More Zoo Pictures

Sorry, I couldn't get blogger to work properly so it took a while for me to get some more zoo pictures up.

Rainy day...

Yesterday, Monday, was the first day that it has really rained since we have been here. It was actually kindof fun to get out our new umbrellas and put them to use. What was even better was, when it wasn't raining, it was really cold ourside. Ryne and I both got to get out some longsleeve shirts. We both even got out our jackets at one point in time. We both said that we were so excited that it had cooled down, it just makes it feel like Winter is right around the corner. Of course we can't wait til' Christmas... only 9 weeks til' we will welcome our Miss Riley. Today was nice as well. After the cooler weather yesterday, today was pretty nice. The sun came out, it didn't rain, and we had a nice little breeze. We both can't wait until we get to really get out some of our "Winter" clothes.

Zoo Day!

This past Saturday Ryne's Cornerstone class went on a trip to Dallas. I was so excited that they invited me to come along. We left around 9:00 Saturday morning and headed to the Dallas Zoo. It had been a while since either one of us had been to a zoo, so we were so excited. As soon as we stepped off the van we started to have a good time. The man who drives around the parking lot picking up people, was apparently very bored. He had his music jammin really loud and drove like a maniac. We finally arrived to the front entrance safely, and all began to laugh. We were all hungry so we got something to eat as soon as we got there. Then we began to look around. As you can see Ryne really liked the penguins. I liked all the animals, especially the camel. We had a really good time and were glad we could go. I was pretty tired after all the walking that we had done, so Saturday night, we both slept nice and hard. We had both forgotten how much fun the zoo could be.

Norweigan Golf

Ryne and I had some friends over the other night. I made dinner and then we had a very intense match of Norweigan Golf. For those of you who don't know, it is a game where there is a ladder type thing made of pvc pipe. It makes an open rectangle at the bottom and has three bars. You play with 2 golfballs that are connected by a string. Each team gets three sets. You toss the balls and try to wrap it around one of the bars. You get 4 points for the top bar then 3 then 2 and 1 point if it lands on the ground in the rectangle. You win by getting 21 points exactly. So, our friend Natalie was my partner, and our new friend Brandon was Ryne's partner. The first picture is of all four of us and the second picture is of the winners: So of course it's the girls! All in all, we had a great time. We enjoyed our dinner, the game, and of course the time of fellowship with some new friends. We will definately have them over again.

Company!!!

I can't believe they got away without us taking a picture, but they did. Greg and Dara Beard were down in Longview for a seminar so they dropped by to see Ryne and me this weekend. We were so excited and couldn't wait to see them. On saturday night we all went to Papacita's, a Mexican joint here in Longview. It was the first time that any of us had been there and it was really good. Especially the tortillas, I think that I ate the most tortillas. We had a really good time visiting and talking about all sorts of stuff. Sunday they went to church with us. We are still searching for a church home, so we went to visit a smaller country church about 15 minutes from here. We all enjoyed ourselves and afterwards went to Tyler for lunch. Mrs Beard's brother owns a resteraunt there so we went to visit him. Man was it good, we all ate way more than we should have and again, really enjoyed our visit time. All in all, their visit really made our weekend. It was nice to have a break from our usually Saturday routine of clean-up and homework to visit with some loved ones. - Thank yall so much for coming - we love you both so much! (and next time, I'll be sure to get a picture)