Ketchup

Ketchup....from not blogging in forever!  Here's our life for the past several weeks! 

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Flowers for my birthday!  Tulips are my favorite!  

Thanks Cincy Dunlaps!

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Unfortunately, Ike came my birthday weekend, so we stayed inside all weekend.  We rented movies and watched them on our new TV (we joined the flat screen HD TV team and we looooove it!)

I took this photo from our parking lot.  A local lawyer's office had a sense of humor about the storm.  The eye of Ike came within 20 miles of Bryan but we were fortunate that there was little to no damage and no power outages in our area.

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Our first bbq in Texas was with some new friends.  We all have moved to Bryan in the last few weeks so we have bonded for sure!  Michel and his wife Shoham just finished up @ Yale in Connecticut, David and Alley just left Penn State in State College, PA.

Michel grillin' away

David and Alley (newlyweds!)

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Rudy's parents came last weekend for a visit and we had a great time in Austin on Friday and then in Bryan the rest of the weekend.

We went to the A&M vs. Army (Rudy's dad graduated from West Point so he is an Army fan).  It was very hot and sunny and as you can tell from the picture we were very high up in the stands.  It was Armed Forces recognition weekend and I could not believe the size of this flag they brought out at half time.  As usual, I had to take my camera out....

Rudy's Dad ran into an fellow West Point grad whom he knew when in school.  We all had a great time.

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The next day we decided to head to Messina Hof - Bryan's local winery which is about 4 miles from our apartment.  Apparently, TX is now in the top five states that produce wine.  Because of its climate (HOT and no rain) it is perfect for grapes. 

dorks in the vines

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Just a cool sign I found downtown....

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peepin out the window

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Got signs this week and now we are Representin on 'Main Street' 

(seriously, we do live on Main Street)

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Our first shindig we threw in our new home - happy hour for friends and some with Rudy's department on 10/3.  It was so much fun!

TX has the most beautiful sunsets

live music right out the window!

Rudy is diggin the music!

Cullin, Jenna and Torinto our neighbors