My First Dog Brady

My dog Brady, that I have had since elementary school, passed away on Thursday. My Dad called me at 10:30 Thursday night, and asked me to meet them at the animal hospital because Brady was very sick. She was vomiting blood and could not control any movement in her body. In a panic I got ready and woke Dustin up to take me, I was a emotional wreck and could not drive. By the time we got there she had already passed away. I gave her a final kiss on her little head, and said my good byes. She died in my Mom's arms on the way to the vet and let out 2 barks before she took her last breath. Friday we went and gave her a funeral in Weimar at our farm. Brady was 15 years old, so she lived a long happy life. She was the sweetest little dog, putting up with me dressing her up in doll clothes and pushing her in my red wagon around the neighborhood. It's gonna be hard to go to my parents house and not be greeted by the little black dog, crying to pick her up and love on her. Brady will be greatly missed, as she brought so much joy to our family. She was a very loyal, loving companion for all five of us. Here is a picture of Brady opening her last Christmas present. This was her favorite thing to do!

Getting Back to Normal

Since Ike came it has thrown our week all off. We both did not work much last week so this week we are just trying to get back to normal. It is hard, because Dustin still does not have power, so we are trying to make due with my TINY 600 square foot apartment. Along with the small space with 2 people and 2 dogs, I have a deep freeze in the middle of my living room. Yes thats right a freezer, sitting right next to the TV. Since power is a touch and go, I had to go to Amber and Chris's house to wash clothes. Amber and I made a slumber party out of it since the boys left Friday to prepare for the Aggie game. We ran errands, went shopping at the Galleria, and got Pei Wei to go so we could watch the NEW 90210. All went well till around 12am. I got up to take Trigger and Millie to the bathroom and when i walked out of their bedroom I found myself standing in 3 inches of water! Water was every where, all over the apartment, and not just a little it was ALOT of water. So in a panic Amber and I are trying to figure a way to clean up this huge mess. It turns out the washing machine never turned to run the cycle and just kept filling up, over flowing and drenching the floor with water. We started with filling 2 cups and dumping it into the sink, moved to bowls, and eventualy sweeping it out the door. Around 3:30am we finished. Right when we lay down the maintence man comes, GO FIGURE. He missed the clean up and came to bring a fan to dry the carpet. At the Aggie game the next day we both were exausted from only sleeping 3 hours. Hopefully this weekend will be alittle smoother! We also got to stop by Morgan and Justin's to see Mr. Weston. He is absolutly adorable and I will post pictures of the little man later on in the week.

Thanks Ike!

As all of you know Ike came blowing through Houston on Friday night! We hunkered down and rode out the storm. Me and Millie stayed at Dustin's were it was safe and boarded up. It was a rough night, but we lived through it. Houston is in bad shape, and Galveston is in even worst shape. The other rep in Houston lived on the Bay and her house is in 7ft of water. So if everyone could pray for Ling and her family, she lost everything. To make matters better my apartment got power back!!! YEAH! I am on the same grid as the med center, so I got power back Saturday. On a bad note FEMA is head quartered right across the street from my apartment, sooo I have the slum of Houston hanging out! Dustin also is still without power, and don't know when it might be restored. Here are some pictures from after the storm.





I left Houston to get away from he craziness Monday, and headed to Kyle to visit my sister and Ryder. He is getting so big! He also is just starting to get expressions about things, and definitely has a great pair of lungs! He is the most adorable baby! He definitely is a Boeer cause he LOVES to talk to you. Here are some pictures I took of him today.

Best Birthday Ever

WOW what a weekend! Friday morning my sister's best friend Page calls me and asks if Courtney is in labor. In a panic I call my Mom, and YES she went into the hospital at 2am that morning. After talking to Courtney, she said that it was going to be awhile so there was no rush to get up to San Marcus. Around 2pm Dustin and I left Houston to head to San Marcus, to welcome Ryder into this world. At 8:22pm he was here, only 3 1/2 hours before my birthday. He weighed 8.86 lbs and was 21 inches long! Courtney was starving so Dustin and I went and got her Whataburger, and rushed back to see our new born nephew. He was beautiful! Perfect in every possible way a new baby can be. Around 11pm we left the hospital to head back to Courtney and Charlie's house to tend to their crazy min pin.



The next morning we got up and headed back to the hospital to see the adorable baby boy. He was still as precious as can be, and Courtney looking a lot better after a couple hours of sleep. We held, and kissed all over him for about 3 hours. Dustin then told me it was time to head back to Houston for my birthday festivities. I was sad to leave my new nephew, but excited to start the party. When we got back to Houston we went over to our friends Nathan and Lyndsay's house for BBQ and Aggie football. After watching the Aggies BTHO New Mexico we decided to go bowling. It was a great birthday weekend, and I don't think it could ever be topped!

Trigon Tubular's Annual Dove Hunt

Every Labor Day weekend my Dad's company host's a dove hunt in San Antonio. As you all know we had our football game on Saturday, and we got up Sunday and left for San Antonio. We got to San Antonio around 5, and headed to Welfare to a little German cafe with GREAT food. We drank wine and stuffed ourselves silly, then headed back to the Westin in San Antonio to prepare for our big day to come. Monday morning we woke up, worked out in the weight room at the hotel, and met everyone for breakfast. The only reason we stay at the Westin is because my Dad LOVES the Westin's breakfast. Love may not even be the word to describe the way he feels about the breakfast. After we ate Dustin and I decided that we would do some sight seeing. We walked down to the Alamo to poke around in a couple shops, and to take our picture in front of the Alamo. We found some really great buys, and I found my stuffed armadillo I have always wanted....and to make it even better it was holding a Lone Star Beer bottle! How perfect is that! Dustin vetoed my new little friend real fast when he saw the $165.00 price tag. So we moved on to our next location....the Mexican Market. Now if any one knows San Antonio the Alamo and the market are REALLY far from each other! So there we went trotting through downtown San Antonio to the Mexican Market. We had fun shopping at all the little gift shops....or I did, and did a lot of browsing not really buying. I am very proud of myself for not buying every little thing I wanted. When Dustin and I got back to the hotel it was time to get ready for the hunt. We got dressed, checked out our guns, and headed to the field. It was a good hunt. We had plenty of people and more than plenty of birds. Then the drama started...to start it off the game warden came out to the field and started writing tickets. Dustin had shot a turtle dove, which we thought was just a baby white wing. Apparently these are illegal to shoot, and the game warden thinks that when a bird is flying 70 feet in the air you can tell the difference. Below are pictures of the 2 doves, please tell me if you were hunting and one flew 100 feet from you if you could tell the difference?





Well anyways, Dustin got a ticket, along with 8 other guys hunting with us, for VERY stupid reasons! Then hear come the cops. Apparently one of the Mexican neighbors called us in for "shooting" at their house. They questioned us, my Dad got angry with them, and they left. After we finished and killed our birds we headed back to town to shower and get ready for dinner. We ate at Pico de Gallo, had our Margaritas, and went to bed. Our weekend was a blast, and we are exhausted...now we have to get ready for our 3 day work week.

First Aggie Football Game

Well this weekend was the first Aggie Football game and the first tailgate of the season. All went well....except for the game! The boys went up to College Station on Friday, and us girls on Saturday. Dustin and the boys made a TON of great food, and had about 150 people show up. Amber and Chris's boss graciously gave us his extra 4 tickets, so our "tailgate groupies" that showed up got to go to the game as well. The game went well for the first quarter, and then in the second quarter...well I am sure you all know what happened! Can't wait for the Miami game in a couple weeks, hopefully the Aggie's will have improved their game somewhat. Next home game on the tailgate menu the boys plan on smoking chicken poppers and fajitas with all the fixings!