TWO YEARS!!!!

It's official. Michael and I have been married for two years today!! I'm not even sick of him yet! Michael planned what I'm sure will be a wonderful and romantic evening for the two of us tonight. I am so lucky to have him in my life. He is my perfect match! I won't get too sappy on y'all but I LOVE HIM!!! Marrying him was the best decision I ever made, and to date, the happiest day of my life. I frequently joke that I wish I could marry him again. . . . I guess that's what anniversary's are for. Too bad this one won't involve kneader's cake . . . . or gifts/money. If you would feel so inclined to congratulate us again or for your first time. Please send gifts via US postal service. You know where we live- we have re-registered at Bed Bath and Beyond for your shopping convenience. Thank you in advance for your support and generosity, we look forward to many anniversary (gift giving opportunities) in the future.

Memories Anyone?

This was a tag of sorts I thought might be intersting:

1. As a comment on my blog, leave a memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember.
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog. And then I will leave a memory of you on yours!

Independence '08

We had a wonderful Independence Day. We spent most of the day up in Austin. We first stopped in San Marcus for some shopping. Holy Outlets!!! I couldn't believe how many stores there are up there! Pretty sure I'll be taking another trip, and I'll leave Michael home that day. :) We went with our friends Scott and Paige and rented some canoes on town lake. We visited the capital, drove aroung UT, watched fireworks and ate some uniquely austin food. We now know where the "Keep Austin Weird" shirts and bumper stickers originate and why they're sells are so popular. I acctually have seen said bumper stickers a lot since Friday. Michael managed to loose his phone at the park. Lucky for us there are nice people in this world, some guy picked it us and called us the next day. It was a slightly dramatic ordeal to meet up with him to get it back, but all in all, it was a very relaxing holiday weekend. We missed our family but we tried not to let it get us down. Hooray for Freedom!!

Little Lanie

So, with Michael gone to scout camp, what's a girl to do? (besides sleep diagonal on the bed) BLOG!! We were so excited to take a trip to Lubbock last weekend to see the newest member of the family- Ben and Nat's baby girl Lanie. Telling you how ADORABLE she is gives no justice. I would post a photo, but Michael has that camera w/ him at camp. as if he will use it. I'll have to post them later. But Lanie is the sweetest cutest thing ever to breathe air. She is ALL Natalie, oh my gosh!! Already so much personality in that little body it's crazy! As always we had a fabulous time. Jaden is such a charmer. He was so excited to be able to "keep" Lanie, "until she dies." classic. We are sad to see them leave us in the lone star state but what are you gonna do? We're excited for Ben's new job it just gives us one more state to visit. You know how we love road trips!! It was really nice to see my Mom again- it had been a while. :)

What a Week!!

We had an absolute BLAST with Michaels family this past week. It was a really nice vacation, packed FULL of activities: Tues night we drove down to south padre island after work. Wed we went into Mexico and did a little finagaling at the shops and walked around. My favorite was Ryan asking if he could 'try out' the hammocks to see if they really would fit two people. It was hilarious watching the two men try to lift him off the ground while in the hammock. priceless.

Thursday we got up early and did some deep sea fishing. Or as I like to call it: deep sea puking. Yea, I got what some people refer to as "sea-sick" and let me tell you it is NOT FUN, and looking at the horizon really doesn't help all that much. Ryan was sick as well and Michael of course had to throw up so he wouldn't be left out. When I wasn't closing my eyes or leaning over the edge of the boat we did catch some fish. Mostly red-snappers which we still have a ton! It was cool because every boat was allowed one shark. They caught a 6 foot sandbar. It was really cool to watch what goes on in the catch.

Friday I told Michael I wanted to go golfing with him for his birthday. Since we were staying at the condos on the golf course we couldn't resist. It took us about five and a half hours but we had a good time. I got a couple good shots in, for it being my first time golfing the entire 18 holes.

Saturday we had a delicious birthday breakfast for Michael packed up and came home. We of course had to take the family down-town. The alamo/river walk was fun. Then Michael got to open his presents: -2 new games (of course) -Indiana Jones Trilogy -Bret Farve the Tribute Happy 29th Michael!!!

Sunday there was a water pipe breakage at the church and they sent us all home. That's what a few of us like to call a father's day miracle. We ended up going to Guadalupe State Park for a BBQ and water play. It had been a while since Michael had spent a Father's day with his Dad. We hope he had a good time. He definately deserves it. He is a Great Father.

Monday we chilled and went to a local museum. It was fun to play around with all the interactive science displays and walk around and read more about 'texas'. Of course we played loads of games as always.

Sadly Tuesday life was 'back to normal' The Allsops are well on their way back to Wisconsin and Michael and I back to work. Thanks so much to Mom and Dad Allsop for the FABULOUS vacation. It was well needed and so much fun to hang out with them, we can't wait to do it again!

About that time.....

Well I figue I haven't written in awhile, so here we go. Last week I went fishing with a buddy from the ward. He was telling me about his sweet bass boat that he has. Well it wasn't as sweet as I thought it would be but we were both able to get on together and do some serious fishing. Thats him telling me to jump on his back so we both can get going. Kind of akward to tell you the truth.

There are some really good camp sites around here as well. They all come with a special "texas fire pit" as you can see.

Well some of our neighbors in our complex got married. We really didn't know them too well but we couldn't turn down the invitation. I'll say this that they sure party pretty hard down here. This was the brides 5th trip to the kegger. You should have seen her grandma down the beer bong!

We had some car trouble the other day. So we took our car in to this small shop. It was nice to be able get our car worked on and do a little praising in the mean time! It was kind of hard to understand the minister and take him serious, when he was bald with a comb over, missing half of his teeth, had a beer belly, a stained wife beater t-shirt with nacho stains and was chewing tobacco. Everytime he yelled Amen, he spat out some chew and scratched himself! It truly was moving experience not necessarily in a good way.

We took a drive the other day and drove by Lloyd's place. It looks like Lloyd and Elyse are at it again, what a shame such a sweet couple.

Here are some really good friends of ours. Scott is in the back, he is a roadie for Deaf Leopard. Paige she is in front. She loves her bangs! She is a hair stylist and really good at it as you can see. The kid in the front is Paige's nephew, Darnell, he loves visiting Paige and Scott cause he gets his hair done oh so sweet!

People down here love Nascar. This man here is my idol! I should be so lucky to have the hair that he does so that one day I can shave my favorite Nascar number on my back!

Well that is all for now! I'll be back with more for y'all!

P.S.

So, last night we went out to dinner at this quaint little place near our house and we decided to go to redbox and get a video (one of my favorite things to do, i'm addicted to finding 'promotion codes') Mike said I could get whatever movie I wanted. As I close the car door i'm thinking "chick-flick time"!! (Something I don't do too terribly often). Any way, I chose the video "PS I Love You" I'd heard it was good but didn't really know what it was about. Well, I cried, and by crying I mean BAWLED through the ENTIRE two hours. I mean, I've cried in movies before, but usually it's just watery eyes or a single tear or maybe one scene. tops. But not this time. I think I put myself in their situations too much. All in all, it really was a good film, but I don't recommend watching without a full box of tissues. Now, I kind of want to read the book :) Mike doesn't understand why I would put myself through the torture. He just kept looking at me saying 'are you ok?' Then we'd laugh together! What's my problem?