Fishing off the Coast

Do you remember a couple weekends back where I was at home with both dogs and Kyle was out fishing on the coast by Corpus Christi? I (FINALLY) got him to share the fishing pictures, and since he refuses to type this post, I'll do the best I can at pretending what I know happened!

Kyle's work goes on an annual fishing trip to the coast once (this year it was twice) and they invite certain customers each time. There were about 12 guys that went this trip. They stayed in a condo right on the coast and fished. They had a lady come and cook food daily and clean. All they had to do was supply the main course (i.e. steaks, fish...) and she did the rest. (Doesn't that sound like a good trip to you!?)

This is what the condo looked like:  It  had three levels, garage (boat area), main living floor, and all the bedrooms were on the third floor.

They did one deep sea fishing excursion, where the rest were only taking the boat out to the water and fishing in knee deep water.

The boat they took out fishing. The water was super choppy so some guys did get sea sick. 

 

 

It's hard to see in this picture, but the water was rough!

They caught mostly Red Fish. I have no further information on this particular fish, only that it tastes delicious! Kyle said dolphins were following them most of the way. No big deal; deep sea fishing with dolphins! 

Can you tell I am jealous!? Because I am. Dolphins!!!

Catch of the day!

 I know this was a "work trip" but once I saw these pictures, I am even more excited to make it to the coast while we are this close to go out deep sea fishing. (It's on my bucket list!) Kyle captured some amazing scenery pictures as well.

 

Sand Volleyball

After a slight break, we signed up to play sand volleyball again. We had some from the original team, with some new additions, and so far we are doing well! Due to bad weather (we got rain! yay!) we are a week behind in our schedule, but we are on target for placing high in tournament play.

All competativeness aside, it's a really fun time with friends. A little activity, drinking, talking, jokes, and laughing; it's the perfect way to spend a Tuesday night during the beautiful fall season.

Here is our team!

Andrew, Mat, Kasi, me, Molly, Emily, Kyle, Dan, and Jason.

Yes, Jason "Tebowing" and Dan is doing is signature pose. Not quite sure what Andrew is doing, but it makes for a fun picture. Hopefully the end of the season is just as fun (and that we win?!)

Happy fall!

Farewell...for now

On Saturday we said goodbye to some good friends. We had met them the first time we signed up to play sand volleyball, 2 years ago now. Kyle had met him through a softball league and I met her through the volleyball league. They ended up being friends with some others that we knew, so it was clearly meant to be.

They are Curtis & Steph (and Tilly, Shamus, and now baby #3 on the way). They are the ones to host the annual crawfish boil that I post about, the annual Halloween party, and the occasional whenever gathering. They have been great friends and we are sad to see them leaving. (He got a job out of state, and since they finally sold their house they are leaving!)

Kyle "celebrated" their going away with golfing. Curtis, his brother, dad and Kyle all enjoyed a lovely game of golf before going out to the bar for the farewell gathering (and K State game).

I am sad to see them go, but it does give us an excuse to visit another state! I wish them the best!

Curtis, Steph, Shamus, Kyle and I

Here we added Mat and Kasi. Fun night out with friends!

A Little of This & That

This past weekend Kyle was at the coast on a fishing trip. The was gone for about 4 days, but I will talk about that in a different post. While he was gone, I had Tucker, of course, but I also got to watch another pup. Our friends dog, Koda, has been with us (mostly me) for the past week now. These are the two faces I got to talk to all weekend long.

On Friday night I watched my Ashley's volleyball game via the Internet and caught up on my DVRs. Saturday I discovered the show Revenge was finally on Netflix Instant! So I dedicated the majority of my day to that. While I had that on in the background, I made items for our Halloween costumes and did random house things. That night I joined my friend Dan for the season opener of the Rampage game! (The Rampage is the local hockey team...similar to the Fargo Force).

Since hockey is "dan's sport," he made sure and got us some good seats.

No zoom on this picture!

 Since I know next to nothing about the sport and Dan knows practically everything, I learned a lot! I am excited to go to another game! Of course, since it is hockey and it was the first game of the season, there was a fight that broke out. Maybe more like 3 or 4 fights. Something I learned; the players do not go in the "time out box" after a fight, it's called a "penalty box." Just in case you ever need to know that for when you play the game "Battle of the Sexes" ;)

Fight #1. Full on fist to head action.

Overall the weekend was a nice and relaxing one (for me) and Kyle got some quality guy-customer-ocean fishing time in. Hope fall is going well and everyone is getting pumped for Halloween! (I can't wait to see/hear about costumes!)

Old Stomping Grounds

About a month ago, some of my closest girlfriends surprised me with an early birthday present and chipped in to buy a plane ticket for me. A plane ticket to Fargo, ND. Specifically the weekend of the NDSU Bison Homecoming!

Just the girls. All weekend. It was wonderful.

I had a chance to catch up with Ann and Sarah and Amy and Jess and Shannon and KamiJo and others. It was some much needed girl time for me. I hang around one-too many boys down here in San Antonio.

Thursday I spent the day with Sarah and we made a much needed trip to Scheels. I was in HEAVEN. Bison gear AND Twins gear under the same roof! And no shipping charges. Amazing. After Amy was done with work that day we made a short road trip to Fredonia, ND to visit our old roommate. She had just had a baby girl a month ago so we got to hang out with her 1.5 year old and snuggle with the new baby. Too fun.

On our trip out there, I was reminded how beautiful the Midwest really is. Rolling hills, beautiful skies, nothing as far as the eye can see.

On Friday I had a chance to go visit with some of my old co-workers from Bobcat and catch up with them. It's fun going back 3 years later feeling as if not a week has gone by. That night Ann, Jess and I killed some wine bottles and had some major girl chat time.

Saturday we tailgated and cheered on the Bison for a HUGE win over Youngstown. We visited all the old college bars and ran into a lot of former classmates. Serious fun.

The Girls Tailgating. I didn't even mind that I had to wear 6+ layers of clothes to stay warm!

BLH girlies!

My plane to return to back South came waaaaaaaaaay to fast. I had such a wonderful time and hated saying goodbye, but I have come to appreciate the time I get to spend with my friends and just look forward to the next :)

Make sure and tell your friends how much they mean to you. Try and make the effort to see the friend that lives 20 minutes away that you never seem to "have the time to get together." Without getting TOO sappy, I guess I just want to say don't take the proximity of your friends for granted. Once you move 20 hours away- that is when you can say it is hard to find time to get together. ;)

p.s I didn't even mind that it SNOWED while I was there! Obviously I had so much fun with the girls that the 40º weather and SNOW didn't even bother me :)

What Fargo greeted me with Thursday morning!

Beverage Barn

What is a "beverage barn" you ask? I had no idea either, that is until I went South of San Antonio.

It is a drive-through liquor store.

How is that possible you might ask? Doesn't that lead to drinking and driving? Having a container in the car? I agree. I don't understand it either. But it exists. In Texas, of course.

Here it is...in all its glory.

It's like a car wash. You drive up, wait in line, place your order, and drive through! But here you can order tacos and margaritas and even milk!

You drive in with coolers on either side of you. A person takes your order and brings it to you. In some cases (depending on how much you buy) they load and ice your cooler for you. Or even hand you a frozen margarita in a cup. No joke.

Their prices aren't bad either! You can get 2 six pack of pounders (tall boys as the Texans call them) for $9. Not bad!

I was super excited to get to experience this but found it mind boggling at the same time. Of course we did not drink what we ordered while we were driving, but I just wanted to say that I went to a beverage barn while living here in Texas. (Kyle goes quite often when on work trips. Go figure!)

Aren't you happy you know all about beverage barns now?! I thought it was so unique I had to share!

Happy Tuesday!