the new addition

we stayed true to our plan:

wait until we've been married a year before we get a puppy.

so when an email went out on the med school list serve about a lab mix puppy needing a home, 

we knew he was the one we had been waiting for.

enter roux pinson:

we LOVE this little guy!

summer days

kebobs on our porch are our new favorite thing.

especially when enjoyed with friends & followed up with cranium.

when we got married, we started our quest for recipes that were easy, cheap, healthy and good- and since last night's dinner fits the bill, i figured it might be worth sharing on here:

our kebobs were inexpensive, easy to make, and surprisingly filling. we just used mushrooms, onions, green & red bell peppers, pineapple, tomatoes, and chicken. to season them we just threw on some salt & pepper, lemon juice, soy sauce on some, and of course, tonys. next time we want to find a good marinade (any suggestions??), but our make shift flavoring worked out pretty well. for sides we grilled some deliciously sweet corn on the cob & christa made some awesome rice with lime that i might have had three servings of.

i only have two weeks left with ross this summer before he leaves for 5 weeks of air force officer training, so we hope to enjoy the heck out of our time together. heres to more grilling, time with friends, little adventures, and time with each other. he's my favorite.

lately

when ross & i stepped outside the morning i was absolutely filled with joy:

it finally really feels like summer. in the best way possible.

not the oppressive heat so familiar to us in texas,

but instead this morning offered up instead a refreshing warmth with crisp, cool air.

the kind of weather you only get to enjoy after a summertime rainstorm.

the kind of weather that whisked me through time...

seconds after my first breath of fresh air this morning i traveled back

to mornings at camp olympia, leading a whole cabin of silly little girls to the chow hall.

to the mornings that were a little too cool to go out on the boat,

but we couldn't resist jumping in the lake anyway.

i woke up in a morning after a sleepover with stephanie, where we would sit in her backyard

and plan out the next bike rides and pool parties.

i fell back into leisurely breakfasts at my old home in kingwood; the kind with lots of coffee, the houston chronicle comics section, and my dad's homemade pop-overs.

so excited for summer to be here again.

i feel like i dived into a pool of excitement & zeal for life!

here's a little list of what's been going on with the pinson family lately:

* lots of guitar playing & singing on the porch

* homemade southside burgers with l.beck & satt pack

* wine & pasta at cafe capri with melanie & alise

* planning upcoming mini vacations to austin with good friends

* finally watched an education with carrie

* playing photographer with stancy higley

* continually falling in love with glee & parenthood week after week

* waaaay too much ice cream: spoons, ben & jerrys, you name it...

oooo summer i love you so

lately

i went to get the mailbox key for the new apartment. it wasn't ready.
"that's ok," i said, "i'm not living here yet. i was just checking."
"you're not living here yet?" he asked. "where are you living?"
"well...no where, really."

moved out of waco. moved things into college station. helping mom get ready to move out of kingwood. this is the summer of change, of forward motion. and in 25 days, the most exciting change of them all will be here :)

waco rules pt. 3

burgers & fries from cupps diner.
greek food & fried chicken from d's mediterranean.
amazing wine and port from the TCV winery.
all with friends made in the great city of waco.

last night, a group of friends and i had drinks
while we watching the storm roll in over the lake,
listening to live music and enjoying one another's company.
i kinda felt like a grown up.

but then we came home and made cookies
& ate the dough- just like when we were in college :)