Our Week in Words

This week...

1. We celebrated Valentine's Day in our usual fashion: stayed in and made a pizza. It is a delicious way to celebrate.

2. Shah injured his tail somehow. It was really sad. Every time he would get excited, he would end up crying because it hurt him so badly. Luckily, it is on the mend.

3. Mike spent Wednesday night and all day Thursday not feeling well. We are hoping it is just a 24 hour bug and not the flu that is going around.

4. We are looking forward to this weekend!

The Past 6 Months

Wow. I have ignored this blog. I promise not to do it again! So, what has happened in the past six months?

1. Mike quit his job and went to work for another company. Same job, different office.

2. Mike had a birthday. Here he is wearing his birthday Snuggie and using his shake weight.

3. We hosted Thanksgiving. And, apparently I didn't document this.

4. We went to Vegas with Val and Gene. We had an absolute blast! We didn't win any money, but had a fabulous time.

5. Michelle came to visit for a week at Christmas. We spent part of it here and part of it in McAllen. Um. The only picture I have from that is the dogs by the tree. Sorry, Shella! We so loved having you here.

6. We hosted a New Year's Eve party. It was quite fun. I think it is a good thing that I didn't take any pictures.

7. Mike bought me flowers. Several times!

8. I got a new car! Finally.

9. It snowed here! We only got 1-2 inches, but that was enough to shut the city down, stay in all day, and build our first fire in the fireplace.

10. I was on the news. If you want to see me blink a lot and sound like a sorority girl, you can click here

Jersey Shore

Mike and I took our last trip of the summer last week. We packed our bags and headed out to the Jersey Shore to visit his family. Just like previous years, the Jersey Shore did not disappoint! We spent the week hanging out with the family, sunning on the beach (or if you are me, sitting on the beach under the umbrella), and eating the best pizza ever.

I am going to start with the pizza because it was that good.

This is the best pizza I have ever had. EVER. It was a white pie with pesto, tomato, and mozzarella. I ate this pizza 4 times. yes, 4 times. I also ate pizza every day that I was there except for one day. My waistline hates me right now.

Besides pizza, our week was filled with bike rides, beach, and family. What a great way to spend the week.

I also ate my first water ice. Delicious!

Here we are at a bar called Yesterday's. I am wearing my hat courtesy of Val and Gene. Thanks, guys!

Here we are in Cape May. We spent the day walking around this gorgeous, quaint town.

Here we are on our last night at a seafood restaurant in Ocean City.

Omaha

I am backtracking a bit here. A couple of weeks ago we went to see Mike's family in Omaha. We got to see both of Mike's sisters, our gorgeous niece, our brother-in-law, and Mike's mom! It was a wonderful weekend filled with baby time, trips to the zoo, laughing, eating, wine, and good conversation.

I wish our trip could have lasted longer, but sadly, it was only for a long weekend. Hopefully we can all get together again soon!

One of the highlights of the trip was our trip to the zoo. The Omaha zoo is pretty amazing! They have a jungle, a great aquarium, and loads of other animals. My favorites were the penguins and the baby gorilla.

Dead Dog

My poor shoes. I found the chewed one in the backyard. :/ I was not happy.

Dog in jail.

Too Cute

Look at this cutie! I tried to take pictures of Duke, but he wouldn't stop barking. Rude!

SPI

Mike and I headed down to South Padre Island last weekend. We had planned on staying a week and spending the holiday there, but hurricane Alex cut our trip short.

I went down a few days early to spend time with my family and Mike joined me on Saturday. We headed down to the island to stay at my dad's place. Thanks, Dad!

Sunday we went fishing in the bay with my dad. We didn't catch anything and had to end up coming back early because the boat was taking on water. Scary!

Monday was spent lounging on the beach and allowing Shah to swim in the ocean for the first time. He loved it! We ended up coming back on Tuesday because of the weather, but had a great time anyways.

Our last night there. We got a drink at Pirate's Landing.