"you make the world a better place."

fun. i've gotten to play more in the last 4 weeks than in the last 4 years combined. kyle came to visit this weekend & stayed with us. we got up early on saturday to grout the porch & finish that project (ouch...random points of soreness) & then we planted flowers. these are my favorites--they're zinnias (and i only know that because of the cardboard deal stuck in them). they've had 2 days of H2O in a row + miracle grow...so it looks like we're off to a good start.

saturday night we got to celebrate katie's birthday at the ultra chic wine bar, cru. katie's one of my best med school friends; she was a baylor girl, too, but i didn't know her then. actually, we met the day we took our MCAT. anyhow, she's such a great friend--always considerate & kind, super crafty, amazingly faithful & she's been a true blessing through this whole med school journey.

joy, katie & brad

jenny, katie & christina

two random things that were funny about that night...1) the krogers by our house makes awesome fondant cakes (the really smooth, pretty, wedding-cake type icing) & they make really amazing shapes like hats & turtles--edible art. so, i had ordered a trendy little hat & when i went to pick it up, the lady gives me a blank stare, a no-english speaking "no hat" response & offers me this as the best substitution....


thinking that she was perhaps confused, i start speaking louder (because that helps people understand english) & point out that the cake is supposed to be a hat, not a hamburger. nothing (from her). ok, so the party's in 15 minutes, and i guess i'll take the hamburger. then, i felt like steve martin in the pink panther. (i NEVER know movie quotes, but i can hear hobster & russ doing this one in my sleep, so if you're not familiar, it's here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUCDhvbQFmU)... 2) all of kt's cards kept saying, ver batim, "you make the world a better place." it's true, she does, but it was too coincidental that they all said the same thing. i almost always drop the ball on getting sweet cards, so russell drew it out pictionary-style for her while she was opening other presents so that she'd know how much the lindseys love her, too!

today, we went to church & then we took a 3 hour nap (as in, under the covers...yes, in my church dress...really); it was heavenly. and, now we're out on a job in joshua, tx that's running at night. i've spent many a nights sitting in the passenger seat of russell's truck on night jobs; for whatever reason, i love to tag along for these. we always get giddy giggly, sing with the radio & get a sonic diet coke on the way (and tonight, a "spicy" pickle in a bag....which looked pretty creepy to start with & ended up being more like a jalapeno...bad idea). then, we drive up & down the jobs, lights-a-flashing, with russ jumping in & out of his truck the whole time. the simple joys of being a contractor's wife. so, this is a glimpse into the rest of our life, which usually doesn't make the pictures....this is a milling machine (my favorite piece of equipment because it looks like a brontosaurus, even though you can't see that in the pic) & it chews up the asphalt. and, the next is a paving machine that puts the new asphalt down. never thought i'd know so much about dirt & rocks, but russ loves it (and it feeds us both)!