Vacation therapy

After surviving 5 brutal days in a row at work, it's finally time for some vacation! No more babies falling out in triage, running to the OR multiple times in an hour, or pregnant Swine flu hysteria. I'm finished with all of that.... at least for 11 glorious days. Paul & I are headed to Hot Springs, Arkansas with our best friends--

Casey & Krista.

The boys will be mountain biking.....
....while Krista & I enjoy a little spa rejuvenation.


It should be a therapeutic vacation for all!

Birthday weiner

Our little weiner is 5 years old today! --and still remains a constant source of good times & cheap entertainment for us! Stretch is the best little lap-snuggler, chair-stealer, trail-running, beer-loving little weiner dog you could ever hope for! He celebrated his b-day with his dad today since I had to work, then enjoyed a family happy hour-- complete with beer-dipped chewie & a thorough beer bottle licking. Happy Birthday, Stretcher!

Good times in April!

April has been a great month so far! We started off the month celebrating Randy's 30th birthday-bash-weekend at Falcon Point Lodge in Seadrift. It was a fabulous weekend of family bonding/drinking/lounging/fishing/drinking/lounging....you get the picture. Lots of fun! This last weekend I had a blast at my "11 year" high school class reunion in Austin.... (we just couldn't get our act together to actually have a 10 year reunion;) Paul couldn't make it to the festivities so I loaded Stretch up and we headed towards Austin, where we finally floated into Oma's house much later than anticipated (thanks to the monsoon that blew through on Friday). It was great seeing all of my old friends and catching up with everyone!

Happy hour in the hot tub at Falcon Point

Ben loving his Aunt Kara

Chillin' with little Logan

Dad & Paul with their impressively big Reds.

Randy's even more impressive catch: a 28 inch Red on Ben's 30 inch Zebco fishing pole!


Paul & I sporting a new kind of tandem....without wheels.

And here's some of my high school peeps that I loved getting to see again (& then realized just how much I missed them!)
Eric, Aaron, me, Christina, & Derrick
The last time we were all together was our unforgetable Cape Cod vacation the summer of '98!