Happy Fall Y'all

October is here as is nice cooler weather and a lot of rain. This year is certainly flying by! This past weekend we celebrated my 26th birthday. On Friday night Mike and I celebrated with dinner at Spaghetti Warehouse, just the two of us. We had never been, but had a pretty good time. I also received a lovely "flower cake" from Mike, and a yummy cake and birthday balloon from one of my co-workers. For my birthday Mike got me a massage chair cushion that goes over any chair and is wonderful!

Saturday morning Mara, Tyler, Twin, & John met us and we carpooled downtown to take the new DART green line to the State Fair!! :) I have been wanting to go to the State Fair for quite awhile, but it always seems to come at a very busy time of year. Out of our group, Mara had been in elementary school, Lauren had been when she was two, and Mike went once in college. So, it was mostly a new experience for everyone. Most of the group got a Fletcher's corn dog (which I'd heard a lot about, but I don't like corn dogs). I got a yummy Turkey leg!! (LOVE THOSE!) John also tried (and shared) fried oreos. They were pretty tasty and reminded me of small little funnel cakes with a taste of chocolate. Twin got some french fries, Mara got Dole pinneapple ice cream (also good) and we tried some ice cold root beer from a barrel that was made with imperial sugar. Other than that, the fresh cotton candy smelled good, but I decided "Baby and me" had enough sugar for the day. The weather was perfect at the Fair and had just started getting overcast and sprinkling when we left around 3pm. Everyone came back to our house to relax and freshen up for awhile after the fair. Then we went to dinner at Outback Steakhouse followed by the TCU vs. SMU game. The Frogs pulled out another win 39-14 and Mike, Maggie, Phil & I stayed until the very end (even though it was cold and rainy). Unfortunately, due to the weather I didn't get any pictures of all of us in our cute "purple" outfits before the game. Oh well, there will be other games...

Sunday we visited a new church for the 2nd time and got some information about their Life Groups which we hope to check out a few different ones this week and next. Sunday evening I joined St. Luke choir's 1st Cantata Rehearsal (only 5 more before our Dec. 13th performance, yikes!). Mike and I also joined Matt & Vivian for dinner at Chilli's that evening. Other happenings this month include travel for me to Austin, TX and Baltimore, MD for work, Dr's appt Oct 15th, Alzheimer's Memory Walk, more TCU FOOTBALL, SCS Homecoming & Halloween. Should prove to be a pretty busy month! October Birthday shout-outs to Melissa-Oct 1st & Diane-Oct 22nd. :)

Pictures below! ~Emily

My Birthday cake from Heather at work

Mike & Emily @ the State Fair

Mike, Emily, Tyler, Mara, Lauren & John

Big Tex at 2009 State Fair