Mexico Trip

Well Melissa is now a Mrs! Abel and I just returned from a trip to Cancun, Mexico. We were there to celebrate Melissa and Neel's wedding. Melissa has been my best friend for the last 10 1/2 years and we couldn't be more excited for her! She is truly deserving of the immense happiness she has found. Neel is such a great guy and fits in perfectly into our circle of friends. We were honored to be a part of their very special day. Although we will miss having Mel in San Antonio, thank goodness Austin is a short drive! The week was filled with lots of laughs, tears and great memories! Here are just a few of the pics, I will post more later in the week.

Another Busy Weekend

Well, it was another busy weekend! We had Amber back to back since we will be out of town this coming weekend. It was really nice to be able to spend so much time with her in a short period. Our intention was to go to the Children's Magik Theater for a performance of "Dr. Seussical", but I read the schedule wrong and there was no show! We drove all the way downtown to be the only ones standing outside the building. The next show is "The Kid Who Ran For President" starting next week, so I had to make a promise to Amber to go back. No show, but Sonic ice cream treats instead. My mom gave Amber Paula Dean's new cookbook for children along with an apron. She loved it!! and of course wanted to make every recipe this weekend...(thanks mom! ;) ) We managed to squeeze in pretzel sticks (one end is dipped in white chocolate and the other end is dipped in peanut butter chocolate) and monkey bread. Amber made fall treat bags of the pretzel sticks to give out to family. The monkey bread we made today before church and had a non-healthy breakfast of monkey bread and chocolate milk. We loved the monkey bread so much, I think we are going to make it a Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve treat tradition! Amber will be quite the cook! In between all of our kitchen time Abel and Amber managed to carve the pumpkin we picked last weekend at the pumpkin patch. What a great weekend! I can't wait to leave for Mexico on Thursday.....

Sad

I am missing my brother and his family alot today. I talked to my sister-in-law on Wednesday and it just made me miss them even more. I wish Seoul, South Korea wasn't so far away! For me the hardest part is realizing that my neice is quickly changing and growing so fast, and we are missing all of the cute things she is doing. Daylan is at least old enough to remember us and memories, but Emma is still too little. Although the videos and pictures are great, they just aren't the same as being there live. We are and have always been a close family so the distance between us is definitely being felt. The funny thing out of the three kids, my brother was always the home body and never wanted to travel...now he is the one who lives the farthest away! Well the positive is they are living an adventure, enjoying a new culture, and seeing God's beautiful creation on another continent! It could be worse Chris could be in Iraq, but instead God blessed him and put him with his family in a safe zone. Here are some new pics of Emma and Daylan..

Kobe Beef!

I was undecided what to get Abel for his birthday..for a few months now he has talked about trying Kobe beef. He saw a story about it on the travel channel and decided that was something he wanted to add to his "bucket" list. So, Kobe beef it was..I found one restaurant in town that serves it; the KOBE Japanese Steakhouse. Our dinner last night was fantastic! The Kobe was tender and our California roll was yummy. Our waiter, Roland, made the evening more enjoyable by adding a few extra's courtesy of the chef. It was nice to be spend some one on one time together. Our lives are always so busy, we don't often take enough time for just us.

Happy 31st Birthday Babe!

More Fall Pics

Here are some other fall pics..

Amber Time

Amber had a great time this weekend. Her and Abel had a great time at the zoo...it's been a while since they had been, so it was like seeing everything for the first time.

We met up with the other Lewand's for some fall family pics!

In the middle of it all we were able to squeeze in some Banana Cream Pie as part of Abel's 31st birthday.

My allergies are killing me! The fall weather has brought in so many things that are bugging me...sore throat and itchy eyes! ahh

Amber's Birthday Project

Amber and I were running short on time to make Abel a birthday gift. We made it just in time on Thursday so she could make him a "cookie time" plate at Clay Casa. Abel is such a cookie and milk kinda guy that this will be the perfect gift. Shhhh it's a secret..he hasn't seen it yet. :)

New Family Member: Allie Lewand

My brother-in-law and sister-in-law had their first child back in August. After a few weeks she is finally coming into her own. As you can see she is as cute as ever. Christmas will be so much fun with a little one to buy for. I am not quite sure that she will appreciate a picture of her in her birthday suit for everyone to see..I"ll be sure to delete by the time she is 16!

First Time!

Ok, so I am new to blogging and decided to give it a try. I was just added to the Blog Team at work and will start blogging about work experiences the first of next year. I figured creating a personal blog would be a great starting point.
So bear with me as I stumble through :)