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Thanks, Charles, for forwarding this little giggle along to us.
A recent study conducted by Harvard University found that the average American walks about 900 miles a year.
Another study by the American Medical Association found that Americans drink, on average, 22 gallons of alcohol a year.
This means, on average, Americans get about 41 miles to the [...]

Fireworks Day

Fireworks Day[1]
As always, we are in Paris for Lori’s grandparents’ birthdays. (His is on the 3rd and her’s is on the 4th). Because Paris has the band concert and fireworks show are on the 3rd, we have one big party with them every year. After a nice dinner, cake & ice cream, and presents, we [...]

We Are Soooo Great!

Great (this one’s a) Neice #15 made her “breathe your own air” debut over the weekend.
We are so lucky to have all these great kiddos in our life.

ok, #16 baby Quail [1]
it’s your turn.
#17 will be here just a few weeks after that.
[1] yes, the bird; some nicknames stick for good reason

DARTS!!!

Tonight’s game of darts was SO MUCH FUN!

The Boys Are Back In Town

Tonight, we attended the exhibition practice and fan-involved Fan Fest for the
Brazos Valley Bombers.
We had a great time and can’t wait to use our season tickets to see all the games of
Bryan’s local team!!!
Last year, we shared a game with Charles & Elain and had a fabulous time (in spite of rained out fireworks). This [...]

Seven Years Ago Today

We said, “I do” among family and friends and the smell of bluebonnets!
You can see our wedding images on this page of our website.
Happy Anniversary, us!

‘Dork’ Release

Bitstrips is an upcoming comic strip creator that’s made the process of creating a strip pretty darn simple. I’ve come across a handful of services that aim to provide you with a simplified comic strip creation tool, but Bitstrips is the easiest and most social I’ve seen so far. Bitstrips is currently in beta, and was launched [...]

We have to say goodbye….

We have had to say goodbye today to our middle kitty, Mitad. (This comes just two days after a friend of our’s had to do the same thing.) This is very sudden as Emil only took her to the vet this morning. It’s also a surprise for both us and the vet as Mitad is [...]

Cheesy or not?

As we are post-GAYla without a Fundraising Coordinator, I have had a busy week+. I’ve been running around town with a cab full of baskets and other silent auction goodies delivering them and taking money. Two such deliveries were to occur at ~5pm this evening.
In addition, we have a big/looming deadline at work. I was [...]

Aggies on Thanksgiving

“Thanksgiving Football For Aggies And Longhorns
The Big 12 Conference and its television partners announced the 2008 Texas A&M vs. Texas football game will be televised by ESPN and the game will be played on Thanksgiving night. This marks the first time for the game to return to Thanksgiving since the 1993 game, which is also [...]

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