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Sammy and Elijah - Texas Here They Come!

Tomorrow my cousin Samantha and her son (my Godson) Elijah will be on a flight to Dallas! Tim and I cannot wait to see them. We are looking forward to a few days with our cousin and the baby. Since we do not have any kids of our own we are more than excited to be able to spoil Elijah. We'll post some pictures after the visit.

Love to all! :)

It's Finally Fall

What could be better than the smell of apples, cinnamon, pumpkins and warm fall spices? Fall is finally here! We cannot believe that it is already November - where did this year go already?

Two weeks ago I actually welcomed Fall by heading over the the Dallas Farmers Market. What an amazing day! I started out by picking out my pumpkin for my porch as well as a beautiful mum to show my spirit for the season. Then I headed across the street to see what was in building #2. It was my favorite spice man and a wonderful organic coffee shop! With my spices and coffee in tote I was ready to face the countless vendors that were about to overwhelm me with fruits, veggies and nuts. I picked out some fresh green beans, eggplant, apples and visited the butcher shop to get some pasta to go with dinner. The day was not only made me realize it was finally Fall, but it brought back a bit of childhood to my life.

When Fall comes each year I always remember the days a Johnson's Corner in Medford, New Jersey where I celebrated many birthdays with friends and family. Since my birthday is at the beginning of October and my mom is an art teacher it was a yearly tradition to go pumpkin picking for my birthday and go back to my house to paint our pumpkins! :) Johnson's always had the BEST donuts and apple cider. I can still remember the barn the shop and bakery was in and the hayride and everything about the farm. It was the best place to have a good time and relax. We would go apple, pumpkin and strawberry picking. Strawberry picking was always in the summer and it would be muddy - we would have to take our shoes off before getting in the car.

The Fall also reminds me of my soccer days. Traveling around the state of New Jersey and throughout the Midwest to play my favorite sport of all time. Now I'm not saying that I enjoy watching soccer more than any other sport - just that I enjoy playing it the most.

There is just something about the Fall air that make me think back to my earlier days and believe that I will one day be a child again. What happened to the simple days of our lives?

And We're Back...

So no more promises on weekly or daily posts. We are way too busy to keep up with each other let alone our blog. Sorry everyone! We will however update as much as we can.

Well we're back from Cayman - nice and tan and will be posting a few pics soon. Cayman was just unbelievable. The water was crystal clear, you could see your toes through it! We went snorkeling, swam with stingrays, went parasailing and rode jet skis on the ocean. We absolutely loved every minute of our experience!

Its Just Beachy!!!

Both Tim and I are really excited about our upcoming vacation to the Cayman Islands. We both cannot believe that it has been almost a full year since we've been to the beach - work really does take its toll on you! We are really excited to be spending the week before our 1 year anniversary on Grand Cayman's 7-mile beach! (July 25 - Aug 1)

We cannot wait to go snorkeling, visit Sting Ray City and go shopping at Kirk's Freeport!!! But, most of all we're excited that we get to get out of the country and kick up our heels to relax.

Although Tim is a frequent of the island - this is my first trip to Cayman. I am looking forward to every minute of the week. We will post pictures when we return!!!

Our NEW Deck

In the past few months...

So we've been really bad about keeping our blog updated and have set aside a block of time each week to keep this going.

Since our last post a lot has changed. Let us list the changes and we will also post some pictures.

1) Jamie got a new job!! YaY - Jamie is now working at Moroch Partners, a privately-held advertising agency here in Dallas. She has been with them since April 6 and is loving her new position as Assistant Account Executive in account services on the Midas team. Yes - you can sing the tune - "Thats the Midas touch!"

2) The Worflars came down and built us a deck! Dennis and Jason worked with Tim to build a beautiful deck in our back yard. We now have a great place for entertaining.

3) Tim celebrated his 1 year anniversary at Accenture!! Since he was there a full year, he was able to attend a training session in St. Charles, Illinois and had a boys weekend in Chicago with his co-workers following the week-long training session.

4) Jamie won an i-pod shuffle at the grand re-opening of Tom Thumb in Snyder Plaza here in Dallas. She only stopped in to pick up Tim's favorite popcorn since we had run out and somehow managed to be one of the few winners of the day.

5) Jamie has become a provisional member of the Junior League of Dallas and will soon be attending meetings and charity commitments. In addition, she is also a member of Slipper Club.

6) Father's Day was a very exciting day for the both of us. While Jamie was wishing her grandfather a happy father's day - the house phone ran (no one really knows this number) and Tim took a message for Jamie to call the person back. Little did we know at the time - it was Jackson's Nursery and Garden Center calling to inform Jamie that she had won a BIG GREEN EGG! For those of you who don't know what this is - it is the BEST grill/smoker/oven/do everything in the world. Jamie had put our name in a drawing a few weeks before when her parents were visiting and had forgotten all about it! It was a wonderful Father's day for Tim!!!

7) Finally - Jamie got a new car. Since we are homeowners and have things to do around the house and store and shuttle large things, we were in need of an SUV. So on June 29, Tim and Jamie purchased a Lexus RX!!

Those are quite a few updates and I'm sure there is tons more to talk about, but this is just a few larger things going on in our lives!

Pictures to follow...