Easter 2014

We had a great 3 day weekend and a wonderful Easter this year.  The kids enjoyed the annual neighborhood Easter egg hunt.  It was a bit sad for Trey as he is at the cut off age of 10 this year so Paige will be running solo next year.  Then we had Easter Brunch with the family at the Longhorn Club.  It was delicious and relaxing, but sadly, there was an accident just as we finished our meal.  A golf cart that delivers food to golfers tipped over as it was going down a hill.  We heard the noise and sat stunned momentarily.  Dominique was the first one to run down to help.  He had to lift the long cart with the help of another man off of the poor girl trapped underneath.  Thankfully, the fire men arrived within a couple of minutes.  I am very proud of my husband.  He did a wonderful selfless thing for a stranger without thinking twice.

Neighborhood egg hunt

Is that a bunny hopping?

Easter morning treasures

I love this picture...Trey put his arm around Paige first and then she hugged onto him. XOXO

American Girl Heaven

Over Spring Break, Paige and I headed down to Houston with our wonderful friends, Kendra and Brylee, to go to the American Girl Store.  Paige loved it!  If these dolls existed when I was little I would have been totally into them.  Unfortunately, money goes fast in this kind of place and everything is so adorable, it is hard not to want it all.  The girls also were excited to ride the double-decker carousel in the mall.  What fun!

Eating lunch in the Bistro

"Saige", Paige's doll, getting her hair done at the salon

Posing with the (cardboard cut out!) girl of the year, Isabelle

Upper level

Heading home

Christmas 2013

Christmas morning and Santa delivered! (And Mommy & Daddy too of course).

Check out Trey's excitement!

Cheers to a Happy and Healthy 2014!!

Christmas 2012

We hope you all had a very Merry Christmas.  We certainly did.  Everyone had an enjoyable day.  Of course when all the gift opening was over, Trey and Paige both were so sad saying, "I wish tomorrow was Christmas".  That is why the season is so much fun - the anticipation of the day and spending it together.

Wishing you a Great New Year!!  2013 here we come!

Austin Duck Tour

We had a great Thanksgiving holiday and we ended it today with a tour downtown and on the lake with Austin Duck Tour.  Our tour guide was excellent, the weather was G O R G E O U S and I would say we all learned a lot about our home city, the great capital of Texas.

Keep Austin Weird!!

Halloween 2012

We all had another fun Halloween.  Paige was Dorothy and Trey was, well Trey.  We came home with 7 lbs, yes you read that correctly, 7 lbs of candy after trick or treating.  Good golly!

Paige and her teacher 

School Halloween Parade

My friend Elfriede and CARS

My wonderful, amazing, funny, sweet, say it like it is friend Elfriede came to visit for another Memorial Day weekend.  The kids LOVE her (as do I of course!).  We had fun hanging out, watching DVDs, playing games, going out to eat and visiting with my folks.  Sadly, I didn't take many pics, and by many I mean any more than one.

Sorry!

Trey and Paige were playing so nicely (=no tattling or fighting or coming out to bug me) in Trey's room I had to go check what they were up to.  Turns out they were stacking all of Trey's matchbox/hot wheels cars on top of each other.  Pretty cool.

Work in progress

Finished project

Wow, that is a lot of cars!!