Party! Party! Pause- for work.

Oh my goodness! September 9th was our last blog??? Shame on us!

Well, we've got some pictures for you! Patrick and I went to a wedding reception for two of our friends a couple of weeks ago. It was an elegant backyard party, where we all dressed up. Patrick and I looked really sharp! :) It was a lot of fun too- they had delicious Mexican food catered, a little campfire going, interesting music, cheesecake, and a margarita fountain!

Just after dinner, so my lipstick is all worn away, but we still look quite sleek.

The happy couple after the cutting of the cake!

Oh yeah....we look good! :)

Three's company! With our wonderful friend, Kat!

Patrick's birthday was the same weekend, and although he had a nice little dinner party when we were in Michigan, we thought it would be appropriate to have some friends over for German chocolate cake and ice cream, followed by bowling!

On the left is our friend Luke, and Dave is on the right.

Last weekend Patrick had to do some work at school, so I helped him. I'm there grinding soil samples that he later processed in the XRF machine to detect lead and zinc. I feel so smart and helpful! :)

Other than that, it's just been work and exercise and TV- the normal. At least for me. Patrick was gone a few days this week near St. Louis though, doing some research on a river with one of his professors and a few other students. And his traveling isn't done yet. This coming up week he's going to go to a conference in Texas and present a poster, and another week or so later, he's going back to work on the river. He's a busy fellow!