May 2016

                We found out early May that Chris  passed his first round of boards. It was a huge relief.

Since Chris was out of school for 2 weeks I had him come in after work one day to have his teeth cleaned. Chewy was his therapy dog ha! Chewy ended up taking a trip to the vet to have his own teeth cleaned later that same week. If only he would let me do it I could have saved so much money.

One lazy Sunday afternoon we got bored and decided to check out Tyler, TX. It was a 2 hour drive and well worth it. Everyone here raves about "east Texas" and "hill country" I understand why. It looked nothing like Texas but more like Georgia. So many massive trees- I loved it.

Of course Chris had to do some fishing. I believe this little guy is a blue gill.

It seems our Austin visits are turning into a semi- annual thing. We just love it there. This time we took our friends Ryan and Shelby then met up with Jason and Rachel who were visiting Jasons parents. Not pictured it our venture through 6th street in down town Austin. It is notorious for its drunken night life and it did not disappoint. I could have sat on a bench with a bag of popcorn and people watched all night.

Kayaking down Barton Springs is a must in Austin. This time we got paddle boards as well.

I m still demoted to designated photographer when kayaking. I don't mind one bit, I just may try to  mess up the paddle rhythm on purpose :)

Rachel and Shelby on the kayak then Ryan and Jason on paddle boards 

The 3 boys were like little boys on this trip. I think it was a good stress relief from school.

Joes Crab Shack over looks the river and downtown. We usually try to do local food when there but we were craving sea food and Joes is always good. 

LuLu outlet that allows dogs! I now love that store even more than I did before.

Gordoughs Food truck that is actually downtown and inside the building. it is like burgers with donuts as the bun, but not the glazed kind that I ve had at restaraunts before those are awful. The food was AMAZING. We went there twice, the second time just for the dessert donuts. 

Trying to see the bats but we missed them, again.

Our favorite dog park is no longer our favorite. They fenced off access to the water which my little dog, that thinks he is a big dog, loves.

Tornado season is weird. There was a tornado 50 miles from us as well as us being under a tornado warning. These clouds are part of the tornado side effects. I like the ripply clouds, I can handle that, but the wake up call to sirens at 1:00 AM is something I don't think I ll ever get use to.

April 2016

My mom, sister-in-law Tiffany, nephew and younger cousin Sydney came to Dallas the middle of April. My mom looks for any excuse to come out here, she loves it here, so she used the excuse of my half marathon. Towards the last 6 weeks or so of my training I slacked, A LOT. Between going to CO and getting sick it just wasn't happening. My time was not near of what I wanted it to be with only running a 10min mile but I was happy I finished without stopping. Maybe next time!

We went to IKEA and Brig loved on this Panda throughout the entire store.

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My friend Shelby did the half as well. It was her first race of any kind and she kicked butt-a natural born runner

Playing in the sand as the volleyball courts. The weather did not  comply that weekend. I was hoping we would be able to take Brigston swimming but it was too cold.

The grass in Texas sucks. I never knew there was a difference until we moved here. It is dry course and prickly. Chewy found some "normal" lush soft grass and you can tell he notices the difference to.

March 2016

my practicing a "naked" cake for Jerricas wedding. This one turned out better than the one for the actaul reception. Elevation played against me big time. I don't have a picture with my camera of the official cake but it was similar to this.

I am obsessed with this kid. He is such a crack up and since I don't have any kids he gets a lot of attention from his favorite aunt:)

all the siblings at Jerricas wedding 3-18-16

Jerrica and Cameron Crowther were married in Snow Flake AZ. She used my moms wedding dress just made a few alterations. It was gorgeous on her. Chris was unable to attend because we was taking boards that day.

Her reception was one of the most beautiful and fun receptions I have been to. I need actual pictures to do it justice

January, February 2016

Jerrica and  Cameron came to visit early January. It was fun to have them here since we didn't see any of my family for the holidays. We went shopping hung out, and took them to all our local favorite restaurants including sushi. It was Camerons first sushi experience and it was a success. 

Chewy checking for treats while I stopped into the dental office to check on the girls who were painting while the doc was out.

 FEBRUARY

Chris performing in a cross fit open (competition) Never say Never. He use to be anti cross fit and now he is obsessed

Having your husband become a chiropractor is a life saver with my profession. Getting adjusted is a regular occurrence in our house and half of the time Chewy likes to be involved.

December 2015

December was a busy month, as it is with most people. Chris finished his 4th trimester on the 18th, one tri closer to being done with Chiro school! My birthday was on the 16th :( I hate birthdays and getting older. We celebrated Christmas just the two of us for the first time. We went to Arizona for an Abney family reunion.

For my birthday we drove two Waco to see the Magnolia Silos. I love the show Fixer Upper and was so excited to see their store in person. Chris was a good sport and actually found it amusing himself.

The actual store was a lot smaller than I expected but looks like there will be room to expand. It was so crowded which may have contributed to it seeming small. I want to go back once everything has calmed down from the holidays and really be able to look at everything.

Cute little truck in front of the Silos

They have an awesome garden on the grounds and have an area where you can taste and buy local honey and jams.

This was in the garden and was where Santa was for pictures. He wasn't there that day so Chewy got to take his very own Christmas photo. The silos are very dog and family friendly

There were a lot of food trucks within the grounds. We went to the crepe truck and got a cinnamon sugar crepe and a strawberry banana Nutella crepe. I preferred the cinnamon and Chris liked the strawberry one. Win win for both of us.

They had games on the turf and a lot of people brought picnics.

We saw Star Wars twice this month and it did not disappoint either time.  We are both big fans, obviously we have a dog named Chewy. I got a star wars shirt and my inner nerd really came out. 

We tried to mix our families traditions since we are both away from family. My family always has a big dinner on Christmas eve and Chris's family always had dinner by candle light so we did both.

crappy iphone pics do not work well in dim lights

My family always got new PJ's to open on christmas eve so we did the same. Chris hates pajamas so he got new shorts and we counted that has his pajamas.

Opening his new watch

Chewy would not budge

I got a kitchen aid. Some serious baking is going to happen

On christmas day it was 75 degrees so we went to the park for a walk and set up the slack line.  It was so weird being able to be outside in t-shirt and shorts for christmas.
Side note-The following day went up to 80 then a cold front hit that night causing 4 tornados in North East Dallas. We were 25 miles away from them thank goodness. 

Driving to Arizona. Chris drove the entire 15 hours there and his facial expression shows how he felt about it.

We went on a hike to some caves near Mesa with Chris's immediate family.

It was high 50's low 60's the entire week in AZ. It was about the same temp as Dallas but did not seem as cold. I never realized how much the humidity effects how cold your feel.