Thanksgiving Weekend

We headed to Athens for Thanksgiving and had a wonderful time with friends and family. We ate a ton and relaxed! Friday we went out to Dad's place and him and Ryan shot skeet. Picture above is overlooking one of the lakes...

Fall color, we don't see much of that in San Antonio.

Ryan above, the master skeet shooter!

Dad enjoying the challenge!

West Texas Weekend

This past weekend we visited West Texas. Personally I have never been to West Texas and it was a very beautiful place. There were many mountains like the one above. Very beautiful and different in their own way. Definitely not like the woods and trees of East Texas!

We stayed in Marfa at El Cosmico. The owner of El Cosmico has many hotels throughout Texas and had worked with Lake Flato. We were able to stay for free, thanks Lake Flato! While in Marfa we ate at a great place called Maiyas http://www.maiyasrestaurant.com/index.html

We also visited the Chinati Foundation and toured art installations done by Donald Judd. For additional pictures of our trip click here: http://picasaweb.google.com/jones0225/WestTexasWeekend?feat=directlink

The picture above is Independence Creek. We were driving through the desert on Sunday morning and did not see another car for over an hour and a half! Along the way we came across this desert oasis. It was beautiful! While on the trip we also stopped at a few forts and read many historical markers. Steve, Scarlett's husband should have been with us!

Saturday night we visited the McDonald Observatory in Fort Davis and took part in a Star Party. The stars were amazing that night and we were able to look through telescopes and see the moon, Jupiter and many other things. It was a little chilly but we had many blankets, coats and gloves! On the way to the Star Party we stopped off in Fort Davis to watch the beginning of the Aggie game, WAY TO GO AGS!

If you ever get a chance to visit West Texas you should...

Carpet!

We had carpet installed in the Master Bedroom a few weeks ago, feels great under your feet!

AIA Awards

Last week San Antonio AIA (American Institute of Architects) held it's annual awards dinner. Ryan had three projects up for an award and all three won! It was a GREAT night! The horse facility he designed in Weatherford TX took top honors and all three visiting judges stated the horse facility was there favorite project of all the ones submitted. CONGRATS HUBBY!

Garage Sale

We had a HUGE garage sale this past Saturday. It felt so nice to get clutter out of the house and get the dining and living room somewhat back in order. We've still got a long way to go but we are trucking!

Dining room:

Living Room:
Still need to find fabric for the new furniture....

We also got the guest bedroom organized and it's ready to go! Complete with a nighstand and artichoke lamp :) I bought the lamp from HomeGoods, my new favorite place!

House Update

Lots has been going on around the house. Ryan finished tiling the master bathroom and is now prepping the master bedroom for carpet installation tomorrow. Above is a picture of our desk in the family room with the new metal top. It is really hard to see and I will try to get better pictures later on...

Master Bedroom door trim

We are having a garage sale this weekend to get rid of all our un-needed items and will be moving across the hall into the master. It will be an exciting weekend!

Home Tour

This past weekend we went on the AIA home tour in San Antonio and Austin. Unfortunately I couldn't take pictures but I managed to take this one of a backyard. Hopefully next year Ryan and I will be on the tour!