April in Texas

Last year we had a terrible drought & for the last several months things have been brown and dry. Over the most recent months however we seem to have our state back! Patrick and I have taken up the great weather recently by exercising and getting out more! (The pictures with no one in them are of a park, a mere 2 miles away, that go to run at on my days off. Beautiful isn't it?)

Firstly, we went down town to a rockets basketball game with his father. Aside from an older gentleman a few seats away, who may or may not have been on some illegal substances, haha, great time and we won!

A few weekends later was Sean, Parrick's brother's, birthday. He lives in Midland, Texas (desert-like oil country) and flew back to spend it with his family and girl friend who live here. Not only this, but his younger sister Kelsey came back from the University of Texas for the weekend too. Sean and Patrick have been bitten by the tri' bug. So, of course, for the birthday weekend the brothers celebrated it with a for-fun, sprint triathlon at the local YMCA. The picture of the two after the race shows them holding their awards. Sean won the competition and Patrick won his age group!

The next weekend was Easter. Kelsey was back in town with her room-mate, as she was from California and unable
to make the trip back for the weekend. I had to work Saturday, but Sunday after church, we all went to a huge brunch together. It reminded me of the holiday's back home with the huge spreads of food from get togethers on Mom's side. In the last picture, you can see the four of us... prior to a food coma. :-)

Wishing you all equally fun and beautiful weather!

Anne-Marie

New Digs - 3/01

Well, it's been a while - fast forward through an engagement and wedding (I know small feat... Is there a back dating feature on this thing?) but here now 9 months later from the wedding I think I've recouped enough to have some extra time!

I thought I'd start out by showing some pictures of our new apartment... And well, when I say "new" I mean we've lived here for 15 months, but it's new to you! :-)

You may notice a lot of your gifts about the apartment (and maybe in ways you can't see - i.e. gift cards buying curtains, etc.) and we thank you and hope you know how much we appreciate how they've come together to make your apartment feel like home.

Our next goal for the apartment is the office. It's got a ways to go though - so no pictures as of yet. ;-)

We hope you all have a great week as it seems we're all starting to de-thaw.