Home Sweet {and sweaty} Waco

 Goodbye Maddox Hall

On May 31, Tyler and I said goodbye to our sweet apartment in Arkadelphia, Arkansas and made our way to Waco, Texas.  It was bittersweet, and we miss our friends so much, but we are excited about this new chapter in our lives and so look forward to being closer to our families!  We had a very hectic apartment search, but with the help of mother, father, sister, and brother Aaron, we were able to find a place.

We live in a third floor apartment, which was a BEAST when we were moving in, but it has vaulted ceilings and a fireplace, so it's great!  It has been a crazy past several days...we moved into our apartment on Friday, unpacked and had plans to go to a baseball game with friends on Saturday (more on that later), ran LOTS of errands on Sunday, Tyler started class on Monday, more unpacking and hanging things on walls Tuesday, Tyler started his second summer class on Wednesday, and we are still stepping over decorations today! 

But...we are sooo close!  Almost everything is up on the walls, we are just trying to figure out what to do with those last few picture frames and knickknacks.  Once we are cleaned up and all of the boxes have been taken to the dumpster, I will definitely post pictures of our new home.  But until then, here's an update with some pictures that don't really have to do with the apartment:

I mentioned that Tyler and I went to a baseball game with some friends...we actually went to see our friend Shawn play.  Shawn is married to one of my besties {Lynley} and plays for the Albuquerque Isotopes, the AAA farm team for the LA Dodgers.  They happened to be playing in Round Rock {not too far from Waco} so we made the trip with our friends Danielle, Tate, Megan, Jordan, Nikki, and Lynley, just in time an hour early to see Shawn and the rest of the Albuquerque Isotopes!

Shawn wasn't the only celebrity we knew at the game.  Tate, Jordan, and Tyler were asked to be a part of the giant tricycle race during the middle of the eighth inning.  Don't believe me?  Take a look for yourself:

It was a close race but Jordan ended up with the win, even though the Isotopes didn't.  Despite the loss, we were celebrating the next night because Shawn got the call to the bigs!  He and Lynley flew out to Philadelphia to don their DODGERS jerseys!!! We are beyond excited for them, and have become big Dodger fans!  Can't wait to hear how things are going you two!

Lynley sent us a picture from her seat...UH-MA-ZING!

Monday morning came, and so did school for Tyler.  Here he is in his classic first day of class picture:

Since Tyler started his first graduate school class as a Baylor bear, I took it upon myself to attempt a Pinterest project.  And this is what happened:

BEAR CAKE

I was so glad when it was over and you could actually tell it was a bear.  Also, it was way too much cake for us, so Tyler took the upper half of the body to class the next day...his second day of school and already such a good sharer.

That's about it for now!  Hopefully tomorrow will be the day I post pictures of the new place...don't hold me to it though...but, if we can get the last couple of things on the walls tonight, then just maybe I'll will actually be able to give you a tour tomorrow.