Monday, August 24, 2009
1st day of FIRST Grade
Today my Ben started FIRST grade, I can't believe it! I know that he will have a great year and he was SO excited for school to start! I even got his famous double thumbs-up from the car as he was walking into the building!!
Sunday, August 16, 2009
SAN ANTONIO TRIP
Chris and I decided to take a trip to San Antonio to celebrate out Anniversary and my 30th birthday. Ben, Emma & Ginny stayed with GaGa & PaPa while we were gone and had so much fun with them! We left Thursday evening and went down to Austin to see my younger brother, Colin and check out his new digs. Of course my wonderful husband took me to my very favorite place for dinner,Cracker Barrel in Waco-on the way down. We got to Austin and went and hung out at Colin's apartment for quite awhile catching up and then we went back to our hotel. The next morning, we decided to check out a winery that I had found online on our way to SA. We had a little trouble finding it, but it was well worth it!
The Winery was The Mandola Estate Winery (http://mandolaestatewinery.com/) in Driftwood, TX. We ate lunch at the on-site restaurant Trattoria Lisina. It was a truly fabulous lunch, I had some of the best Italian food I have ever had (which means a LOT coming from me~seeing as how much I LOVE Italian food) and of course some wonderful wine. After lunch we did a wine tasting and looked around the grounds. It was truly so beautiful, there were gorgeous flowers and HUGE butterflies, we also saw a couple of hummingbirds!! :) It was the perfect start to our special trip. After our wonderful lunch, we were on our way to SAN ANTONIO!
We arrived at our hotel, the beautiful Westin on the Riverwalk and checked in and got settled. Then we changed for dinner and to stroll on the riverwalk. We decided to eat dinner at the Rio Rio Cantina, where Chris had a Horni Margarita ;) Dinner was great, then we decided to stroll around the riverwalk before going back to our hotel.
Saturday, we slept in and then decided to go to lunch at a place I had found on the Diners, Drive-ins and Dives website (Come on now- I KNOW Y'all watch that show!) called the Tip Top Cafe. It was SOO Yummy, I had a chicken fried steak sandwich and Chris had a cheeseburger~they were both SO good!! Then my sweet Hubby offered to take me to Starbucks as I hadn't had my coffee for the day yet. :) Then we went to the cute cupcake place I found online and brought some cupcakes back to the hotel for an afternoon snack.
Then we explored the shops at La Villita and went to the Riverwalk Mall for a bit. Then back to the hotel to get ready for dinner at Rosario's, which was super good! After dinner we met up with some awesome friends (Molly & Don) and went to this super fun Piano bar called Howl at the Moon. The music was AWESOME and we had so much fun!!
Sunday we woke up and packed our stuff to head back home, on the way out of town we decided to pick up a couple of 3 1/2 POUND Cinnamon Rolls from this yummy bakery called LuLu's Bakery & Cafe that we had seen featured on an episode of Man vs. Food~We decided to save them for snack later in the day and went to breakfast at a place called the
Magnolia Pancake Haus. We had some of THE BEST pancakes I have ever had, when we were good and stuffed we headed on towards home. We had such a truly fantastic trip and I can't wait to get-away with my wonderful Hubby again soon!
The Winery was The Mandola Estate Winery (http://mandolaestatewinery.com/) in Driftwood, TX. We ate lunch at the on-site restaurant Trattoria Lisina. It was a truly fabulous lunch, I had some of the best Italian food I have ever had (which means a LOT coming from me~seeing as how much I LOVE Italian food) and of course some wonderful wine. After lunch we did a wine tasting and looked around the grounds. It was truly so beautiful, there were gorgeous flowers and HUGE butterflies, we also saw a couple of hummingbirds!! :) It was the perfect start to our special trip. After our wonderful lunch, we were on our way to SAN ANTONIO!
We arrived at our hotel, the beautiful Westin on the Riverwalk and checked in and got settled. Then we changed for dinner and to stroll on the riverwalk. We decided to eat dinner at the Rio Rio Cantina, where Chris had a Horni Margarita ;) Dinner was great, then we decided to stroll around the riverwalk before going back to our hotel.
Saturday, we slept in and then decided to go to lunch at a place I had found on the Diners, Drive-ins and Dives website (Come on now- I KNOW Y'all watch that show!) called the Tip Top Cafe. It was SOO Yummy, I had a chicken fried steak sandwich and Chris had a cheeseburger~they were both SO good!! Then my sweet Hubby offered to take me to Starbucks as I hadn't had my coffee for the day yet. :) Then we went to the cute cupcake place I found online and brought some cupcakes back to the hotel for an afternoon snack.
Then we explored the shops at La Villita and went to the Riverwalk Mall for a bit. Then back to the hotel to get ready for dinner at Rosario's, which was super good! After dinner we met up with some awesome friends (Molly & Don) and went to this super fun Piano bar called Howl at the Moon. The music was AWESOME and we had so much fun!!
Sunday we woke up and packed our stuff to head back home, on the way out of town we decided to pick up a couple of 3 1/2 POUND Cinnamon Rolls from this yummy bakery called LuLu's Bakery & Cafe that we had seen featured on an episode of Man vs. Food~We decided to save them for snack later in the day and went to breakfast at a place called the
Magnolia Pancake Haus. We had some of THE BEST pancakes I have ever had, when we were good and stuffed we headed on towards home. We had such a truly fantastic trip and I can't wait to get-away with my wonderful Hubby again soon!
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Museum of Nature & Science
Today we took the kiddos to the Museum of Nature & Science in Dallas. It was a bit of an adventure (to use a nice term) getting there & getting home due to the DART system, but other than that we had tons of fun! We checked out all of the fossils, minerals & gems and other animals whose natural habitat is Texas. The kids also got to dig for fossils and go through a secrets of spying exhibit. We had such a good time and we can't wait to go back!
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Ginny's 1st Birthday PARTY
What a fun party we had for our big ONE year old girl. We had subs and cake at GaGa & PaPa's with family and friends. We had so much fun!!
Here are some pics of her opening her gifts:
Here are some pics of her enjoying her cake:
Here's the video of her eating her smash cake that mommy made for her:
Here are some pics of her opening her gifts:
Here are some pics of her enjoying her cake:
Here's the video of her eating her smash cake that mommy made for her:
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Happy 8th Anniversary, My Love
Today is Chris & I's 8th Anniversary, I can't believe it's been 8 years! Some days it seems like we have been together for such a long time and others I can still remember our special day like it was yesterday! I can't believe all of the changes we have gone through as a couple and a family over these past 8 years. I am so blessed to be married to the man of my dreams!
Chris,
Thank you for blessing me with our 3 wonderful children. You are my heart and I love you more than words can say! The words to our first song still hold true even now, My Love:
Chris,
Thank you for blessing me with our 3 wonderful children. You are my heart and I love you more than words can say! The words to our first song still hold true even now, My Love:
Monday, July 13, 2009
HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY GINNY!!
Happy 1st Birthday Miss Ginny Grace, you have been such a wonderful addition to our family!! You make our family complete!!
I can still remember vividly the day you came into our lives last year: http://twoandahalfmonkeys.blogspot.com/2008/07/its-girl.html
You are such a happy girl, smiling and laughing!! You LOVE your bubba and Sissy SO much!! You are a crazy fast crawler and not quite ready to walk yet~we're workin' on it though! ;) You love playing with your little people and your stuffed animals that you call baby.
Here's her first attempt at eating a cupcake, YUMMY!!
I can still remember vividly the day you came into our lives last year: http://twoandahalfmonkeys.blogspot.com/2008/07/its-girl.html
You are such a happy girl, smiling and laughing!! You LOVE your bubba and Sissy SO much!! You are a crazy fast crawler and not quite ready to walk yet~we're workin' on it though! ;) You love playing with your little people and your stuffed animals that you call baby.
Here's her first attempt at eating a cupcake, YUMMY!!
Saturday, July 4, 2009
4th of JULY
What a wonderful 4th of July we had, we went to my parents and had a yummy cookout and then met our good friends to watch the fireworks. Ben LOVED the fireworks this year, Emma thought they were pretty, but TOO loud! And Ginny really liked them :)
Here are some pics of our patriotic cuties:
Here are some pics of our patriotic cuties:
Friday, July 3, 2009
Peach Picking
Today Ben and Emma got to go Peach Picking at a cute orchard near Gainesville with GaGa, PaPa and Daddy. They had so much fun and picked lots of yummy peaches. Emma said they picked bright and juicy peaches, not the green ones!! ;) And they got to eat a couple of peaches while they were picking and got to have some homemade peach ice cream-YUM!!
After that, they went to the Fried Pie Co & Restaurant for brunch, Emma had french toast and Ben had a tunafish sandwich! They got to try a couple of different kinds of pie, apple, cherry & chocolate, they said the fried pies were great!!
After that, they went to the Fried Pie Co & Restaurant for brunch, Emma had french toast and Ben had a tunafish sandwich! They got to try a couple of different kinds of pie, apple, cherry & chocolate, they said the fried pies were great!!
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