VBS



This was my first time to help at Vacation Bible School.  It was a New York theme and the kids put on a musical on the last night.  Those songs will be stuck in my head for a long time!

Cutting Silage

Coy's cousin, Tricia, was getting married today.  Coy was waiting all day for the silage guys to come and they finally showed up 3 hours before the wedding.  I was doubting if Coy would make it to the wedding because he had to get the silage crew set up.  Once they got started, he came home and got ready.  On the way from the ceremony to the reception, we brought Todd to watch the guys work.  Todd loved the big trucks and the loud sound that the Claas choppers made.

 Coy had to cut this for silage because of the drought.  This was his fourth corn crop and the fourth year in row that we have been in a drought in June.  Coy told me that this is his last year for corn. He also told me if he decided to plant corn again next year to punch him.  It looks like from now on he's going to stick with wheat and maize.  It was pretty dry early on in the year, and then we got some pretty decent rains later on.  It seemed like it would be "the year of the corn", and Coy was very optimistic about it.  However, at the end of May into June, we didn't get a drop of rain. It was over 100 degrees nearly every day and the wind was blowing up to 40 mph.



Green Monster

I am really bad about drinking milk and eating enough fruits and veggies.  I found something that solved that problem!  It's a Green Monster Smoothie.  It doesn't look very appetizing, but it's actually pretty tasty.  You start with milk and add any fruit that you like.  (I started with strawberries and bananas.)  Then, add a handful of spinach.  You can't taste the spinach in the smoothie.  Once you get past the green color, it's yummy to drink.

Wedding Cake

Last night, we took the top tier of our wedding cake out of the freezer.  After it thawed out, we shared a piece of cake.  Suprisingly, the cake tasted pretty much the same.  The icing was a little gritty, but the cake was still moist.  Coy said he might even eat several more pieces.  We're also still using the pink napkins with our names.

Our First Anniversary

We spent our first anniversary in Fredericksburg. We stayed at a little bed and breakfast right off Main Street. It was far enough away from the busy shopping area, but still close enough to be able to walk down there. We got into town late Friday night and it felt a little weird walking into somebody else's house.

Each morning, we ate breakfast in the dining room with all of the other people staying there. It was nice and cool in the mornings to sit on the porch and read the paper.
We drove out to Luckenbach to see what all the hype was about. We drank a beer in the little bar at the back of the post office/store. The dancehall was closed when we were there.

We stopped by Grape Creek Vineyards for a wine tasting. I wanted to take a tour of the vineyard, but we were there too early.

We also visited to National Museum of the Pacific War. This is what Coy was looking forward to the most.

We ate dinner and then went to a festival called "Night in Old Fredericksburg". It was the perfect night of drinking beer and polka dancing. We spotted lots of lederhosens.

On our way home on Sunday, we stopped by the Enchanted Rock. It's a huge pink granite rock. The hike up the rock was only 0.6 miles, but it felt like we went farther than that.

We made it up to the top in our flip flops! It was also pretty windy, so the heat wasn't too bad.

Back to School

I started my Summer class today. Neuroanatomy.....doesn't that sound like fun??? I'm ready to get back in the routine of going to class, but not looking forward to driving an hour to Dallas just to have the professor with a Nigerian accent read straight out of the book.

The "Kids"

Coy's new venture is raising goats. He got the crazy idea, started talking to people, and then figured out that he could do it too. A guy wanted to get rid some goats, so we went to pick them up.

Here they are in the back of the truck.

This goat was a little stubborn, so Coy had to pull him out.

Here's the other little guy just hanging out.

Right now, they are in a pen. Later on, they can roam around the pasture and chomp on the weeds. These little pups will hang out with the goats and become working dogs.

Who knows if this will work out or not, but hey, it's worth a try. Here's to lots of kids (aka baby goats)!

Wedding Pics

Our first anniversary is coming up this weekend. It's crazy that we have been married for a year. I was looking at our wedding pictures and realized I never put any up on the blog. So, here they are! I LOVE the album that our photographer made and keep looking at it over and over.