I am lazy, sorry

So the blog suffers when work is crazy and the last thing I want to do is sit at computer...but fun things have been happening here in the Robinson household-

To my friend Klyde, I apologize for making you wait for the drama of our past weekend away. Doesn't seem like such a big deal now (life is good like that) but D chewed up Gabe's bosses carpet our first night in his home. We were super upset and felt awful. Crys L was amazing and spent some time online trying to find out where in the world the carpet came from so we could replace it. We had parents going on ebay to try to find it (bc it was three years old from pottery barn and they no longer carried it), Gabe's mom went to PB the next morning. Then the last day I was doing the dishes (although they had a dishwasher which is a HUGE treat for us) I wanted to do them by hand and broke a wine glass.....SOOOO, we left some money and told them to replace it all! Thankfully Gabe's boss was amazing and reassured us it was no big deal and gave the $ back!:) We won't be going back next year though....


So since then we have been busy here in NYC~ just life really but non-stop life! Work is nuts for me bc my co-worker transferred to a new division (I have a window seat now), basketball started back up for Gabe, and everything just seems a bit more like 'work' here.

For Labor day we rented a car and took a road trip to NC, Dakota in tow. It was Gabe's 10 year school reunion and just a good time to see family. I actually head back to NC this weekend for my sisters 30th birthday!

Weekend away

So this past weekend Gabe and I rented a car and packed up the pup and away we went. We went about 2 1/2 hours upstate and spent the weekend at Gabe's bosses weekend home. He had offered it a few times and we have always declined but this summer we took him up on it!

The house is in Spencertown/Chatum NY- basically a cluster of little towns amongst the rolling hills. The house was amazing and all we really wanted to do was sip on some coffee and read! It was pretty close to that-
We went out for a nice dinner that first night. We spent lots of time chasing Dakota around the large property- she was in her glory, I think on this trip she was cursing us for making her a city dog. Saturday Gabe made some breakfast and coffee and let me sleep in...We spent the day relaxing and went into the little town of Hudson and strolled along the main street. Rushed home, dropped Dakota off and went to see my friend in a musical 20 minutes away. It was called "Forever Plaid", super fun show and Wade did an amazing job!

When we got home we grilled out and made smores for dessert. Gabe was super thankful that they had a tv bc we had the Olympics on that evening. Side note: The last summer Olympics Gabe and I were poor and staying in a B and B in Scotland. The Olympics kept us sane! We could only afford a meal a day- so thankfully the b and b provided breakfast, we would then eat a big meal out at 3 and around 7 we would eat the crackers in the room. So it's a bit nostalgic for us!

Sunday morning some more time with our coffee mugs and rocking chairs. We went out for bagels and then chased some signs for the "Sculptures". We had seen some funky heads on the thru way and thought this might be it....it was and what a cool thing. This guy has spent the last 40 years making these amazing, large, kooky sculptures.

So enjoy the photos....Enough said now, remind me about the drama of the weekend at another time- it involves D ruining Gabe's bosses rug and me breaking a wine glass:)

Just a taste...

Home again, Home again....
Gabe, the girl, and I had such a nice relaxing weekend, won't share many details now- but here is a little glimpse into what we did~

A little running:


A little cuddling:


And lots of good eating! Here is Gabe seasoning the steaks to perfection~


We'll share some more pictures soon~

This is where we'll be this weekend...

We are so excited!!!
We are planning on doing absolutely nothing~

Summer Barb-E-Cue's

We had some friends over last night to celebrate Crystals birthday! It was a really relaxed night with tons of great food!
Here are a few pic's of the gang!



The ladies....plus one super cute Henry Paul!


We made Henry perform...he was a good sport about it:)

Some strange dog....

Broke into our kitchen and started eating out of Dakota's bowls....


Ms. D went to the groomers yesterday and this is how she returned to us- Where is my fur ball?



So sad! She isn't complaining- She is extremly soft too- almost like a fleece blanket- I can't wait for it to grow back though. You can tell she's lots lighter too...

Going to the park....

One of our favorite things to do nowadays is take Dakota to the park. We stared going a few blocks away to the dog park and have now made it all the way to Prospect. Gabe and I used to go to the park just to look at dogs and now- we get to bring our own!

Here are a few pics of Dakota in 'Heaven' - She LOVES it!!