An old, but favorite, Halloween picture of Dave as a car (when he worked at Enterprise, of course)!
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Happy Halloween!
An old, but favorite, Halloween picture of Dave as a car (when he worked at Enterprise, of course)!
Sunday, October 21, 2007
State Fair of Texas!
Last Saturday, Mom, Dad, Michelle, David, and I had a great visit to the State Fair of Texas. In Bergstrom State Fair tradition, we got up very early so we could be at the fair when the animals are waking up! Since none of us had ever been to the State Fair of Texas, being early also gave us a chance to check it all out before the crowds arrived!
This is Big Tex, who is 52 feet tall, speaks in a low southern drawl, and welcomes everyone to the fair. If you click this link, you can hear Big Tex talk for yourself!
We also saw this 1300 lb. pig at the fair. We thought it was hilarious when we later found out that he was not a Texas pig, but rather was flown in from Iowa! (Pigs are generally not raised in Texas due to the heat!)
Of course, there was a lot of great food at the fair! Here is Michelle and me enjoying a delicious cinnamon roll. Foods we also enjoyed:
1) corny dogs (nobody calls them "corn dogs" down here) INTERESTING FACT: corn(y) dogs were invented at the State Fair of Texas somewhere in the 30's/40's (of course, this fact is highly disputable)
2) fried green tomatoes (David only)
3) Frito pie (again, David only)
4) spinach puff (Dad only)
5) cinnamon rolls (just the girls)
6) and, best of all, mini-donuts!! We found these as we were leaving the fair and were so excited! Yum! The best of the day!!
Foods that we could have enjoyed but were too full/nauseous to try:
1) fried peach cobbler on a stick
2) fried ribs (yes, for real)
3) fried latte (not sure how that works!)
4) fried Coke (see above comment)
5) fried Oreos (which we had already tried at the CO State Fair and were DELICIOUS)
5) fried Snickers (again, already enjoyed at the CO State Fair)
6) fried French toast (winner of "best new fried food at the TX State Fair" award)
What a fun and tiring day! When we all got home, we took 4 hours naps!
We had such a fun visit with Michelle!! Other festivities with Michelle included a hard-fought game of Scrabble (of course, Dave won, as always), shopping at my new favorite thrift store (Thrift Town), lots of time talking at Panera with Michelle's sister-in-law and my dear friend, Tiffany, watching a very funny 80's movie, "The Housesitter," and looking at Michelle's gorgeous wedding photos! Michelle, we hope you visit again soon!
This is Big Tex, who is 52 feet tall, speaks in a low southern drawl, and welcomes everyone to the fair. If you click this link, you can hear Big Tex talk for yourself!
We also saw this 1300 lb. pig at the fair. We thought it was hilarious when we later found out that he was not a Texas pig, but rather was flown in from Iowa! (Pigs are generally not raised in Texas due to the heat!)
Of course, there was a lot of great food at the fair! Here is Michelle and me enjoying a delicious cinnamon roll. Foods we also enjoyed:
1) corny dogs (nobody calls them "corn dogs" down here) INTERESTING FACT: corn(y) dogs were invented at the State Fair of Texas somewhere in the 30's/40's (of course, this fact is highly disputable)
2) fried green tomatoes (David only)
3) Frito pie (again, David only)
4) spinach puff (Dad only)
5) cinnamon rolls (just the girls)
6) and, best of all, mini-donuts!! We found these as we were leaving the fair and were so excited! Yum! The best of the day!!
Foods that we could have enjoyed but were too full/nauseous to try:
1) fried peach cobbler on a stick
2) fried ribs (yes, for real)
3) fried latte (not sure how that works!)
4) fried Coke (see above comment)
5) fried Oreos (which we had already tried at the CO State Fair and were DELICIOUS)
5) fried Snickers (again, already enjoyed at the CO State Fair)
6) fried French toast (winner of "best new fried food at the TX State Fair" award)
What a fun and tiring day! When we all got home, we took 4 hours naps!
We had such a fun visit with Michelle!! Other festivities with Michelle included a hard-fought game of Scrabble (of course, Dave won, as always), shopping at my new favorite thrift store (Thrift Town), lots of time talking at Panera with Michelle's sister-in-law and my dear friend, Tiffany, watching a very funny 80's movie, "The Housesitter," and looking at Michelle's gorgeous wedding photos! Michelle, we hope you visit again soon!
Friday, October 12, 2007
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Michelle Is Coming!
I am so excited that Michelle is coming tomorrow night for a long weekend visit...what a great month of visitors October is turning out to be! We hope that more of our family & friends come to visit!!
(Here we are on her last visit in January after a HUGE day of shopping!)
(Here we are on her last visit in January after a HUGE day of shopping!)
Visitors from Colorado!
This last weekend, we had a wonderful weekend with Mom and Dad Rinn. They flew in on Thursday morning, and since we were both at school, my mom picked them up, fed them lunch, and brought them to my school so they could watch me teach my 2nd grade music class! I think (hope!) they had a great time learning about quarter and eighth notes and listening to some Schubert. :)
On Friday morning, Dave and his dad got up at 4:30 to head out west. It was so great that Tim was able to go to work with Dave and understand more of what Dave does everyday! Dave "forced" him to try running a few pieces of equipment...here are a few pictures!
(Dave is in the dumptruck, and his dad is loading the dumptruck up in the backhoe.) 
Meanwhile, since I had taken the day off, Susie and I leisurely slept in until 8 and then headed over to North Park Mall in Dallas for a wonderful day of shopping! Our main priority was finding her a gown to wear to Jon's wedding (Dave's brother) in March! We found 3 good possibilities, took them home for the guys to see, and narrowed down the choices to one stunning dress!!
In addition to lots of great shopping, we enjoyed lots of great food. We went to Pappasito's, our favorite Mexican spot, on Saturday night. It is still so warm out that we were able to enjoy a great dinner out on the patio!
And one cute pic of Susie spoiling her boys...she gives great neckrubs! ;)
We had such a wonderful visit! Can't wait to see you in December in Colorado!
On Friday morning, Dave and his dad got up at 4:30 to head out west. It was so great that Tim was able to go to work with Dave and understand more of what Dave does everyday! Dave "forced" him to try running a few pieces of equipment...here are a few pictures!
(Dave is in the dumptruck, and his dad is loading the dumptruck up in the backhoe.) 
Meanwhile, since I had taken the day off, Susie and I leisurely slept in until 8 and then headed over to North Park Mall in Dallas for a wonderful day of shopping! Our main priority was finding her a gown to wear to Jon's wedding (Dave's brother) in March! We found 3 good possibilities, took them home for the guys to see, and narrowed down the choices to one stunning dress!!
In addition to lots of great shopping, we enjoyed lots of great food. We went to Pappasito's, our favorite Mexican spot, on Saturday night. It is still so warm out that we were able to enjoy a great dinner out on the patio!
And one cute pic of Susie spoiling her boys...she gives great neckrubs! ;)
We had such a wonderful visit! Can't wait to see you in December in Colorado!
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