What We've Been Up To

• loving each other
• missing our families
• grilling out with friends
• walking Tuff every day
• sweating
• mowing/lots of yard work
• listening to music in our bathroom
• counting down the days until we go to Rockport, TX
• counting down the days until the Mumford & Sons concert
• watching "Friends"
• drinking coffee
• wondering why Pitt and Clooney aren't scrubbing pelicans on the shores of the Gulf
• eating healthy ... or attempting to
• re-doing our master bath
• looking forward to the World Cup
• skeet shooting
• swimming
• lounging on the love seat
• eating Cheez-Its

Isla Mujeres

This last week, we went on a little vacation to take a break from the real world and celebrate an early fourth anniversary. We spent the week on a seven-mile island called Isla Mujeres. This gem was found years ago by Albert's parents, and their stories/memories do not even do it justice. The place is gorgeous and was absolutely perfect for our get-away. Here are a few pics ...

On Tuesday, we took a golf cart to the other side of the island ... and stumbled upon a pool of sharks!! We found ourselves staring at this pool of sharks -- me, Albert, and a random Mexican. The conversation went something like this:

Albert: "I think I'm going to get in there."
Random Mexican: "I don't know about that, Ese."
Albert: "No, I think I am. They look like babies."
Random Mexican: "I don't think you should do that, Amigo."
Albert: "C'mon, they look friendly enough. Come with me."
Random Mexican: "Ese, you are loco."

And so goes the story -- he hopped right in, held the shark proudly, and even rubbed its belly. I'm thinking he had some keen Cuban insight and knew that these particular sharks weren't dangerous??! Cuban insight or not, it was unbelievable! (And made for some pretty great pics.)

Worst Blogger Award ... & Arnold

OK ... the post you have all been waiting for ... after a month and a half, here it is. This is how exciting we are. Don't worry -- someday, we will have a child, and this blog will be bombarded with pictures of him or her. For now, all we have is pictures of our yard and a chocolate lab ... and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Happy Spring!

Radio + Bathroom = Love

We purchased a radio for the bathroom and have been using the tar out of it. Any time either one of us is in there, we have to have it on. For a while there, we found ourselves not listening to music all that much, which was something we used to do all the time. Now, we plug our iPod in and jam while we get ready for work, to go out, shower............. While I'm typing this, I have just realized we spend a lot of time in the bathroom.

While we're on the subject of bathrooms and radios....... The bathroom used to be the only place we'd get into a disagreement or bicker at each other, which we thought was odd but true. Well, the radio has changed that. The bathroom is now our own little recording studio. Lots of singing in the shower or into our toothbrushes and a ton of cheesy dancing. I don't know if it's the radio, the music, or what, but we've been extremely happy in the bathroom - just as happy as we are in the living room, kitchen, back porch, dining room, etc.

I do realize that this is the most random blog post ever, but sometimes it's good to shed light on the little things. Here are some tunes that we've been jamming to lately, but while you listen, I want you to picture Codie singing into her toothbrush as if she's in the top twelve of American Idol and Simon has been on her case lately about not leaving it all out on stage.

Valentine's Day & Birthday

It seems like we've been on the go a lot --- a little exhausting, but I'm feeling very blessed and thankful these days. Last weekend, Albert surprised me with flowers, ice skating, and dinner for Valentine's Day. And, this weekend, he surprised with a shopping spree and dinner with a table full of friends for my birthday.

During the week between Valentine's weekend and my birthday weekend, Albert's sister and her family stayed with us while they attended a conference here in Tulsa. We had a lot of fun and got to spend some good time with their two kids, Logan and Ava. But, silly me, I didn't take one single picture while they were here! Maybe next time ...

Behind the Scenes

Last night, a friend of ours who works for ESPN was working at the TU vs. Memphis game here in Tulsa and invited us out to see all the hard work they do behind the scenes. We stayed in the truck with him most of the time, but he also gave us media passes to get into the game, so we enjoyed sitting right on the sidelines for part of the night, too. It was really neat to see all the details that go into creating what we see on TV -- a two-hour game that appears so simple to us is broken down second by second with tasks and details for them.

The Sequel

Since our first home tour video was a record-breaking box office hit, per Aunt Julia, we decided to make a sequel. Enjoy ...