Happy New Year

At the Oldest Austin Cemetary

After

Before

Surprise Visit

I surprised my parents and drove down to San Antonio this weekend. We had a wonderful time at an Art Show, which is where this picture was taken, riverboats on the riverwalk, dining out and Christmas shopping. Sunday morning I surprised Big Grandma, it was wonderful having a few hours alone with her before my parents came over for lunch. All in all, it was a perfect weekend.

Progress

So I've been updating by dining room which was stuck in the 90's with wine colored walls and dark furniture. I put in hard wood floors and painted the walls with a beautiful color from restoration hardware. I'm am trying to have a mix of new and old as I have a very eclectic style. I'm very happy with the progress so far but had to share my great find. This is a sideboard I found at a warehouse open to the public and think it looks just darling in the room. I am still working on lighting, artwork and a new rug to pull it all together. When complete, I will post before and after photos of the room.

Friday Night Out

This has been one busy summer, it seems we are always on the go, Friday night was no different. This was taken at Kaylan's B-day party at a mexican restaraunt in McKinney's historic downtown square.

Florida Trip

Florida Trip

This was by far my favorite picture of Blake on our trip to Florida.

Fishing on Lake Lavon!

What a fun night of fishing, we stayed out there till 1 a.m. The fish weren't really biting but I did catch this Catfish, I wish I could have taken a picture with me holding it but I just couldn't bare to touch it!

Susan and Blake

Blake has definately grown an attachment this trip, he looks at Susan like she hung the moon and wants to be near her all the time.

Riverwalk

Blake and I had lunch on the Riverwalk, nothing special just a little Sparro pizza from the food court at Rivercenter mall. It was the scenery and company that made it so nice.

My View at Big Grandma's Pool

Today we spent the day at "Big Grandmas". It started with a big breakfast of bacon and eggs, followed by a morning swim. Then Spaghetti for lunch and another swim. Just a great Lazy Sunday!

Couples Fiesta Dinner at the Club

Robbie played in the member/guest tournament this weekend at the club. They planned a Couples Fiesta Dinner for Saturday night which was so much fun. After dinner I challenged Coach Clay to a putting match and surprisingly I won by 2 strokes, the picture of us in front of the score board is after the match, since he is still smiling I guess I didn't damage his ego to bad.

Preston Place

This is a video of some of the men who live at the Retirement Community that I work at, I feel honored to share in their lives!

Arbor Nature Reserve

Had a wonderful picnic and walk through the Arbor Nature Reserve with my family today in Plano. The weather was perfect!

Uncle Julios

Another resident outing today, we had the best mexican food and a whole lot of "Margaritas"! There were 22 of us so we had to have 2 long tables. The best part was the company, I love my residents.

Spring is Here!

Today at work I was greeted with some brand new ducklings in our swimming pool. They were the cutest little things. Residents came all day long to sit and watch the new arrivals.

Resident Outing

Tonight after work, I took 19 residents to Whataburger. I would have felt sorry for anyone who was standing in line behind us since there were so many, but luckily no one else came in while we were all ordering. I love sharing my favorite fast food spot with them! Robbie and Blake surprised me and were waiting for us when we got there. I definatelty need to do more of this. I plan on taking them to Uncle Julios in a couple weeks, another one of my favorite Mexican food hotspots. I'll try to get some photos of that too.

Tubbs Ranch - Bluffdale, TX

This is where the annual "Bitch Party" takes place every year. I just got back, and I must say we had a great time, just what the Dr. ordered. There were probably around 80 women this year. Lots of Trailers, campers and tents set up. Friday night we danced in the barn until around 2 a.m. Saturday night we had a wearble art runway show followed by skits. I think I went to bed aound 3 a.m. that night, right after 8 women all cramed in one car and went on a secret mission to the guys camp where we hung a platex windchime/chandelier on their front porch. It was pitch black walking up the dirt road, we were almost given away by the dog, then we were scared by a couple of stray calves that came up behind us. (The whole heard ended up following) We all about peed in our pants from laughter, but we succeeded in our mission and were not caught.