Now who thinks I'm exaggerating?!?!

Ok, so maybe I have been known to exaggerate a story or two here and there, but this one is for real - I've even got proof this time!!!
When Matt and I came back from Indy the other week, we walked out to where my car was parked at the airport (in extended stay parking). This is the note we found:


That's right, folks - "wind gusts in excess of 90 mph!!!" This was the fabulous result of those wind gusts...


Props to the Midland Airport staff though. They came out and covered up my window with a big piece of plastic and used non-stick tape. Everything had been soaked though! I had a book in the front seat of the car that was still wet when we got there - yup - front seat. So the 90MPH wind was definitely blowing right into my car! Yippee!!

Now who thinks I'm exaggerating about the Permian Basin winds?? I'm probably not the only one who's been blown out of their car :)

The 70's

Who's that cute baby with my pretty mom in late '78?

Christmas '74 (before my time)
Check out my dad in HIGH HEELS!

More Kilgores (I stole these from Mylynka's blog!)

Dad and that same cute baby...

It's a Hard Knock Life

Gee, I wonder why all my couch cushions are mis-shapen. Look at that little "arm" on the couch. She is SO CUTE :)

Comal River Float

Here're the promised pics from the Roommate Reunion/Girls Getaway! Here are the 5 of us floating on the Comal River (Halie, Laura, Katie, Sarah, and me). Traci was also a roomie, but she's in South America at the moment.

Down the "shoot." Katie and I were living on the edge...ooooh the danger! :)

Hay Bay

River shot -- It was actually very clean and not too crowded

The non-Shooters aka Preggers

2521

Postapalooza!

Ok, you asked and I shall deliver! Here are some catch-up posts of what we've been up to the last few weeks. Scroll down bc there are several!

First of all, our lives are super hectic bc our business is having "growing pains," as Matt likes to call it! He basically had to grow the business so that it would support 2 employees (himself and another). Until the new guy started, Matt had to do everything by himself! The new guy is working out great and we are so excited to have him working with us now!! However, Matt is still super swamped and we expect to have somewhat of a normal life again in about 2 weeks :)

Here's a rundown of what's been going on in our social world: Granny's 80th SURPRISE party was a few weeks ago, Mother's day in Dallas, 2521 Roommate Reunion in New Braunfels!

Granny's 80th Birthday Party

We SURPRISED Granny!!!! It was great - she had no clue!! About 80 of her closest friends and family showed up and it was a ton of fun! I'm so glad that most of the cousins got to come in for the party now that we live all across the nation. This was the first party the cousins have thrown, and, from what I hear, some of the aunts didn't think we could pull it off!! But - we did!

First Cousins

Granny's Great-Grandkids

Granny's Kids

Granny's sisterss

My brother's family (aren't they cute?)

the BEAUTIFUL cake & awesome family punch

Jonathan - he must've been hungry!

Granny w/ Cody's cute family

New cousins!

Close up of the cake

Mother's Day (and a little Father's Day too!)

At Bucca

Mom and KP

Mom, KP & Dad at the airport

Since Kristi & I were both in town at the same time (a rare event)! We celebrated Mother's day....and a little of Father's day too! We took mom & dad to eat at Bucca di Beppo (Yummo)!

Navy Concert

The band in the Oil Baron's Ballroom

Navy Dudes

Mom!!

While swinging thru the Big D on my way to the girls' getaway trip, I got to go to my mom's concert. Her group, New Horizons Band, was asked to play for a fancy Navy ceremony at Southfork Ranch (yes, the one where "Dallas" was filmed)! The Navy made those poor guys and gals STAND for the entire 2 hour ceremony. Dang.

I had been to Southfork a few times in HS, but had never taken the tour. We went around on a little tram to see the ranchgrounds and also toured the mansion. Swanky digs.

Roommate Reunion!

My college roommates and I had a girls' getaway roommate reunion this past weekend! Fun times. It's hard to believe I graduated SIX YEARS AGO. Whew, I am getting old. Anyway, my camera was low on batteries so Sarah has promised to send pics as soon as she gets them. Sarah, Katie, Halie, Laura & I rocked in New Braunfels and tubed the river. It was tons of fun catching up and glueing on fake toenails, which are apparently all the rage in Grand Prairie these days.

The only near mishap we had was when Laura's hubby called from the Middle East (he's in the Navy) and she accidentally pushed IGNORE on her phone while we were in the river. She had even bought a special phone holder to wear on her neck to keep the phone dry in case he called. That was a very sad moment, but luckily he called back a few hours later! Keep Alex and his boat in your prayers!!! And...Laura and Alex's baby that's on the way! Numero Dos!

We also took a trip up to the San Marcos outlet mall where Sarah and I's engagement diamonds both came from. Can you guess we both got engaged to fiance's who were Longhorn students at the time?! So this is the only pic I have on my camera...

diamonds!

Bizzzzzzzeeeeeeeeeeee!

A promise for the Blogger nazi's (aka the Stredwick sisters :)

I promise I'll post (with pictures) next week!!!!

Last week + This week = Bizzzzzeeeeeeeeeee (in a good way)

Ciao bellas!

Cute Baby...what is she wearing?!?!

Here's the latest from the Kofahls!!! Alison is adorable, but I'm not sure what she's wearing....I think she meant to put on maroon. Her uncle Matt from Texas seems to get to 'em while they're young. Dawg.

This hat makes me laugh! So cute!!

All the Kofahl girls! They look so springy and pretty :)

Dallas Visit: Part 1

Kristi, me & Mom

Brooke and Emery

Brooke and Me

Kristi and Emery

Kristi, Me, Brooke & Emery

I flew to the Big D from Midland and guess who was on my flight?! Brooke and Emery! I was so excited to see Brooke after over a year and I finally got to meet Emery. She is ADORABLE. Her demeanor is so sweet too - that is one happy baby! We met up with my mom and sis in Dallas and then headed out to breakfast at Mimi's where Heather and Luke met up with us!

We decided that the breakfast with us all was a "meet your internet friend" breakfast! We all check out each others' blogs, but everyone there met someone in person for the first time. What a weird world we live in!

I thought I had more pics, but it seems they were with mom and KP's cameras! I was so glad to hear that Brooke and Em's trip to the Big D coincided with my Granny's surprise 80th bday party! Pics from the party will follow....Here are the pics I have from Friday.

Emergency Landing!!!

Guess who's engine went out MID-AIR?

Guess who landed on the road a couple blocks away from our house??

While Matt was being helpful and pushing the plane from the highway into a field...I was taking pictures for your viewing pleasure :)

Glad you're OK, friend who wishes to remain anonymous!

Way to go, Hubby!

*NOTE: we have no pictures because our camera was out of batteries (OOPS)!!!

We had a great anniversary. We went to Midland and Matt chose the restaurant: Venezia. It was fabulouso! We loooooved it. Very quiant atmosphere (rustic italian with a fireplace and lots of wine bottles). We both tried something new - Matt had lamb and I had veal. Quite tasty! We also stayed at the Hilton in Midland and we'd like to recommend the "romance package." So, the name is super-cheese, but it was fun! They brought up chilled champagne, chocolate covered strawberries, cookies, a basket of chocolates, a picture frame for our nonexistent anniversary picture, an ugly lime green stuffed bear, and shower gel. Very funny, and super fun! It also included breakfast the next day.

Matt also surprised me with a little note that said "good for one new set of golf clubs!" Hopefully, this will help my game (it must be the clubs that are causing my lack of golfing success)! I surprised Matt with a very upscale gift....a magnet! It says, "Notice: The opinions of the husband are not necessarily that of management." :) This is very appropriate since our business is in my name (hee hee)! He outdid me on the gift.

Way to go HUBBY!

Our 4th Anniversary!!

Time flies!! We've already been married for FOUR YEARS! Seems like I just posted our 3rd anniversary blog :)

We're going to Midland to celebrate since that's the big city around these parts! Matt has a restaurant picked out, but I don't know what it is. This is a pretty good recovery seeing as last week he forgot it was even our anniversary :) haha

Collage by Mom

My DAD made this with some snapshots from our wedding. You can see my adorable nieces and nephew, who loves wedding so much he brings books! HAHA
**Correction: my dad made this not my mom!

A few more pics...

Happy 4th Anniversary, Hubby!

Y'all may recognize these (I posted them last year too)!

Another One Bites the Dust!

I'm finished with SPRING Semester 07!!!!!!!!! Now, 4 weeks off and then 15 more hours this summer.


Boooyashocka!

Had to share this one....

I am sitting here at the computer and Molly keeps sniffing the outlet on the wall right next to me. Apparently, she smells something interesting in there. Anyhoo, I told her "no" about 3 times and she backed off. Well, curiosity got the best of her. I was sitting here typing and I hear a loud "Aooouff!" I look over and poor little Molly got a bit of a jolt! She must've gone in for a lick!!

Matt's Bday!

Matt had a great 27th bday (that's right, I got a younger man)!! Here's a pic of Matt and his dad, Dean on his bday last week. Sorry I've been slow at keeping up w/ posting. These past few weeks have been the end of the semester for me. I should be student teaching in the fall! Whoo hooo!!!


Also - Check out the new moulding! Matt put this up in the dining room the other week. We haven't caulked or painted it yet though, so don't look too close!!

Also -- Check out Matt wearing a STRIPED shirt! It only took me 4 years to convince him that solid is not the only way to wear a polo! :)