Clown Noses and Texas Rain Storms

We've been staying busy here at the Kinateder house apartment. Kyle is working hard and learning a lot. This month he went to a week long Economic Development conference up in Austin and had a great time staying up late at the hotel bar talking with friends about the church.  I guess you really can share the gospel anywhere! Especially when you are Elder's Quorum President! WHAT?! Yeah...that's right. I said it and it's true. He's not only busy during the week now he's even busier on the weekends! He is good at it though. He is probably the most friendly, sincere person I know and he is going to make a huge impact on a lot of people as he fulfills this calling.  Please, pray for him. But... the most exciting news for Kyle, this month, is that he is now the proud owner of a bike.  He rides his bike to work (which is less than a mile away) and since we only have one car and I'm usually gone with it, he now rides his bike home for lunch too. Wahoo!

So far he has only had one incident... This weekend is was raining, no more like pouring outside and I was at home ready to go pick him up so he wouldn't have to ride his bike in the rain. As 5:00pm arrived, the clouds were dark and heavy but there was no rain and hadn't been much rain for the past few hours. So Kyle decided it would be fine to take the quick 10 minute ride home and right as he was leaving a guy from work stopped to talk with him. After a nice chat, Kyle jumped on his bike and started home and just as he was about to enter the gate to our apartment buildings, he looked up at the dark, heavy clouds and realized he was out of luck. He started peddling faster but it didn't help. The rain trickled at first and then it just started pouring down heavy Texas sheet rain. Luckily he wasn't too far from home but he definitely had a fun start to his weekend.

I'm enjoying Interior Design school at University of St. Mary's. I go twice a week in the mornings which is perfect for me. During the rest of the week I work at a Nutrition Club about 30 minutes up in the Hill Country. It is a beautiful drive in the mornings. I feel really blessed to have found this work and school schedule. It gives me plenty of extra time to keep up on hair appointments and watch my favorite shows and of course all the other more important things in life.

We met up with Brooke and Josh at a really fun restaurant called OASIS. This place sits on the edge of Lake Travis and over looks the lake and it is gorgeous! We listened to loud music, received poor service, got free plastic dinner cups that say "Happy 30th Anniversary" and had a great time.

Oh yeah and last month we went to the Circus. Very entertaining! 

And yesterday we were tasting judges for the Schertz' Fest "BBQ Cook Off!" We judged the pork ribs. There were 15 different kinds and we had to judge them on smell, appearance and taste. There were a bout 4 that were amazing and 1 that made me almost throw up but all in all they were pretty tasty.  Like I said earlier, it's been raining like crazy this weekend so the "Cook Off" was pretty muddy, so I wore my cowboy boots and felt right at home! We walked around and said "HI" to the contestants and one guy let us try his brisket. I smelled like BBQ for the rest of ... I still smell like BBQ!

~We love us some TEXAS BBQ~