Dusty's Dreamin'

This weekend we decided to take a much needed get away to Ruidoso, New Mexico. I love Ruidoso this time of year; horse races, beautiful weather, and good food.

One of my favorite things to do is attend the horse races at Ruidoso Downs. Although I rarely make ANY money, I still enjoy strategizing and betting on the races. This year there was one horse that stood out, Dusty's Dreamin. This horse blew the others out of the water! He was an incredible athlete finishing well before the others in his heat (not sure if that's the right terminology, but it's worth a shot).

Willman's for dinner, Yum.

I finally own a bear!

It seems like having a Monday off from work should make things come easier the rest of the week. This though is wrong, very wrong. Having a 4 day work week just means 5 days of work crammed into 4 days. Not cool!

Vintage Amarillo

This past weekend Chris and I were given the opportunity to attend the Amarillo Symphony Guild's fund raiser, Vintage Amarillo. It's a silent/live auction with wine tasting and dinner. We were so luck to have a table full of Joneses, consisting of David, Ellen, Sam, Liz, Chris, Me, and 2 of David's clients. It was a great time!

Sunday I worked the Amarillo SPCA's fundraiser, Mutt Fest. It also had a silent auction, live music, food, and low cost vaccines for pets. I worked at Timber Creek's booth, taking money and filling out rabies certificates. My dad and I worked very well together, which definitely surprised my mom.

Yesterday was Chris's 24th birthday! Happy Birthday, Hubbs!!! We were absolutely exhausted from everything we've been up to so he opted to get take out and stay in. (No, I am not a terrible awful wife... we went out to PF Chang's last week for his birthday and he was NOT mistreated in the present department).

"The Honeymooners"

Chris is officially a "2L." 1 year of law school down, 2 to go. There is a light at the end of this Dallas chapter in our life.

In other news we decided to join our Engaged/Newly Married kickball team, "The Honeymooners." Bad decision. I discovered quite quickly that I do not know the first thing about kickball. I guess I purposefully tried to get out in elementary school so I wouldn't have to run bases. Lame.

Anyways, we've played 2 games thus far and I have yet to make it to 2nd base or get anyone out. Yesterday, as I was playing 1st base, I managed to get body slammed by an opposing team member. Awesome. Each week I am learning to channel my inner anger and constantly tell myself that it's just a game.

Amarillo by Mornin'

Since Chris has been overwhelmed with law school finals I decided to make a last minute quick trip back to the Panhandle. It was a pretty uneventful weekend, but great to see the fam.

Codi driving... scary

I flew back to Dallas at 6:30 AM on Monday... just in time to make it for work. However, on our way to the airport moms "never fail" BMW tires failed. We got a flat tire about 3 miles from the airport. Dad to the rescue!! I made it to the airport at 6:20 AM, a mere 10 minutes before the flight left. Wouldn't you know the time I'm in a huge rush I got randomly searched. Awesome! As I was running to my gate my flip flop flew off my foot and down the terminal, so I had to chase it down. When I finally got to my gate and boarded my plane I was so rattled I could barely manouver my suitcase (luckily I had planned on carryin on) down the aisle. I managed to bump it into pretty much every person up and down the aisle.