We're goin' to...Napa Valley......Napa Valley here we come!

Ok Blog Nazi's! The update is: we're headed out for vacation!!! We're going to Napa Valley/San Francisco and then over to Minneapolis. Random you say? Not so much - Matt's cousin is getting married in MN so we'll be there the last part of our vaca....

THEN, my mom is getting on a plane for the first time in 30 years to come visit us! YAY!!!

Over and out until at least Aug 8th!

A new addiction....

Flickr.com is my latest internet addiction. Thanks, MOM!

Here ya go, Sarah!

Here's my 2 week old hair cut...I'm still not sure how to style it right! That's the pic I took in. Do I look like Mandy Moore yet?! :)

Sleepy Pup

This dog really knows what she's doing. She can always find the most comfy spots in the house. Look how I found her sleeping...

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!