Date Day!

John & I took a day off work to go on a date! We went to Shiner, TX to visit the brewery where Shiner Beer is made.

We ate at a wonderful place called Friday's Fried Chicken & Pastries!

http://www.yelp.com/biz/fridays-fried-chicken-shiner

The brewery tour was neat, it was a fun little day trip. John's favorite part was the samples!

Easter!

Ally is 1!

1925 to 2011

That is a long time; but yet does not seem long enough. I would have loved for Ally to have a few more years to get to really know her Great Grandma, Ruby Mitchell, but we have the wonderful memories and pictures of the time she did get to spend with her! We will all miss her very much.

Turkey Day

We spent Thanksgiving in Kansas with my parents and grandma! It was great to spend so much time with Ally all in a row. She finally said mamamamamama, and she took her first steps! She kept us all entertained that's for sure!

Buzzzzzzzzzz

Ally's First Halloween Party!

She did so good, she even left her antennas on the whole time!!

SweetBerry Farm

Had a fun Saturday with Nana & Papa McT at SweetBerry Farm in Marble Falls!

Ice Cream You Scream

On Sunday, Dad & John fixed home made ice cream for the Trike Club that Mom & Dad are part of. We all met at the city park in Cove and had at least two bowls each! YUMMY!

Mass.Vaca.

So we took Ally on her first plane ride! My Parents, John, Ally & I all went to visit my brother, Brian, in Massachusetts. We had a great trip, and true to form, Ally was great! She did good in the plane, stayed on her sleep schedule, and was generally a happy baby everywhere we took her. We went to several museums and a zoo!

McT Annual Bluebonnet Photos

The Real Farmville

We took Ally on her first big road trip! We went to Kansas to introduce her to her Great Grandma. This was also Ally's first trip to a farm. There was a HUGE tree stump that had recently been cut down - I insisted we take her picture on it - it was WAY bigger than she is!

Roger (I think he's my Mom's cousin) had his new tractor in the barn, so we got to check it out too! It's much nicer inside than most cars (but probably cost as much as a house!)

The whole trip was great! Ally did so good in the car - she slept almost the whole time. And she stayed on her sleep schedule pretty well also. Such a precious little girl we have!

Family McT

We had some McTarnahan Family photos taken yesterday. They turned out really good, and we all had a great time. We went out to eat afterwards... thank goodness it was after the pictures, otherwise we might not have all fit into one shot!!

Happy Birthday Mom!

This past Sunday was my Mom's birthday and they came down to take us out to eat! What a deal! We ate at the Monument Cafe in Georgetown, it was a real fun, cute place, with good food too!

Happy Birthday Mom, You're the Best!!!

Happy Anniversary to Us!

July 2nd was our 4th Wedding Anniversary! John got me a beautiful potted flower and made me a chocolate chip cookie cake!
The first four years have gone by pretty fast, I'd say. They have been great though! This anniversary is even more exciting for us since we are expecting our first baby, due in late January!! (yes, a real baby this time, not another fur baby) =)

Who Will Scream at Me Now?

So I come in to check my email just before heading off to bed, and check out CNN only to see the saddest headline I could possibly imagine... Billy Mays, OxiClean pitchman, found dead What?!?! How can this be? I heart Billy Mays. I record Pitchmen every week and love watching him & Sully go back and forth. I don't think tv will ever be the same again (John says it will be quieter from now on; I am not amused by that). Well, I guess I will try and get to sleep after this devastating news. Goodbye Billy, I will miss you.

Start Looking Into

Nursing Homes for me... I've turned 30!!

Ok, so maybe I'm not quite ready for a nursing home yet, but I am a year older (on June 13th). John made me a very fun cake for my birthday this year. Apparently he has had this idea for quite some time and finally got to execute it. Here are some pictures:

Final Day of Vacation

Monday we drove from Arizona to Texas. 13 hours of dirt. The End.

Vacation Day Four - Sunday-Sunday-Sunday!

This was a busy day for us. We went to The Science Center where they had lots of hands on exhibits and fun science facts. And their newest feature was a lego castle section.

Then we walked around trying to find the Police Museum (when we finally gave up trying to find it and headed back, we found it!) but it was closed. After that we did some more driving around sight seeing, and then went to the Wiener Dog Races!!! It was held at a greyhound track as a fund raiser. The little dogs were so cute. Usually one or two out of the six at a time would run toward the finish line while the rest of the dogs just kind of muddled about at the start line! It was fun to watch though and there were lots of people there, so hopefully they raised good money.

And of course THE concert. We saw Fleetwood Mac Sunday night (which was the main point of our trip). It was awesome! They played for two hours and then came back out and played for about 30 minutes more. Lindsey Buckingham was amazing on the guitar, and of course Stevie Nicks was just beautiful! They played all the classic songs, and it was well worth the trip!

Vacation Day Three - Saturday

So what did we do on the day when we didn't have to drive anywhere?... We drove around! HeeHee. We drove to meet John's Aunt, Cheryl for lunch at Margaritaville. It was our first time meeting her, she was just lovely. She reminds us both A LOT of John's Mom. Both lovely ladies. Cheryl told us about a car show that one of the other towns has every Saturday night, so later in the evening we drove to see it. It was lots of fun too. There were lots of corvettes and lots of other cars too. John probably thought he was in a dream! Then we drove to a really cool mall and ate in the food court. Then off for ice cream, and back to bed!

Vacation Day 2 - On The Road Again

We drove and drove and drove! We drove in the rain most of the day from Roswell to Glendale, it took us a little over 12 hours but we did make a few stops along the way. We stopped in White Sands, NM, and guess what we saw... WHITE SAND! Unbelievable, I know!

As we were approaching AZ, we kept seeing billboards for "The Thing" that's all they said except an exit number; and we past lots of them! Brilliant marketing scheme I tell you, because sure enough we stopped to see what it was! First of all it is a gas station, a Dairy Queen, and a huge tourist gift shop... who'd have guessed! But there also were these big shed type buildings full of old antiques. Everything from cars to type writers to beds! So I guess those were "The Things"!
We drove around Tuscon for quite a while trying to find something to eat; it really is a pretty town. There are shapes and designs on all the bridges and walls, and just lots of neat stuff in downtown. We finally decided on a place and ate, and then got back on the road again. Our hotel this time isn't quite as nice as last time... but it also was only about half the price!!