Sorry for the delay!

Oh man, I can't believe how much time has gone by since my last blog post! On the bright side I can say that I officially have a job as a library aid at the base library! It gets me out of the house every day for a bit and I have already met so many amazing people and it's only been two weeks! My coworkers are so great, and the patrons are really friendly. I am very happy with my library job! I do everything that you would imagine a library aid does: I can open and close the library, return items into the system and check out items, shelve books, handle interlibrary loans (somewhat), make library cards, etc. If you have a library question then just ask because I am a wealth of knowledge. On other news, I was so happy to skype with most of my family today! I miss all of them so much and it was really great to see them all. I was even lucky enough to meet my cousin Laurie's baby, Haley! She's already skyping, what an advanced little girl they have!

Dulce get's kind of bummed when I have to go to work and it's time for her to go in her kennel.

So let me review the last few weeks, since I have been neglecting my blogging duties. So first off, a few weeks ago Rick and I were so excited to go to the Oyster Bake and Crawfish Crawl that the base was putting on for the residents. Unfortunately, I think we set our hopes a bit too high for this event because we were slightly disappointed in the food we received. I guess we are spoiled with the seafood that we are used to eating at home. :( In the end we did have a great time though!

Our meal was looking at us!

That same weekend we went up to Austin and visited everybody up there for Ryleigh's 6th birthday party! We are very pleased to say that Dulce was an angel the whole ride up. We were slightly nervous that she was going to bark the whole time and drive us bonkers, but instead she just slept the whole 4.5 hour drive. Thank Goodness!



Dulce in her car kennel

Ryleigh's birthday was a huge success and all of the kids had so much fun, especially Ryleigh!

There was face painting and a magic show for the kids, although all of the adults seemed to enjoy the show too. Almost all of the girls got my little pony ponies on their faces. After spending a week with the Denzins in Europe, Rick and I can confidently say that we know a lot about My Little Pony. Ryleigh got Rainbow Dash drawn on her face, and Aubrey was a princess.  Ryleigh was even the clown's special helper for the magic show!

The party was so darn cute, and it was so great to see David and Amy!

It was especially exciting to watch Ryleigh open all of her presents once all of the kids went home. She really liked the cowgirl boots that were from Rick and I, and she was also really happy with the guitar she received from Uncle Larry and Aunt Judy!

 

Ryleigh even made up a song for us on the spot! Unfortunately, Ranger did not appreciate that we invited Dulce to the party. Dulce was a little too hyper and crazy for good old Ranger. The poor guy just wanted some peace and quiet! Rick and I had a great time visiting our family in Austin and we can't wait to go back soon!

Recently, Rick and I had a surprise visitor in our house, a gecko! While Rick thought this was the coolest thing, I was completely freaked out because it was in our bedroom! Rick tried to trap him and bring him outside, but failed and just dropped him in our room. We never found him, so I was very afraid to go to sleep that night. Oh well!

Another really exciting thing that Rick and I did in the past few weeks was go to a rodeo! Rick has been to a rodeo before, but this was my first time and so we were both really excited about it! The pace of the event ended up being a bit slower than we were hoping for, but it was still very entertaining. Also, thank goodness only a couple guys got seriously hurt! What a ridiculous sport!

One thing that I do love about Del Rio is that when there is an event going on, the whole town turns up for it! Since the nearest town is about a half hour away (not including Acuna which is in Mexico) and is actually smaller than Del Rio, everybody either does whatever the event of the weekend is or they go to San Antonio. Like last weekend there was a roller derby for the local team called Hell Rio on Wheels and by the time we got to the civic center, it was sold out! And this weekend was homecoming for the Del Rio High School football team and we weren't able to go to the game because we couldn't get there an hour before it started. Any later than that and you either weren't going to get a parking spot or the tickets were going to be sold out! Crazy!

Well, that is all for now folks! Stay tuned for another post this week as Rick and I prepare for my mom and Aunt Linda's arrival!

With Love,
The Mundys