Carl and I went to Austin a couple of weeks ago to visit his parents, and they ended up having two extra tickets to the UT game. We all went downtown, had some chili, and headed over to the game. On the way to the stadium we scored this foam hand, and as you can see, it ended up on Carl's head.


On the walk down, we also ran into some face painters. They were actually just engineering students trying to make a little cash. Becky and I both got a longhorn on our cheek.

But they just weren't quite what we envisioned, so we went to some professionals once we got to the End Zone Club and asked them to vamp it up a bit.

Last week Heather and I carved pumpkins. When we went to buy some pumpkin carving knives, we ran into some face paint, and I asked her if she would like to look like a clown. She got super excited, so I did the best I could. It looked nothing like the picture on the package, but she liked it anyway.

Last weekend Carl, Heather and I went to a cornfield maze. Heather had never been to one, so Carl and I showed her the ropes. We all had a lot of fun. Here we are before we went in the maze.

This year they added a new feature- a goat walk. It was actually just a pen you could go up to and feed the goats. We all got a food-filled ice cream cone and started feeding.

Then we headed over to the corn shooter. We all attempted to shoot a corn on the cob at a painting of the Statue of Liberty. Heather was the only one that hit it- on her first try! She won us a bag of freshly made kettle corn. Carl was really excited. That's his favorite part about going to the cornfield maze.

Once in the maze, Heather got a little tired and Carl carried her on his shoulders. It didn't last too long though.

It took us a while, but we finally made it out. Then came my favorite part of the evening- s'mores!!! I LOVE s'mores. We all had our s'mores, picked some flowers, and headed back home. Heather was passed out by the time we left the parking lot.

I was in my friend's wedding last weekend. Her name is Ericka Sluka, formerly known as Ericka Goode. It was a lot of fun. It felt more like a class reunion than a wedding though. Most of us girls from Hallettsville were in the wedding. It was really fun catching up with everyone. This is a picture of my friend Neil and the groom's Grandpa. Carl wasn't able to join me for the wedding, so they were both my dates for the Grand March.

This is a picture of me and Toni. I miss that girl soooo much!! She lives in Brenham with her husband, so we hardly ever see each other. We talk a lot though.

Anthony flew in from Ohio for the wedding. He moved there a couple of months ago and is in the process of starting a bakery. He'll have so much fun with that.

Here's Ericka with all the girls. There were a lot of us, but it made it a lot of fun. There was a DJ at the reception, and I requested our group song from high school- "Wide Open Spaces" by the Dixie Chicks. When they played it we danced in a big circle and sang our little hearts out. And the best part- the whole hall was watching us and they all said we were super cute. I love that.

Kirsten and Eric are moving at the end of next month. I'm absolutely devastated. It seems like it snuck up on me really fast. I'm so excited for them, but I'll miss them sooooo much.