October Update

October started with a weekend trip to the town where HBS grew up to celebrate our anniversary. Buzz had never been, and over two days, we saw all the homes, schools, and “stomping grounds” of HBS’s youth. We also went to the local Oil Museum and Rose Garden. The weather was beautiful until the drive home – it rained the whole way! Several small activities kept us busy during the month – we made fish tacos for the first time, bought a new laptop, finished our bedroom curtains, and even went to a musical – “Evil Dead: The Musical”! The last was more Buzz’s thing, but it was actually pretty funny! We ended the month carving pumpkins for Halloween, and handing out candy for Trick-or-Treaters.

HBS learning her "roughneck" skills.

"Ooooh, water come from metal tree! Nifty!"

Quite a breath-taking view...

HBS chatting with a new friend at the Idea Garden

Another new friend at the hometown lake!

Wildcat Pride - CATCH IT!!!

The infamous fish tacos with home-made tortillas and slaw

The bedroom curtains are DONE!!!

The best part - removing pumpkin guts!

A gargantuan gaggle of ghoulish gourds!

September Update

Looking back, it seemed we did a lot more during the month than the list indicates – it sure wore us out! We joined with people at our church to help build a house for Habitat for Humanity. Unfortunately, it has been a very rainy month, so we ended up working in a lot of mud! We also took a walk around the city’s cultural district for the Free Museum Day – we went to the Kimball Art Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Log Cabin Village, taking a break for some tasty num-nums at Dos Gringos Mexican restaurant. One of our monthly projects was to take the pears from HBS’s grandfather’s pear tree and learn a new skill – canning! We made pear jam, a pear spread, and pear preserves. We got lots of practice, and escaped with very few injuries. Towards the end of the month, we had dinner at Texas De Brazil to celebrate our 3^rd anniversary – my, how time flies! Since the third anniversary is traditionally the “leather” anniversary, we bought each other appropriate gifts…leather-bound Bibles, of course!

Hard at work!

So proud of our handiwork.

I don't think this is a fair division of labor!

Can someone kiss the boo-boo and make it better...?

The finished product! Not bad for canning newbies, eh?