Medal of Honor

Two years ago my Dad bought me this awesome computer game, Pacific Assault, for Christmas. Unfortunately, my old computer could not handle the game and I never got to play it. Now that I have a new one, I realized I should go ahead and see if it works with this video card. Let me tell you, this is one awesome game. I went through Marine Boot camp in 1941 and just survived the Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor. In any case, the game provides a good break from doing work and figuring out our life. So, thanks Dad!

Lions and Tigers and Bears...Oh my!

Live mascots are all the rage in the Big 12...at least at Baylor, Texas A&M, and UT. Being that we are the Baylor Bears, Baylor has two live bears on campus, and they have had bears on campus since 1914. Judge Sue Sloan "Lady" and Judge Joy Reynolds "Joy" are the current bears, and you can check out more about them at http://www.baylor.edu/bear/ if you are interested. They come to all of the football games, and are sometimes paraded around campus, so if you are afraid of bears...watch out! :-D We took AJ to visit the bears, just for fun, and realized that he is a terrible watchdog. I think at one point he looked at the bears, acknowledging they were there, but other than that, he acted like there were no bears around. Ha! It made me laugh! Virginia Tech should invest in a huge live turkey, like they used to, but build a turkey habitat somewhere on campus. That would be AMAZING! :-)

Flea Market Treasures

We live right by a flea market...like...we can see it from our apartment complex! But...since the apartment is gated, and the flea market is gated, it's WAY to far to walk there, so we still have to drive. It's an old drive-in movie theatre that they have turned into a permanent flea market. We’ve been meaning to go since we’ve moved here…so…we finally went on Saturday!! I love flea markets! It's a pretty big one, but super disorganized. Like, you are walking, and then there's like, three different directions you could go, but you're not really sure, because if you chose one way, you are likely to miss a lot. So, we walked around lots to make sure we didn't miss anything. There was a ton of junk there, like at most flea markets, but then there was some really nice stuff too! Ann and her friend from school, Beth, met us there, and we enjoyed going through all of the stuff! We came back with two treasures: a pepper plant...and an AMAZING orange sequin purse that is going to be perfect for football games!!! :-D

Caramel Apples! :-D

There is nothing like Thursday night football to celebrate the fall...especially with special fall treats, like caramel apples. Being that I am a HUGE fan of caramel apples, despite the Boston College game being one that wasn't our favorite, we enjoyed it greatly because we made caramel apples with friends! :-D So...to celebrate the game tomorrow...we will do something else fallish...and are currently taking your suggestions! We miss the fall leaves like crazy, but Uncle Jeff sent us an awesome site where we can see the fall leaves everyday! If you want to check it out...it'll make you smile! www.highcountrywebcams.com

Photobooth FUN at Grandma and Grandpa's!!

We had a blast visiting Grandma and Grandpa Weller in Rockport, TX! It was soooo good to get out of Waco and have a good time, good conversation, and good food! :-) I can't wait to go back! :-D We took some awesome pictures with our Macbook! :-D YAY!

Virginia Tech Chokies

Well, as we posted earlier we had people over for the Boston College game and made caramel apples. What can we say, the Hokies played a game that seems to come up at least once a year. Our offensive line is horrid, and our defense is unusually out of position. Our play really reminded me of the 2003 season in which team infighting and poor pass rush on defense doomed a possible championship season. Except in 2003, our offense could really score some points... this team hasn't cracked 40 points this year, and I doubt they will (except maybe against UVA!). As Tailgate Fever pointed out, thank you Miami for taking the Thug title away from us!

Rockport!

Last weekend we took a trip down to Rockport-Fulton (near Corpus Christi) to visit Grandma and Grandpa Weller. They live in an Adult retirement camp, where everyone has either double wide trailers or mobile homes on small lots. Many have golf carts, and life is centered around a large club house. This camp is very social, and a very cool place to live. AJ had a great time, and he immediately sucked up to Grandpa, as he probably thought we were leaving him with them.George, their large cat, was not too impressed with AJ being around, and loved to smack AJ from a higher perch. AJ figured out eventually to hit George back when they were on the ground and took to taking cat toys to egg George on. We of course visited the coast and got a tour of Fulton. Grandpa has a boat and was looking forward to fishing this week. We saw some shrimpers on Saturday shifting out their catch, which turned out to be entertaining to watch. What looked like piranhas were churning near the boat, as the shrimpers were throwing fish and jellies that had drifted into their nets. We decided the churning fish may have been some sort of catfish due to their whiskers, but had never seen catfish so active before. We ate at a nice restaurant right on the water before heading out to a beautiful Catholic church in Rockport. All in all it was a very relaxing weekend. Anytime out of Waco is good, but it was great to get back into more humid climates after drying out in Central Texas. We plan on visiting down there several times this semester!