Monday, October 25, 2010

late summer/early autumn snippets

just some random events from the last few months...

our first charity date- for the XP Family Support Group at the Carvalho winery in Clarksburg.
best part of the night? fresh (FREEEEE) mini donuts.

mary and erik are expecting! some pics from the baby shower... now 40 1/7wks and counting!

our annual trip to apple hill- we were fortunate enough to be joined by the laws and the kunkels. pictured below, the cutie pie kiddos and their families. mmm... nothing like celebrating fall with apple cider and fresh sugary apple cider doughnuts. oh, and of course the good company ;)

and finally, just last weekend, a CME trip to Houston... our family's first visit to Texas!
despite a rocky start (red-eye flight + sudden onset food poisoning for the hubs = bad news bears), we rallied to explore houston a bit. below, discovery green, this large park in downtown houston, was lovely- only slightly humid, temps in the high 80s, fledgling farmers' market, marketing for the volt, lily pads... very nice.
and what trip to texas would be complete without bbq?
sign of authenticity- stacks of wood outside your local bbq joint.

i can't believe it's autumn aka boot season. our warm indian summer gave way to crispy, shivery cool days... and it's only ONE MONTH TIL THANKSGIVING!!! one interesting aspect of this year-long rotation is the change in how i mark the passing of time nowadays, vs. before when all i cared about was finishing up any given rotation (e.g. just 4 more weeks! just 2 more calls!). now i'm all about the holidays. and atrocious sentence structure. . . . i think it's about time for me to switch back to FP :P

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