fun at the gun range

I feel weird for saying this, but our church had a father and son shoot out day at the gun range today. And even though daniel and I do not have any children, we do own 2 guns and wanted to go shoot, and they said we were more than welcome to come out. I haven't shot in a while, and I did have fun. I'm really glad I have never had to use the gun for home protection (which is why we have them in the first place). Here are some pics:

An awesome shot that daniel took of me shooting. if you look closely you can see the clip flying out. 

Sorry this and a couple of others are sideways -- but this is Ryan. 

and this is DJ

Daniel is waiting patiently for his turn. 

Kenny and his son Josh (who didn't seem to interested in shooting) 

Jayme and his daughter Hailey.

Kert, watching Matt and Kert's brother. 

Kert showing everyone how its done. :) 

allergies, allergies, allergies

Well, my whole life I have struggled on and off with my allergies. In the past year or two  it just seemed to get worse. There were two weeks last month that I just couldn't really do anything. I was just so exhausted. Thursday I went and got my allergies tested. I'm pretty much allergic to every type of tree, grass, weed that is native to texas (also, house dust/mites) -- but i'm not allergic to any food or my 2 dogs. :) So I started to get allergy shots this week. My first one was yesterday, and I feel a little bit better. I know that I will have to go a couple of more times for the effect to really take place. Also they put me on clarinex d and some nose spray stuff to take as well. hopefully as I get more of the shots, I will have to take those less and less.  If anyone has any helpful suggestions on allergies, please let me know. Today I will be cleaning my house from top to bottom and hopefully that will help as well. 

Our little dog is goofy

Daniel went to let the dogs into the house, and our little dog, snowball, decided she wanted to play in the waterfall of the pond ....



 

I didn't get it

sadly, i didn't get the job i mentioned earlier. i guess i will keep on looking -- though where am i supposed to go after my alma mater denied me a job??? hmm ... 

Just a couple more yard pics

New Pond Lights (and some pics of the pond)

One of the first things daniel did when we moved into our new house was dig a BIG hole for a pond -- it took about a year, but we finally finished it about a year ago and have gotten to enjoy it. It has fish, plants and a bridge. Tonight Daniel and I put in some outdoor lights. (They were a bday present thanks to daniel's mom). So here are some pictures, and some other pictures of the pond during the day.

wall-e

Daniel and I went to see this at the drive-in last week. I wasn't too sure what to expect b/c the previews really didn't give you much. While it gets kind of annoying just listening to robot talk for the first half of the movie, I say it was pretty good. It has a great message to it. It's not preachy about it either (which i have heard comments about) its just letting us know that we need to take care of the earth, and not trash it. It's a gift that God has given us, and that's not something to take for granted. I think I also liked it just b/c that is my major -- Environmental Science -- and it was nice to see a movie on this kind of topic other than documentaries that usually don't give you the whole story. It was something the whole family could enjoy -- and I hope it got people thinking about how we live now, and how somethings do need to change. B/C right now, we do not have the ability of being able to live in outer space -- and I'm pretty sure we're not going to find a place to live on any other planet -- This is the only one we got and we need to take care of it.