Mackenzie's First Day of 2nd Grade

Here is Mackenzie waiting for the bus for her first day of second grade. Madison wanted to come with us and watch the big kids get on the bus. Next year it will be her turn! Mackenzie got Ms. McDaniel and Meredith is in her class, too. Her teacher is really nice and we are hoping for a great school year.

The Coldest Winter I Ever Spent Was a Summer in San Francisco

Our lovely and talented babysitter of forever, Jill Robinson, just happened to be in town from college when Dave just happened to need to go to San Francisco. So she watched the girls and I just happened to go along with him. We got engaged there 10 years ago. It was over 100 degrees in Austin and in the 50's in SF. Brrrrrrr. I remember this from living there but it still hits you like a brick. It's 70-something at the airport and drops 20 degrees as you cab it into the city. We saw 'Wicked' just down from the St Francis in Union Square where we stayed. Dave had a massive headache when we arrived. I hate that he has headaches everyday. He powers through them and I am amazed. We drove over to where we got engaged across the bridge and took some pictures with the Golden Gate in the background.

Madison learns to swim

Madison is 4 years old. She likes to be in the pool and I like to make sure I watch her in the pool because drowning is bad. However, this summer Madison has decided to paddle and thrash and work and almost, but not quite, drown in order to learn how to swim. She tells me to go away (which I don't) and has this steely determination to figure it out. I love watching her! She struggled and splashed but finally taught herself how to stay above water and get around the pool. She is a little fish now! It was scary to watch at first, but now I see her paddle across the pool and I am amazed. And proud!

Visit to Grandma Tinkerbell's

School is fast approaching so we, of course, took off for Grandma Tinkerbell's. The girls love the catfish farm and restaurant, Dori's - so we took Dave to show him the place. They have a petting zoo of sorts with horses, donkeys, goats, deer, turtles, and some of the biggest catfish I've ever seen.

Mackenzie was a little scared to feed the goats at first, so Grandma showed her how.

This is us on the bridge where you can feed the catfish. They are huge! Don't let your kids fall in this water, that's for sure!

And of course, we had to stop in to see Camille and the babies on our way home. SO cute!!!

Get a Job

After I passed my exam in May I went to lunch with Khiem Ngo from Rudd & Wisdom (the consulting firm I want to work at). We talked exams and studying. I wasn't really ready to put my resume in for consideration yet but apparently Khiem did it for me because in July I got a call for an interview. I met with Michael Muth and Mitchell Bilbe and it went well. In August I got a call that they would like me to intern for them!!! Yeah! I asked if they could wait until October since I had some previous commitments I need to resolve (like our 10th anniversary trip to Tahiti which I kept to myself) and they agreed. I am so excited. All that work paid off!!!