All caught up!

Celebrating St. Patrick's Day in San Antonio

Springtime has been VERY hectic for the Zugers! I am taking a full-time grad school courseload while working our very busiest season at the office. Sim has managed to complete 3 classes this semester, along with working fulltime as well! Not only that but he was offered an invitation to be a member in the honor society at American Military University! His 3.8 GPA has not only impressed me but the school as well! I'm so proud of him and all of his hard work!

We've started off baseball season 2009 by attending opening day at Minute Maid Park. The Astros were a bit of a disappointment but the peanuts were great! haha..

Here's our Easter table from this weekend. We had food too! It was just still being cooked when we took this picture! Then there is me with my Easter basket. We surprised each other with Easter baskets and even hid them and made each other findtheir own!

Holidays with the Zugers

The evening of December 10th we were graced with our very first Texas snowfall. It rarely snows here, I believe the last time was in 2004. It was pretty for the few hours it lasted before the sun came up and melted it all away!

Chuckie in front of our little Christmas tree!

December 19th we left for North Carolina to spend a few days with my parents before heading up to Virginia for the holidays. As always, we had a wonderful visit! We were able to tour the Tryon Palace all decorated for Christmas. It was beautiful! Even though it was December and the weather was a little bit rainy we had a great time touring the homes and gardens and of spending time together over dinner!

On our way up to VA we spent the night with our friends Jacqueline & Bruce in Charlottesville. We went wine tasting and out for dinner. They were wonderful hosts! We were so excited to get to spend some time with them and we are even more excited to celebrate with them this coming June when they get married! Below are some pictures from Charlottesville.

After Charlottesville we headed up to Woodbridge for the remainder of our trip. We spent Christmas Eve with Sara's family and Christmas Day with Sim's parents. We are so blessed to be able to travel and spend the holidays with our friends & families! We miss them so much living in Texas but we cherish every opportunity we have to be together!

Once we got back to Houston it was almost 2009! We started the year off by going to the Houston Zoo together. It was a beautiful January day and the zoo was SO nice! Plus military gets free admission! Can't beat that!

We finished off the day by going to the Waterwall. It was actually the place I wanted to bring Sim to before for our anniversary (see post- http://sszuger.blogspot.com/2008/06/celebrating.html) but it was closed then. We went on a cool Saturday and the place was VERY crowded. Lots of couples were waiting to get a picture in front of the fountain! Here are ours.....

Fall 2008 Recap!

It has been a LONG time since my last post! My only excuse is time and the fact that lately we have had a lot less of it! At least it feels that way!

Sim had major double knee surgery in October. He spent most of Octobr on a walker and crutches recouperating. It's been quite a struggle for him with many hour spent in physical therapy but he is doing AMAZING and recovering quite well. While the pain in his knees is not completely gone, it has reduced significantly and he is working on building back his strength.

Halloween was spent at our house with some friends. It was our first time actually having trick-or-treaters! We sat outside and oohed and awwed over all of the adorable kids outfits! We definitely bought too much candy though!

Our Fall wrapped up with a wonderful visit from two of Sim's brothers. Luke came in from Hawaii to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with us and Joel, who lives in Tennesse, was able to work a business trip to Houston around the same time. It was so nice to have our house full and I know Sim really enjoyed spending time catching up with his brothers. To top it off we were able to wach a Steelers game together!!

5 Super Bowl Championships?!?!? Who knew they'd actually do it this season!

Right before Thanksgiving I also went to Vegas for work. I am including some pictures below! I don't think I'll ever get tired of looking at beautiful Desert Mountains!

Shortly after that it was time to head to NC and VA for Christmas! I'll post more in the next thread......