burger barrel

had lunch here yesterday....

This good 'ole Burger Barrel has been in business since 1920 and is still going strong! It's right down the street from our house and I chuckle every time we drive by!! Thanks to my dad, I have always had a soft spot in my heart for random, weird, local, hole-in-the wall restaurants. (I guess this is more an actual barrel than a hole-in-the-wall.... but its still totally random!) so yesterday we decided it was time to try it out. I was actually pretty impressed. I think I'd give it a B-. (would have gotten a B but the two women who cooked our food were quite frazzled when I changed a few of the drinks and they also forgot to give us straws and ketchup)

Thanks Burger Barrel! We'll be back!

baby on the way!

We're pregnant!!!

It's true and we can hardly believe it! I'm around 11 weeks along now and feeling sick, tired and very pregnant :) I have my first doctor's visit next week and will hopefully find out a real due date and maybe even see the sonogram! Mark has been the sweetest husband through this first trimester and is going to be the most wonderful daddy! After the shock wore off (this came as quite a surprise to us!!!!), we now feel so blessed that the Lord has chosen to give us such a remarkable gift. Please join us in praying for our little one as he/she grows throughout the next 7 months! Keep you posted....

hello fall

It's always hard for me to admit that summer is over.... but the beautiful fall day we had today sure made it a little easier. We had the best first "fall" weekend! We went to a high school football game, watched a lot of football on tv (well, let's be honest, I didn't actually watch much but I sure love to hear it in the background), we opened our new windows and turned off the a/c, mark worked in the backyard, we ate soup, we went on a cool evening walk and we wore jackets!! Thank you 60 degree weather for such a great weekend!

Dear Fall,

Please look like this in Amarillo this year like you do in Branson:

Thank you.

catch up...

Well, it's been a while. I am now back in Albq. for my second round of Math Recovery training. We've had two weeks of school and I'm getting excited to get back to Amarillo and start helping these lost kiddos one-on-one! It is the coolest program and I feel so lucky to get to be a part of it.

Mark is now in his second rotation. Praise the Lord he made it through Internal Medicine and now he's onto psychiatry, which is supposed to be much more laid back and no more call!! yay. I'm glad to have my hubby back.

My parents came to visit two weekends ago and we had a blast. I always love it when they come. We didn't spend the whole time on home projects... but my dad, mark and mark's dad spent most of the day Saturday installing new windows in our back living room! It looks a million times better! thanks for all your hard work.

i'm sure there's more to catch up on.... but that's all for now.