the GLENN family

This past weekend we went to Space Center Houston. We spent about 6 hours there! We took a tour around the Johnson Space Center where we got to see mission control, space shuttles, where the astronauts train, etc. We watched a presentation and a movie and went through a museum. But...our favorite part was the kids' discovery zone with all the little booths involving math/science exploring. It was so cool! My favorite one was the giant tube musical instrument on which Andrew and I played Ode To Joy because Andrew is awesome and figured out the numbers/colors marking the tube lengths and which notes they coordinated with. We even had an audience. I sure like that guy a real whole lot. Mission Control Center! Saturn V Andrew and the Apollo 11 crew Yes, it's what you think : D We really really liked this one *girlish giggle*

Good 'ol Thanksgiving. Who doesn't love holidays all about eating too much  being grateful for what you have? On Wednesday, Andrew and I booked it out of Houston at 1 in the hopes of getting to Fort Worth without too much traffic. However, we live in Houston and traffic is just a part of our lives these days. We still got to grandma's house in 6 hours despite the traffic and a half hour Chicken Express stop. So we chatted and ate ice cream way into the night. The next day there was basically no cooking that needed to be done. The pies were ready, we made the salad and dressing, all that was left was waiting for everyone else to bring the food. It (and Uncle, Aunt, cousins, cousins' significant others, and Aunt's family) all eventually got there and we had a great time. Post lunch we all wanted to take a nap so...we went for a walk of course! Oh yum, makes me want to eat it all over again The Thanksgiving Gang minus a couple On Friday grandma let ...

What a happy Halloween we had around here. Andrew and I believe in going all out for holidays and this one was right in line. We had a fairly extended Halloween this year. First we decorated the apartment Thanks Deborah! Then we made our costumes/decorations for the trunk or treat: Andrew got to experiment with the sewing machine Oh the wonders of puff paint. If you can't tell, we're ex-olympians (we got fat from having too much McDonald's) It's a monster trunk! (Yes, it IS eating a scarecrow) That's right, we won an award. whoot Then came real Halloween. For work Andrew dressed up with some of the other co-ops, we got 2 dollar burritos at chipotle for dressing up (so yum!), and we carved pumpkins while we waited for little trick-or-treaters who never came: Can you tell who he is? trying to dye his hair yellow...yuck This time we did gray hair and humpback to help people get it a little quicker that we were...

It's been pretty chill around here the last few weeks, but I'll give you the highlights: We decorated for Halloween a couple weeks ago!  Have I ever told you just how much I love decorating for holidays? Man oh man, it sure is a lot. It just feels so darn festive and exciting. (I don't have pictures of this yet- check back later). Two weekends ago Andrew and I decided to try out the local (on our street) Italian restaurant and while the pasta left me slightly unsatisfied, there was some mighty good bread. (Speaking of bread, I made homemade rolls for the first time ever and they were quite delicious.) On our way to Antonio's P.S. Andrew really needed a haircut in this pic and I still haven't given him one... The best part of our recent activities was definitely last weekend. The mall was almost closed and Andrew and I were really feeling some soft pretzels-but the food court didn't have any! So, when we passed IHOP on our way home, I thought that sounded ...

Everyone who knows my sister and I knows that she's the crafty one. She's awesome at decorating, scrapbooking, sewing projects, art, you name it. I, however, did not end up with this great gift. I got my first ever "B" in art class. My idea of great art for the bedroom wall? My science class project of my body shape cut out on purple butcher paper and the muscular, nervous, skeletal,... systems drawn in. It just doesn't click with me. In light of all this, the story I have to share will most likely deeply impress you. Andrew's parents were cleaning out our backyard at the beginning of the summer. They were about to haul off a nasty old door, but I stopped them 'cause I just knew I could use it for something. At the beginning it looked about like this: Yuck. It was super dirty, cracked, chipped and peeling paint, etc. So we got busy removing the frame, taking off the paint, gluing the cracks, and filling in some holes. Next we primed and pa...