Let's see...since our last post...let me get comfortable really quick. This is going to take a bit.
I believe I said I'd start back with July, but other than 4th of July (which I don't have any pictures from), nothing really crazy happened, so I'll start with August - a big one. :) The second week of August or so, Blake and I traveled to the Hill Country to celebrate our 2 year anniversary and my birthday. Fun trip! We started off in New Braunfels and headed to Schlitterbahn with some of my family and one of my BFFs from Austin, Tracy!
After hanging out with the family, Blake and I headed to Fredericksburg for a couple of days off from work to enjoy each other's company and drink wine. We stayed in "the best B&B in Fredericksburg", thanks to my mad research skills, and had a really good time. Here are some pictures of what "the best" looks like (in Fredericksburg, at least):
Nice and spacious with a huge, comfy bed
The largest whirlpool tub I'll ever step foot in. Until we own one, at least. :)
Really big shower
Pretty sinks
Our private patio overlooking Main Street
The "Paradise Loft", as it's called, was located right on Main Street in Fredericksburg above a cute boutique that sold clothes, accessories, and a bunch of stuff that Blake has no use for, but I definitely found some goods. I say it was "the best" half-jokingly...although I did see it written many places, and we really don't think we could have found a better place. It was perfect for us. It was walking distance to pretty much everything in downtown, and the day that we went out to the wineries we just drove - not a bad drive, either.
Grape Creek Vineyards - beautiful place!
Blake checking out the landscaping at Pedernales Cellars.
So, I mentioned this was for our anniversary, right? Here's our cake! For our 1st anniversary, we had a smaller version of my bridal cake, so this year I surprised Blake and had a small version of his cake made. So delish!
Aaaaannnddd, it's gone.
Oh, and here is a picture of my breakfast the first morning we were there. Hands down, best. breakfast. ever.
Hill Country Duck Hash at Rathskeller - "best breakfast in Fredericksburg" as stated by ME.
Moving on...later in August we traveled to Amarillo, Texas to witness (as in, actually sign the marriage license, which was really awesome) the wedding of Beau Watkins to his beautiful fiancee Sarah. Beau and Sarah are both in the Army and were both approaching the end of graduate school, so needed to get married in order to get preference on duty station. Their "real" wedding will take place this year in June and we're excited about celebrating with them! Again! :) More pictures!
Beau and Sarah at the Big Texan the night before, home of the "Free 72oz. Steak"
During the ceremony :)
Sarah is in vet school and Beau is (well, was...is now graduated) in law school, both in the Army...this cake was VERY appropriate for them and very cute - the top had little dog bone sprinkles on it and the cupcakes had farm animals and toy soldiers on them. Oh, and this (along with the rest of the after-party) was all done by Sarah's co-workers at the vet clinic where she was working. They were very sweet and wonderful people!
Ze happy couple
I chose a pig cupcake and Blake chose chocolate. He just thought this placement on my plate was hilarious. Yeah...SO hilarious.
So! September. Unfortunately, A&M's football season was pretty much non-existent in the Gore household. I only went to one game and Blake went to two. We saw some good friends, learned of engagements, pregnancies, new girlfriends, etc. While we were there, we got to see Blake's parents (and stay with them), which is always good! The weekend there was short, like always, and it was back to Dallas.
Blake and his good buddy Jim at the Chicken in College Station
The rest of September was...well, pretty uneventful also. We're still doing Crossfit and definitely still loving it. We had a "Crossfit Social" at Top Golf one night which was a good turnout and a lot of fun. Here are (some of) the ladies of our group:
And here's a lot of us
I believe it was in September (or maybe earlier) that we also went to Medieval Times for the first time. Woohoo! We met two other couples (Kyle & Kristen who got married in the previous post, and another couple who's friends with Kyle & Kristen that we met on the 4th of July this year) and we had a pretty fun time. Some people think it's cheesy, and yes, in many ways it is, but you've just gotta make the most of it. The people that say it's cheesy are just old farts anyway.
I would say Blake is going to hate me for posting this, but he'll never know! Ha!
Me, Kristen, the awesome Yellow Knight, & Stephanie
OH! September was also the month that Kathryn Tess came into the world! Blake's brother, Matt, and his wife welcomed their new baby on September 29th. We are excited to be an aunt and uncle again! :)
Moving on to October. October was fun. A lot went on in October. At the beginning of the month, we finalized where we would be moving (I know, we don't stay put long...) and a couple weeks later actually moved. It's a house here in Dallas - a small house, all of 792 square feet, but still a house! And, it's two bedrooms, which is def. better than one, and it has a huge backyard which will be awesome for Nellie. I actually don't have pictures of our house right now, except for the things that were wrong with it when we moved in. I'll get on that and post some later.
The first week in October, I traveled to Baton Rouge and New Orleans with my company for our "Bayou Bash". This trip turned out to be a lot more fun than I thought it would be! Plus, I got to be roomies for 2 nights with Kristine, a good friend from work who now works part-time so she can stay home with her baby. This was meant to be a team-building trip since some of the people in our division are here in Dallas and some are in the Baton Rouge office where our company is based. The work-related parts of the trip were ok, but the trip to New Orleans was definitely a good time. We started the trip with a scavenger hunt (which was my first ever scavenger hunt...on my first ever trip to New Orleans), and ended the day with a fun and delicious dinner followed by bar time. Woohoo!
At dinner...yes, I'm the crazy person in the back with their arms in the air.
Bourbon Street
So, we moved, then a week later we headed to Beaver Creek, Colorado for Blake's company's annual retreat. We enjoyed a couple of good dinners and overpriced breakfasts, each other's company, some s'mores, a hiking trip, and the company of some new good friends. Oh, and I forgot to mention...a couple days before leaving for Colorado I decided to (after, ohhh, about 8 years of wanting to do it) dye my hair dark! Like, really dark. :) See!
I had to do this as a first step...the next day I went in for the "full dark"
And here's the AFTER! I really do like it.
We woke up the morning we were leaving for Colorado to this...pitiful.
At the hotel before dinner the first night
With Lindsey and Levi, great new friends! :)
Hiking up the mountain right next to our hotel
Beautiful views of Beaver Creek Village
Chipmunk!
The trees were beautiful..
Ice skating rink in the middle of the village
Lastly...Halloween. Blake and I didn't do anything for Halloween, but I had to dress up for work, so I wore an old Corps outfit of his. I was a WAG for a day! Here's a picture of a few of us from my office....
I'm going to do November to present in a new post. It's all still relatively fresh, so hopefully it doesn't take near as long as this one did. Thank you for sticking with the whole thing if you're still reading this! Be back soon!! :)
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