It's Shutter Time!

With the threat of Hurricane Fay, we decided to put up our shutters yesterday (for the first time). It was a team effort to get both of our houses done. Then, Brian and Patrick were so kind to offer their help to one of our other neighbors - Roland. We think we started a trend (or scared everyone else in Bahia Lakes), because eight additional neighbors put up their shutters last night! :-)

After the shutters were up, the inside of our houses were SO DARK! It was weird! Thankfully, Fay turned more East than originally expected, so we only had a lot of wind (no rain though). So, needless to say - shutters were down by 6pm tonight.

Below is a slideshow of us putting up the shutters. Below that are a few pics of the sky today at 10am.


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Over five years later...

Those of you who know Brian, know that he HATES vegetables and has refused to eat them for years. It's hard for me to believe that this list of his even includes corn (strange, I know). This has been a real challenge for me for years now. It's been difficult to plan a meal, making sure vegetables aren't included, especially since I enjoy eating them. There have been times where he's actually picked them out. I don't really understand his resistance to even "try" them, but then again I didn't eat many of the vegetables I eat now until college.

Last week, I made yellow rice & chicken (with sweet peas). Brian must have been in a really good mood (or just delirious), but he actually ate the sweet peas! This is something I've tried to get him to do since we met over five years ago! FINALLY!

I was shocked... Even though I had witnesses (our awesome neighbors), I couldn't pass the opportunity to capture this miracle on film!

Mr. & Mrs. Zeiler

A month ago today, Mark & Renee became husband and wife... I've wanted to post pictures from their wedding for weeks now, but given that I took over 400 pictures of their special day - I was scared to download all of those pics to my ever-so-slow laptop. Anything to prevent my laptop from becoming any SLOWER! So, anyways - a month later I bit the bullet and downloaded them all... here's a few for your viewing pleasure...


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Brian and I had a blast at their wedding. The fact that my hubby actually DANCED at the reception was a special treat for me! I wish he danced more often - it's so much fun to be out on the dance floor with him.

My Hubby is Heartbroken

About three weeks ago, THE announcement was made.

THE one that broke my darling husband's heart in many, many, many little pieces... the Seattle SuperSonics are no more. Their TERRIBLE owner moved the team where he wanted it all along - to Oklahoma City. And the NBA Commissioner - David Stern didn't do much to save the team either.

Brian has been so upset over losing his hometown NBA team - the one he grew up watching (even when they lost more games than not). He's been searching eBay for memorabilia - especially since the team's website DISAPPEARED the day after the announcement was made! He wants to keep the memories he's had throughout the years Alive! The Seattle Times has a great memory site... take a look - http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sonics

ESPN commentators have discussed possible names for the new Oklahoma City team. The best one so far - the one that truly defines the new team and their ownership = The Outlaws!

I just hope Seattle builds a new stadium so they can get another team soon. Brian will be anti-NBA until then - I'm sure of it!

Holy Snake!

Once upon a time, in a far, far away land (called the "Ru"), there lived a fair maiden. One Friday evening, as she waited for her prince (outside their castle) to go out to dinner, a HUGE black snake invaded her space. She initially thought it was a fake snake - one in which the jester next door left in humor... however, when the snake opened it's mouth - the fair maiden started SCREAMING for her prince and the jester next door (and then ran as far away from the castle as she could). Both the prince and jester came to her rescue and fought the snake to its death! Although the snake did put up quite the fight!!!




The prince and jester saved the day and saved the land of the "Ru".

Jordyn Elizabeth

Mark and Kim welcomed their baby girl on May 28th! Brian and I spent some time with Jordyn on Sunday... she's so beautiful! Congratulations Mark and Kim!





Jordyn with Uncle Brian

end of school bbq

To celebrate the end of the school year (and Brian's promotion to Assistant Principal), we had some friends and family over our place last weekend. Instead of barbecuing in the 90+ degree weather, we decided to pick up our favorite bbq from First Choice. We had a great time hanging out with everyone - especially little JC. He's such a cutie!


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