always keep your blinds shut on the first floor

- Awkward -

We were walking around in the common courtyard of our apartment complex after dinner {which is usually busy because people have been grilling out with the nice weather}. Layne was just minding her own business, when all the sudden the lights came on in an apartment that had its blinds open. Caught Layne's attention and boy was it a train wreck from there. Fat guy, in his grey tighty briefs walks into his bathroom, starts to pee. Within seconds, Layne tell's Kyle "omg look at this guy in his undies" and he notices the blinds are open and sees us looking at him. We're talking eye contact with the portly, semi-nude, springtime Santa. We turned our heads so fast and tried not to laugh. He quickly closed the blinds to finish his business.

We have this neighbor. Just his persona alone lands him in the awkward section. Name is T.D. Ex-truck driver with a stellar mullet. Super nice, but just an interesting personality. {He asked Kyle during the super bowl to help him move a couple chairs. But between chairs they sat and talked for 30 mins while drinking beer} So we were taking the dog on a walk and we get out of our apartment gate and he's standing there and then starts to purposefully walk toward us. Like he's been waiting for us this whole time. Like he's got beef. We're of course thinking, "oh goodness, here comes our neighbor with 7 guns, and he looks like he's on a warpath." So he comes up and says, "hey Kyle you wanna go play disc golf with me sometime?" Obviously you can't just say "Eh, I don't know T.D., you're a really nice guy and I totally enjoyed our deep conversation over beer and couch-moving, but I'm not sure I'm ready for that step" so Kyle says "Sure, why not?" Why not, indeed. Kyle has his first disc golf date.

Our dog's new haircut.

Kyle shattered his phone {okay, not awkward, but more like 'This Sucks'}. Yep, he has this cool neato felt case and he was getting out of his car for work and BOOM it fell out and bam it shattered. Still works, thank goodness, just can barely see the screen. Layne woke up with this awesome text at 6am: PHONE. SHATTERED.

- Awesome -

Best day of Laynes life was two days ago. We found a restaurant with Margs-to-go. Can't beat that. We we're driving around looking for hills in Houston {which, they don't exist} to do a hill workout and on the way we see a restaurant that said "Enjoy a Marg-to-go." Right then and there Kyle knew he better memorize this intersection. Esp of late, Layne has been craving margaritas. Strawberry frozen ones especially {hope she's not preg, or else she'll have to find something else to crave}.

The weather has been great. So we've been sitting on our patio every night lately. Either to eat dinner, read a book or Kyle playing his guitar while Layne sings along {right now singing to 40 Day Dream by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros} our patio has been the best thing lately {wonder if our neighbors think the same}.

A good book. You know when you have to read for school and it just plain sucks? Well we now are reading those books that we had to but on our free time and we enjoy it so much better. Kyle is almost done with The Prize, which Layne had to read in college, and just finished Ahead of the Curve by Philip Broughton. Both great books. Layne want's to start up The Prize again but has other books on her list before she goes back to that. Layne is in the middle of the most inspiring book ever: Born to Run by Christopher McDougall {Thanks Morg and Taylor}. Go read it now. If you are a runner or if you hate running, go get it. You'll want to run 100 miles. Literally.

We eat ice cream every night. We are not embarrassed by this statement either {even though ice cream and old people go together so well} We like the traditional vanilla bean but then we'll add our in our add-ins. For example we've put the following into our ice cream: twix, kit kat, brownie, elf fudge cookies, herseys chocolate, fresh strawberries, homemade chocolate chip cookies and homemade cocoa cinnamon sugar cake {no, not all at the same time}. Next Layne wants to try cereal, like: Trix, Cap'n Crunch, Cocoa Cereal, Cinnamon Toast Crunch and any other type of cereal.

When we came back from Tulsa two weeks ago, Layne's parents sent us back with about 15 beers. Some really good beers, mind you.