New York City!!

Well it's about time that I put pictures up of our little vacation to NYC!!! We left on Saturday after we took the dog to " Day Camp" which is what Adam and I like to call it, but to them it's really doggie JAIL!!! We dropped them off then headed to Trenton. We caught the train to Penn Station then we headed off to Laura's house! When we got there it was only hours before the show so we went and got a snack at a place called Milk and Cookies, it was AMAZING! You could make your own dough, kinda like Marble Slab for cookies, it was GREAT. Then we headed off to the show.
We saw In the Heights, it won the 2008 Tony for best show, it was really good, it was about people in the Washington Heights part of the city. It's kinda like Spanish Harlem, it was REALLY a great show. After the show we had reservations at Craft, Tom Caliciao's( Top Chef) restaurant. It was amazing food, everything was served family style, where we got probably one of every appetizer and pretty much everything on the menu, including 2 bottles of wine!:) It was good food and good times. After the dinner we went to Adams' parents hotel Bar area, and Laura, Adam and I got beers.
Sunday morning, we had reservations for a champagne brunch cruise around Manhattan, it was a beautiful morning, and the sail was great, good wind but not to much. Of all the times we're been to NYC, we finally got around to seeing the Statue of Liberty, and following the cruise, we went to see ground zero, because Laura's office building is right next door. Not much has happened on that sight in almost 7 years, it was kinda sad, but they have started so that's good. Overall the trip was a great get away before school starts for Adam:) We hope to make it back up to the city soon, because Laura knows of a store that sells nothing but peanut butter products!!! YES! Here are some pictures..

Us on the sailing cruise, it was a little windy, my hair really isn't that big!:)

View of the skyline from the sail boat.

On the boat again! ( Poor angle for a picture!)

Ground Zero Construction

Ground zero again!

The Wallstreet bull!:)

She was so happy to not be in a cage anymore!

They both look so happy to be home in their nice big yard!

Louie, being crazy rolling around... that's why he always stinks!

Oh Bailey chewing on him, not unsuaual!

We made it back from New York, and it was a FAN-TASTIC trip... I will fill in the details later with pictures. Tomorrow, this blog should match, so we'll see!

About time...

Well I haven't been very up to date on this thing... Lets see, not a whole lot has happened, Adam and I went home on August 12 to spend some much needed time with our friends and family. WE did some shopping for my mom, and Adam FINALLY got to play a round of golf, even though it was almost rained out!!! We finally got to see little Carson Landino, he was the most adorable little baby boy I have ever seen:) And so well behaved at that. We did have to board the dogs for the 5 nights that we were gone and we were pleased to hear when we picked them up, that everyone loved having them there!!! Which is good, because we are going to New York City on Saturday for a few nights and they have to go back! Adam and I are meeting up with Laura, his sister, and his parents up there for a fun filled few days. We plan to go see a broadway show, In the Heights, or something like that, then we are doing a Sunday Brunch cruise around Manhatten,I will make sure to take lots of pics.
Adam and I have also been religiously watching the Olympics, savoring the last few weeks before Adam has to go back to class. I will try to keep things more updated!!! PIctures of NYC will follow next week hopefully!

Little Mater's!

Well it's been a while, but we have been just hanging out at the house. Andrew came to visit us for a week, and we enjoyed a little trip around the city, lounging in the pool, and an over night trip to Atlantic City!!! It was a lot of fun to have a visitor, and we are looking forward to going home to visit everyone!
Adam and I have ventured into the field of growing veggies and herbs!!! So we went a few weeks ago and bought a tomato plant, and a pablano plant, and a few weeks after that since we had kept them alive we went and bought some rosemary, and some peppermint!!! So here are some pictures of our FLOURISHING tomato plants, the pepper and other tomato plant are a little behind!!

A little Skunky!

Well, we have finally experienced something horrific with not having a FENCED back yard!! On Sunday night ( Monday morning) at 1AM, Louie and Bailey went outside for their last trip before bed, little did we know there would be a "little black kitty" waiting in the shadows, for our dogs who know no better, than to run after every little creature we have. Before we could stop them, Louie was hit!!! That's right, Louie was sprayed by a SKUNK!! That's right a SKUNK!!! Something that I feel could have been prevented if only we had a fence around our .5 Acre yard!!! Well let me tell you, he was not at all excited, because he is so smart, he was sprayed right in the face, got it in the eyes, and mouth. Needless to say, he wasn't feeling good about his decision. Since he has had several baths, but nothing is working to get the stink off of his face!!! I took some picture of that night to commemorate the occasion that I hope will NEVER happen again!!! And for those of you who have never smelled fresh skunk spray, you are not missing anything. It smells nothing, I repeat, NOTHING like a dead skunk on the side of the road!!! Enjoy the pictures of our poor baby having to get a bath, and trying to rub it off in the sun room!!!

Summer Bumming!

Well, currently neither Adam or I have jobs, so we are enjoying our summer hanging out, and best of all cooking! We have made delicious homemade meals almost every night, I can't even remember the last time we went out to eat!!! I'm so glad that I married a man who loves to cook, as much as I love to eat! One thing we have really learned to do this summer is make ice cream, we've had an ice cream maker for a couple of years now, but we have made a lot this summer. Vanilla, sweet cream, chocolate, cookies and cream, and every single one has been GREAT!!! ON another note, I realized today that the bushes that the dogs always go and roll around in are LILIES!!! Orange ones at that, so now I have hydrangeas, and lilies blooming, both of which I didn't plant and didn't do anything too!!!! EXCITING, fresh cut flowers everyday! I hope to get some pictures posted on here if I can!!! We are officially coming home in August, the 13-18!!!! :)

We're Handy!!!

Well as it turns out a little DRAINO fixed out sink issue!!! We were pretty excited about that!!! That's about the only exciting thing that has happened. This past weekend was really hot here like heat index of 101 or so!! So we spent most of our weekend in the pool. We were really worried that it was going to be really cold becuase the last time we swam ( August) the water was freezing!! Well I don't know if it is our new liner or just the heat but the pool is PERFECT!!! It's reading that it is 90! Which when it is hot outside is a little warm but at least it's easy to get into.:) Today it was 80 something and it was nice!!! I also called in this week for temping, the guy I talked to was suprised I had a degree, so I had to explain that we were not going to be here long enough for anyone to actually hire me! OH WELL!
We have started to plan our trip home it looks like it's going to be in the middle of August, the hottest time in Dallas, we are not FOR SURE set on the dates though, but it'll be nice, we just gotta make sure we have a babysitter for the doggies! Which I don't think will be a problem!