NXNW Oktoberfest

Ryan and Sarah love beer and never miss an opportunity to raise Luke right.

That's right, Luke is too cool for Bud Light.

We went to the North by Northwest Brewery Oktoberfest to enjoy some local beer...

...yes... we enjoyed most of it before we remembered to take a picture...

...and we also got to check out the polka bands, although it was a little too crowded to dance. But we all enjoyed the music!

Luke got the opportunity to show off his many faces to our fellow revelers.

And he tried out the bounce house...

...although he didn't get much beyond the entrance and never got up to jump.

But we did meet up with Adolfo and Pinty the Bear! We'll definitely be back at NXNW next year!

Sarah turns 30!

What?! Sarah is 30??

Yep, Ryan invited some of our good friends in Austin to come out to Polvo's for some tasty Mexican food, margaritas, and hanging out to celebrate! Luke got to meet Carl and Katrina's daughter, Laura, and they enjoyed showing each other their eating skills.

We had a good (and diverse!) group, including Carl and Katrina (from TLU), John and Jose (from the local TV scene), Pastor June and Carey (from church), and Sara (one of Sarah's high school classmates). And Ryan and Luke, of course!

We ended up staying out very, very late and Luke ended up falling asleep at the table.

But we had a great time, and we're so glad everyone could come!

Landon Winery for Mom and Dad

Ryan and Sarah left Luke with Grandma and Grandpa Lonnevik on July 4th for a few hours to catch up with our dear friend and Luke's godmother, Janette. We hung out at Landon Winery and drank some delicious wine, and generally enjoyed our time in downtown McKinney!

It's a small world at Minute Maid Park!

We went to an Astros game while we were in Houston (sans baby and dogs) and look who we ran into!

That's right, it's our good friend Rachael! We discovered she was at the game and met up with her and her students.

We were pretty high up, but look! There are players down there!

We did have a great view of the Houston skyline.

Aww, look how much fun we had! Yay Houston! (And they beat the Pirates, too!)