Happy Birthday Cameron!!

I love birthdays, and I love turning them into birthday weekends. Cameron turned 26th on Thursday. Hooray! We decided to take a half day of work on Friday and go golfing. This was my first time ever on a course. It was a perfect fall day. Bless Cameron for being patient with me as I learned. Luckily the course wasn't crowded and we were able to take our time and enjoy being out there.

Cameron says at least his golf swing is better than Charles Barkley's. ;)

Saturday we went to Texas Roadhouse for Cameron's birthday dinner with Spencer and Ashley. And enjoyed some delicious apple crisp with blue belle vanilla. (Thanks Margo for the recipe. It was delicious!) 

Happy Birthday Cameron!! 

I love you to the moon & back. 

Barton Springs

Quite possibly our favorite spot in Austin. Barton Springs is a natural spring in downtown Austin. The water stays 68 degrees year round, and it feels wonderful during this hot hot summer here. We bring our big old goggles, noodles, and swim along the bottom looking for fish, turtles, and anything else crawling along the bottom of the spring. It's become a weekly tradition. We go in the evening when Cameron gets home from work, and cool off from the day.

 After we go swimming, we usually go to a trailer park and get Torchy's Tacos. Best chips & queso in town. Hands down. 

Now come to Austin & enjoy Barton Springs with us too!! 

Summer

Stevie Ray Vaughn 

atlanta #2

*Photo Credit: Meg Davidson Photography 

Dallas this weekend! Hooray! 

one year older...

So this is what I wake up to on the morning of my birthday. Cameron woke up early, and decorated our apartment. Made the cute little banner, and got a little princess sticker happy, blew up the balloons, and hung up the streamers. He surprised me by taking the day off work and played hookie. We spent the day at Schlitterbahn, and spent the evening relaxing and eating ice cream cake on the sofa. Best birthday ever I must admit. Cameron - you are the best & I love you to the moon and back. xoxo!!




Also my sneaky sister organized this for my birthday. She sent family and friends an email with an assigned postcard to send to me in the mail. So my mailbox was flooded all birthday week with sweet notes from some of my favorite people. Thank you!! I was deeply spoiled for my birthday.


"I'm so glad you were born." Cutest & best thing ever. One of my absolute favorite things ever is sending/receiving cards. 

I do believe every birthday should involve a birthday celebration all week. Best thing ever. 

we moved!

Yes - we moved out of Pflugeville and into Austin proper over 4th of July weekend, and we LOVE it! We are now closer to downtown, which cuts Cameron's drive from 20 miles to 10 miles to work. (For those of you who don't know, Cameron works in the heart of downtown Austin.) My drive to school is only 7 minutes versus 20 minutes. We are closer to everything which is fantastic. There is a running trail that we just love behind our complex around the lake. We wasted no time unpacking and making it home again. We moved in on a Saturday, and the last box was unpacked by Sunday night.

Cameron's parent's, Logan, Jon & Wendy and their kids came down from Dallas to help us. Also our friends Spencer & Ashley from Pflugerville helped us move. We are so thankful for your help, and sacrificing a Saturday to help us. We love y'all! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Our new sofa

(Char I told you I had my Georgia blanket on the back. ;) I know, I need a pretty one. Keep an eye out for me. )

The kitchen - it's much smaller than our other one. So that's been a huge transition. So I am still playing around with what will work, what I like, ect... 

The washer & dryer are on the back wall. I am thinking of adding a curtain to help separate the two while I do laundry. 

Dinner area. The pictures of the floor will obviously be put up sometime. The THATCHER frame on the wall is my all time favorite thing in our home. Too bad that the thermometer is right there. 

Cameron's Ukrainian memorabilia. 

I painted the plate and Cam painted the bowl. We are so ready to go back to Cabo San Lucas. 

father's day

We love our dads!

Maybe I'm biased, but we have the best dads two kids could ever ask for.

xoxo. 

p.s. notice our dad's ties. Our momma's picked out the ties & didn't even mean to have the same tie. I just told them navy, purple, & paisley. guess that's what happens when both mom's shop at Macy's :)