Pistol's 28th birthday

Crystal's birthday was such a blast this year. We were able to spend pretty much the whole day together. It was so great that Brooke and Freeland were in town to cerebrate with us too!!

We started out at the Cross Timbers Winery in Grapevine



Im pretty sure Bryan is eating some cheese and crackers here in this one...hah



This was my favorite winery that we went to. It was so cute in the back. They had a big barn that hosts weddings and a cute courtyard too!



Then we went to Homestead to meet Brooke



This place was a little weird. The people were freaky there. They were talking about "Maude" the ghost that lived there. That was enough for us to wrap it up and get out of there as soon as we could.



The best part was that Crys was able write on the ceiling (with the help/height of Bryan)



Then we stopped off at Farina's. It was more of a restaurant that offered tastings. Definitely some good wine though!







Then we went back to the house to meet Freeland for appetizers, a little more wine and yummy cake!!



Freeland spending some time with Liz



Brookie!



Bryan set up the fire pit for us to enjoy. I finally got a decnt picture of us four while holding the camera.



All in all it was a wonderful day! It was great to be with my best friends and of course Dr. Bryan and Dr. Freeland! We got to have some great wine and get our dougie on!



Happy Birthday Cryssie....

Jingle Mingle 2010

We held the Third Annual Jingle Mingle at our house, The Griswald's a.k.a. The Baker's



Sadly Crystal was out of town and couldn't make it. There was a nice mix of wines, cheese and some of my favorite people!



Rachie and me in front of the tree kicking off the night with a glass of bubbly!



Bryan and me...he just loves pictures



Jamie and Jeremy enjoying the vino...



Brad and me, unfortunately Brittany couldn't make it that night.



Bryan and Jeremy hangin out



Sadly I don't have any pictures of Grant, Lindsay, Johnny, Chels, Mick and Tim. They were all there though clebrating with us. We had a white elephant gift exchange that was pretty histerical too! I ended up with some pink snuggie shoes copmpliments of Tim and Mick got a sweet umbrella from Brad. I can't remember all the other gifts though.

Then we played Scene It and whooped up on the other team. However, at the end of the game Bryan gave the other team the option of doing the Ellaine dance to move them up 20 spaces.



It was hilarious watching great dancers like Rach and Chels bust out moves like that. Grant and Jeremy's dancing was pretty graceful too! We had a great time and look forward to the 2011 celebration!

Rocky

Two weeks ago we had to put down our sweet Rocko. He was 15 years old and the sweetest dog. He was Bryan's best friend all throughout college and the after years. He was the first dog that I ever loved and we will truly miss him. Lizzy has been acting a little different since he has been gone.

Bryan took Rock to the vet and he was told we needed to do it within the next few days. So that night Bryan invited all of Rocky's uncles over to say their goodbyes. We had some whataburger french fries for him to munch on thanks to the Shoup's. That was in rememberence of Rocky's fries from Rudy back in his college days.

We had some left over Bob's steak so Rocky was able to have a great final meal. I brought him some white russians too because he used to tackle Bryan to get some of his drink. He loved that and drank it right up.

Friday the 3rd Bryan and Rocky's other father James Barricklow took Rocko to the vet together to put him down.



It was very neat that they were able to do this together as they went to pick him up together 15 years ago just outside of College Station. Rocky was a pure bread Mutt as Bryan would say, the funny part is that he was advertised as a pitbull, hah!

We appreciate everyones love and support for us. Rocky was so unique and will be missed. To continue to celebrate his life we wanted to poll everyone to see what their favorite Rocky nickname was:

1. Rocko
2. Rocko Taco
3. Rock
4. Rocky Road
5. Rocko P Coltrane
6. The Rock
7. Hammer
8. Pico

Ireland Day 3

I'm so behind on the latest and greatest with the Baker family. Here's what I have from our latter part of our Ireland adventures....

Friday morning we went and picked up our sweet rental car at the airport and drove down to Killarney Ireland.


Bryan was driving because there was no way I was gonna do the other side of the road thing!



It's about 45 minutes away from Cork and the view on the drive down is amazing!


When we got there we checked into our hotel. Unfortunately and fortunately the economy is pretty bad there so Bryan was able to bargain with them and get us a suite for only 100 Euros!!






There was even a little fireplace under the tv too



We had a great view of all the "buggies" too



We drove to the Ring of Kerry to see the sights. We didn't do the whole thing just ladies view and a hike up to see the Torc waterfall. The Ring of Kerry is basically a collection of gorgeous historic places.

Here's on the walk up





Some little troll that lived under this bridge



The Torc Waterfall



Bryan carved our initials in a tree:)



Bryan doing something he's not supposed to like always



Bryan found this walking stick for our adventures, he was pretty excited about that





Had to take a picture of the pretty clovers



This was one of our stops on the way up to Ladies View







Look how wide the roads are...the Tahoe would never survive in Ireland



Ladies View



Yeayyyaaaa!!!





After our driving adventures we walked up to a restaurant that had traditional Irish music that night



Dinner at the Danny Man



I had some delicious lamb and mashed potatoes



After dinner we watched the band perform.


They were so cute, in an Irish accent they said...Let us know if you have any requests and if we know it we'll play it and if not we won't. So... Bryan had to go to the "bathroom" and had our waitress bring them a request from him.

It said I am here with my wife Meagan for our 1 yr anniversary and would like you to play Van Morrison Moondance, it was played at our wedding last year. He didn't know it so he played some other Irish song. I was pretty much in tears during the whole thing because it was so sweet!!

Ireland!!!! (Days 1 & 2)

We had an amazing time in Ireland. It is so gorgeous this time of year!! The weather was just right. I flew into Cork Wednesday night. Bryan had a driver come pick me up and then we went to dinner with some of his co-workers.





Then we went out to The Old Oak



Thursday morning Bryan had to work so I just went to St. Patrick's street to check out the shops





Then I was able to get a manicure and pedicure



It's so different over there, they just soak your feet and then do the rest. They don't even scrub your feet or give your legs a massage, bummer. My girl was really nice though so it was still enjoyable.

It cracked me up though because she said she had never been to the states. So, I asked her where she would like to go and she said New York (which was a given and a good choice) and then Disney World. I thought that was too funny!!

Thursday night we went to this cute Beer Garden





To be continued....