More Cecily's Wedding Pics

Dr. Giles vs. Mr. Giles

These are two pictures of my parents' dog, Giles, portraying both personalities. You typically see Dr. Giles a little more often than Mr. Giles....it's like the Jekyll vs. Hyde complex.

And this is how the Tyndell boys relax

Thanks for the fun pic AT! Wish I could be there to hang out too.
Nice pool by the way.

Dear Cecily and Seth's Wedding

The weekend before last Jeff and I went to SC to Cecily and Seth's wedding in good ole Seneca! It was so wonderful seeing old friends and hanging out with my parents. So I wanted to post some good shots from the weekend. Cecily was too gorgeous for words. It took me a while to get update on this topic b/c Ashlee had my camera and I had hers....long story, but I got it back today! I hadn't seen Ashlee since my wedding and hadn't seen Cecily in over a year, so it was full of great memories and me not doing a good job holding back joyous tears. I'm such a wimp when it comes to old friends these days. Congratulations The Hudsons!

Memories and Scary Moments

Yeah...I haven't been updating lately, so I figured we will be gone this weekend, so I should probably do that. Last weekend the The German and his fiance, Polina, were in town, so we rented a boat on Saturday...it was super fun. Of course we had to go out on Boca Lake again and do some chillin'. The other great thing was that our other good friend from grad school, Danny, and his girlfriend Diane, was also in town so we met up at the beach on Sunday (group shot above). Patrick and Danny probably hadn't seen each other since Danny left Houghton for Peace Corps Panama so the weekend was full of good memories! Notice how Jeff is also representing the Tigers well with his hat!

So...the craziest thing ever happened on Monday when I came home. I went to look out one of the family room windows and turned my head to look at our dead bonsai tree, and there was a snake sitting there in the pot! How does a SNAKE GET IN A POT ON TOP OF A PLANT STAND INSIDE THE HOUSE!!! I was so freaked out. Jeff morphed into the Crocodile Hunter, got a pair of kitchen tongs and a pillow case, and captured the intruder for release in the yard. So of course we got pictures! Florida is getting a little too weird even for me!

And We Hoist Our Zen for Fun

A cute pic of Zen and her Daddy-O. She so rarely looks right at the camera. Notice Jeff's HDR pride.

I also want to give a shoutout to our friend, Kerri, who defended her Master's thesis today! Hooray!

A New Side Garden and a Plug Update

We did some yardwork this past weekend (it's the most exciting thing we've been doing lately), so I thought I would update everyone on the recent gardening...we're especially excited about the new banana tree and the grass plugs almost completely grown in! Also notice the HUGE bare spot in the grass by the new side garden...yeah, that's the ugly spot where there used to be a HUGE pile of rocks, soon to be covered by sod. I am hoping that these flowers on the side like lots of sun (does anyone know? roses, salvida, and hibiscus?) since that's what they get. We have recently learned that cucumbers don't do so good here--too dry, so that plant got replaced with two new pepper plants. Ah, it's a work in progress.

MALLARD DUCK POWER!
Sorry--I'm really taking us living on Mallard Drive WAY too seriously. haha.

I wasn't there, sniff, sniff...but I can feel like it.

Ah, a Tyndell Easter. AT sent me these pics today and I just wanted to post them so I could feel like I was there with the other Tyndells: Paul with Rufus the cute puppy, Drew and Candice, and Mary and George. Missing all you guys!

Another Big One!

This is the biggest gator EVER. Someone from our client's office took this shot down in Everglades National Park. Look how fat its head is! AAAAAAAAAAA!!! Seriously, you see gators all the time here on the side of the road, in canals, etc, but even this one is hard to believe! Amazing.

Spring in the Yard

I'm a gardener! Has anyone ever seen a purple pepper? Me neither, so I decided to grow one so I could. It's very pretty and I have to come to terms with eating it now. The other shots are the mini-veggie garden and the super good - smelling gardenia bush. Gotta love Spring.

Natural Resources Defense Council

I've been meaning to put this link on our blog for a while, but if you guys are interested in a great, balanced, environmental website, www.nrdc.org, is a great one. The NRDC is a great environmental action organization and keep you informed on current news, what issues to write your local politicans about, and not to mention, have great ideas for green living. There's always room for improvement!

Taaaa-Daaaa!

Hooray! We got a new and improved Mallard Duck mailbox! Our other one had a head and foot missing, so this is a HUGE improvement for the yard. Any ideas for good names? I've thought Irving or Herman would be nice.

A Saturday Night Shot

Just a fun group shot with our friend, Loren, who came all the way down from NY to visit.

Lost from the Inbox

I really think that Marlis and Bob and their greatness hasn't been represented well enough on this blog, so here's a super cute picture of them and then another of me, Shelley, and Marlis. Jeff had these fun ones just sitting in his inbox for way too long.

A Boca Lake Sunday

We went out with Marlis, Bob, and Erica yesterday since it was such a gorgeous day and the water couldn't have been clearer on Boca Lake. This place is so interesting...it's in the middle of the intercoastal and is really shallow (see the link I found). We saw a couple of sting rays too. Good times!

Memories

I was reminicing this morning and looking through all these old pictures on the computer and found this one of Drew and I from the very first chicks' trip (and some additional CU pics)! That was a fun one and it's hilarious to think where all the girls are since that trip...weddings, babies, trips, school, work...man, we're all getting old. Here's to good times and good people. I've also been reminicing b/c we're going to celebrate our THIRD anniversary on Wednesday! HOORAY! It's crazy to think of all the things we've done together over the past three years. We just feel so lucky to have gone ahead and gotten married so we could experience everything together.

By the way, Jeff and I have been sprucing up a little this weekend and thinking about getting sod for the backyard...as for the front yard...the PLUGS, mind you...not such an exciting or working idea. There have been no updates, because THERE'S NOTHING to update....blast the hurricane. We do have a working sprinkler system, thanks to Jeff and his amazing father, so hopefully what grass we do have...will live!

Here's another good one from when Jeff first got to Mali after we got married...we look like skinny little kids! I also found this funny one of us when we visited the Biltmore House last Thanksgiving--we're hamming it up while Dad and Brandon are oblivious. Check out when Jeff's parents were visiting and Dad was fixing the wiring under the sink, Karma is like, "What?! You're working...what about ME?" Zen is like, "I feel left out, so I will try to look interested." A couple of these pictures appeared on our computer I think when they were visiting and I didn't even know it until this morning. A nice suprise of pics, including my Reindeer Nephew, Matthew, at Christmas, proof of Jeff playing softball, and Kaitlyn (notice the princess dress!) and Matthew together.

Well, and I had to post one dedication picture to poor Laura and family to make her feel better about my beach picture post the other week....see?! I've been through it too! That one came from the month I spent in Houghton, MI last year finishing my Masters.