gang minus Erin..she was already asleep

The SistersThe under 30s (my cousin, sis-in-law and cousin-in-law!)

We had a lot of good quality time together! Friday we sat on the front porch of the cabin that Jen and I were staying in and everyone caught up.
Saturday we ate a wonderful homemade breakfast then ventured to Wildseed farms.

We then followed a suggestion made by Texas Monthly and ventured to Alamo Springs Cafe out in the middle of nowhere for the 3rd best burger in Texas! Sooo good!

Afterwards we went and explored downtown Fredericksburg and did a little shopping before returning to the B&B for a rowdy, very fun game of Apples to Apples! It was intense!! I think Bev ended up winning!
Then this morning we ate another amazing home cooked breakfast and headed off in our own directions!! I can't wait to see where we go next year!!

Jen and Erin were my roomies in the Bollinger cabin : )

Cousin Mindy and I : )

On a random note:
Natalie and I went to a staff development all day Thursday. As we were getting ready to leave we were unpleasantly surprised to find sheets of rain pouring down outside of the Berry Center! We braved it and ran through the huge puddles of water to make it to my car and were dying laughing by the time we got there : )

Suntanned toes ticklin' the sand

Yesterday I went down to Galveston with Emily and Dinah for a quick day trip! Our day involved two Sonic trips (we made it to both happy hours!), a Subway stop, a journey down to a beach that looked closed still, Charley's first ocean experience and a few hours relaxing in the sun & chatting : ) What a good day!

Lake Travis

This weekend Cody and I went to Lake Travis, stayed with my fam and got to see both families!

The view from our condo.

We stayed at this place called The Hollows and we loved it! The water was so low though!
Cody and I went on a bike ride around the Lake on Saturday morning. It was beautiful, but showed me how out of shape I am : )
We also went swimming! There was a hot tub called the Grotto, but the rules said that diabetics were not allowed..sad day!! I got in anyway : )
Later The Sages came up from Austin and we went kayaking! No pictures from that though, who knows what would have happened to my camera in the water!
Then we all got ready and headed to the Oasis to celebrate Brad's 27th birthday!! Woohoo!




Sunday we drove into Austin and got to see the Capitol! So fun!! We love getting to spend time with our families!!

I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike

So..I got a bicycle!! Woohoo! I am super excited!! Its a Marin mountain bike and its awesome! NBD : )

Also, today Meagan and I went to eat lunch with the Mittons and Davids, so we got to spend time with two of our girls from this past year!! So fun! : )

Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city

Last Tuesday, I had a downtown day with Hannah, Meagan and Dinah!! We went to eat at Empire Cafe for lunch before venturing into actual downtown : )


Then we went to discovery green, which is a park in downtown (it was clearly a rainy day..woohoo!)


We then tried to figure out how to get down into the tunnels, which is harder than it sounds! We went into one building that we thought would take us there and tried the elevator to go down a level which didn't go down. Everyone got off the elevator but our sweet Dinah, she ended up having to ride up a few levels and switch elevators! Gotta love it : )

We finally had to ask for help getting to the tunnels and this nice man showed us the way!
After a little while of wandering the tunnels, we ventured back to the streets to look for a dessert place! We went to Sambuca and had very yummy sweets!
Such a fun day!!


My parents came into town on Thursday and we enjoyed our time together visiting, shopping and eating! Thursday night we went to Hickory Hollow for giant chicken fried steak (which of course i did not eat..both other people did). On our way in I took a picture of the sausage sign because it has the word Sage at the end : )

We explored Houston shopping a little more on Friday and then went to Melting Pot in the Woodlands for dinner!! It was so good and there was SO much food!



The rest of this weekend, Cody and I worked in the yard some more and he worked on the pop-up which I think I am going to begin referring to as The Cobra (I think thats the brand..its written on the side).
This week I have the Houston project at night, fun things to do during the day, and then Cody and I are meeting our fams at Lake Travis for the weekend! Woohoo! Gotta love summer : )

And the rocket's red glare

What a wonderful July 4th weekend!! I just LOVE when Cody gets an extra day off!
Thursday night we bought a pop up camper : ) (Cody's going to work on fixing it up a bit and then I'll add pics.) So now we'll have actual "beds" to sleep in and an air conditioner/heater. Which if you remember our freezing San Antonio experience, Chloe will be very excited about the heater!
Friday morning we went to Longview to spend the weekend with our families. My parents had driven to meet Brad and Jen Thursday evening so Erin got to spend the weekend in Longview as well!!
We had dinner with both fams on Friday and then Friday night we went to see the Longview fireworks.

The fireworks are better than this pic lets on..just couldn't figure out how to get a picture of them

My parents were there too, but I somehow missed getting pic of them! Sorry 'rents!
Saturday we went swimming, played with the baby and spent the evening at Nanny and Papa Sage's house. Ellie also enjoyed a fun-filled weekend of swimming!! She's passed out today : )
Sunday on our way back home, we passed the Traylor fam on 59, so we stopped and saw them for just a few minutes!!
A few more pics from the weekend:

Is it bad that my puppies automatically sit when they see a camera...do you think I take too many pics of them? Ellie was supposed to be getting out of the way for the picture : )

Erin and Ellie became friends very quickly....new besties!

Okay I couldn't resist playing dress-up! Isn't she a doll!?

Erin found the pups!

On two completely different notes:
My water bottle that I have carried with me everywhere since receiving it at Christmas has fallen apart : ( I need to get a new one!

On another note, if you have a puppy that loves treats, we have found the perfect thing! Pupcorn! Its low-fat, low-calorie, lasts forever and only costs $2.50 at walmart! Chloe got really sick a few years ago and can't have anything high fat anymore, so we switched her to Pupcorn and now Ellie loves it too!
This is my first full week of summer!! So stinkin' excited! : )

Honest Scrap Award

Thanks for passing this along Katie!

The rules are:

1. List 10 honest things about yourself that your blogging friends do not know about you.

2. Give the award away to 7 bloggers.

3. Let them know they've received the award.

1. I'm kind of ocd...like I have this fear that I will at some point burn my house down by leaving my straightener plugged in, so I check it obsessively!

2. I eat constantly. No lie...I snack all day long and tend to be hungry most of the time. Now I don't eat large portions, but I'm always eating.

3. I'm kind of a 5 year old. My preferred breakfast drink is milk and I often take a pbj and cheetos in my lunch to school : )

4. I can't lie to my husband, not even just kidding about something. I always bust out laughing when he asks if I'm serious.

5. I like having things planned out and it really rocks my world when things change.

6. Getting my hair cut is one of my favorite things because they fix your hair and it looks good for a few days after without you having to do anything!

7. I read obsessively! If I start a good book its really hard for me to put it down.

8. I really like the summer because I get to watch Good Morning America!

9. I am very indecisive. Like i got really excited when i heard about bing because it said it was a decision maker (haven't tried it yet).

10. I'm an obsessive pictures taker and uploader (as if you can't tell..). I can't imagine how bad this picture obsession is going to be when we have kids!

Now the people I am passing the Honest Scrap award on to are the following:

• Ashley @ Newlyweds & Nesting
  


• Beth @ Everyday Life
  


• Sarah @ Sarah Shalley Photography
  


• Amanda @ Krazy Kraus'
  


• Jessica @ The Burks
  


• Cymbre @ We are the Bryants
  


• Felicia @ Stevens Family Adventures