Road Trip

This past week I had some time off from school so I took a road trip around Texas to see Jenny in Waco, Dad in Houston, Liz at Camp, and Ryan, who was playing baseball at A&M. Liz and Matt have a new baby puppy (redundant, yes, but he is such a baby still!) who I just had to snap some shots of. This kid eats dirt, rocks, bugs, leaves, flowers, sticks... pretty much anything he can get his teeth on. And boy are they sharp! He's a cutie though!
  eating grass...
  more grass...
  in FULL swing!
a stick...


Here's a glimpse of how small he really is...
Mr. Curiosity

Spring Tulips

I snapped some shots of the beautiful tulips around Dallas, just in time before the freeze hit and it started snowing today!
Click on the flower to see my web album!

Spring Tulips

DJ is married!!!

Last weekend we went to Houston for DJ and Courtney's wedding. It was so great to see everyone! We had a blast. To see more pictures, go here!http://picasaweb.google.com/laurenebutler/DJSWedding

 
 
 
 

Sweet Nick

My dog is so funny. It is absolutely unbelievable how attached he is to me. I still can hardly believe I actually have a dog, but I'm pretty sure I have the best one (at least for me). I wish I had more time to play outside with him during the day, because he loves to be outside and he could stay out all day and sniff every blade of grass and every leaf on the block. Sadly, he spends most of his time stuck inside all day. Thank goodness he loves to sleep, because he definitely gets a lot of it!

GUATEMALA!

These are just a few of our photos! To view my web album, click below!

Guatemala

Panama!

Here are some links to our Panama pics!

Erica's pics.
Jude's pics.
Jackie's pics.

Reagan's pics.

My pics.

Tree Farm

Here are some photos from our venture to the Christmas tree farm! 
 
 
  

Meet Nick!

Nick is the newest addition to Apt. 1207. He's such a sweet little guy and very low key. He loves to go outside, ride in the car, and SLEEP. Today is his 13th birthday! Come visit anytime. He'd love to meet you!

PIE!

I got my first pie in the face tonight, compliments of Jenna. It was quite disgusting, and I smelled like chocolate all night long. Mmmm, my favorite!!

Tailgate!

Last weekend we headed to Waco again for the Baylor/aTm football game. We had a big tailgate with all our favorite people and had some really yummy food. Although the Bears didn't come away with the win, we all had an awesome time!

Ramona Mae

I just want to show you how adorable my cousins' baby is! We had a blast at her 1st birthday party last month =)

Pumpkins

The question crossed my mind yesterday... why on earth did God make pumpkins? So, I decided to look it up and see what I could learn. Here's some trivia for ya.



A pumpkin is a squash fruit, most commonly orange in colour when ripe. The larger kinds acquire a weight of 40 to 80 lbs. Botanically it is a fruit, referring to a certain plant part which grows from a flower. However it is widely regarded as a vegetable in culinary terms, referring to how it is eaten. Pumpkins are grown today in the US more for decoration than for food.

Pumpkin chunking is a competitive activity in which teams build various mechanical devices designed to throw a pumpkin as far as possible. Catapults, trebuchets, ballistas and air cannons are the most common mechanisms. Some pumpkin chunkers grow special varieties of pumpkin, which are bred and grown under special conditions intended to improve the pumpkin's chances of surviving being thrown.

When ripe, the pumpkin can be boiled, baked and roasted, or made into various kinds of pie, alone or mixed with other fruit; while small and green it may be eaten in the same way as the vegetable marrow.

The pumpkin is related to the zucchini. The largest pumpkin ever grown weighed 1,469 lb (666 kg). Pumpkins are orange because they contain massive amounts of lutein and carotene. These nutrients turn to vitamin A in the body.

Using pumpkins as lanterns at Halloween is based on an ancient Celtic custom brought to America by Irish immigrants. All Hallows Eve on 31 October marked the end of the old Celtic calendar year, and on that night hollowed-out turnips, beets and rutabagas with a candle inside were placed on windowsills and porches to welcome home spirits of deceased ancestors and ward off evil spirits and a restless soul called "Stingy Jack," hence the name "Jack-o'-lantern".

The city of Keene, New Hampshire currently holds the world record for the most lit pumpkins in one location: 28,952. Illinois produces more pumpkins than any other state in the United States; Michigan is a distant second. Pumpkins were among the first foods from the "New World" adopted in Europe, probably due to a European cousin: Lagenaria.

"Pumpkin" is sometimes used as an affectionate term, often referring to one's significant other. For example: "I love you, Pumpkin." The pumpkin is the state fruit of New Hampshire.

Unfortunately for us, October is actually National Pasta Month.

I love the water!

Just as we thought the lake days were over, we got another chance! Last weekend we took the boat down to Waco and skied the Brazos before the Baylor/Army game. NO, I had no idea you could actually do that and it was so much fun!! Then we had a big tailgate in the rain with the whole fam! (I wonder if Jenny knew we were having a family reunion in Waco, because I sure didn't.) Thank goodness for Granddad's motor home... we just hung out and played cards while we waited for the rain to pass over. So glad we weren't all crammed in the suburban, or the pick up for that matter!