Who Knew the Antique Roadshow was so Fun!

My great sis-in-law, Heather, called and asked if I wanted to go to the Antiques Roadshow at the Dallas Convention Center. Her company-Liberty Mutual-was sponsering it, so she had tickets. I hesitated at first, but I looked at it as a great "girls afternoon" together.


Mother/Daughter time


I have to say that it was the most interesting and fun afternoon!!! We got a back stage tour and saw how they organized and filmed everything. I was fascinated and wished I had brought some ancient valuable to have it looked at. Taylor's favorite part was winning a T-shirt and one of mine was laughing so hard as a lady from PBS told us a hilarious story. (If anyone wants to know the pedicure story just let me know).



Of course our trip was not complete until we stopped at Sprinkles afterwards! Gotta love those cupcakes.

Surprise Anniversary Morning

Taylor spent the night before our anniversary at her friend Sydney's house. Kimberly took them to the store and Taylor bought (with her own money) muffins for breakfast, streamers, confetti, star sunglasses, and a fun cake. Tay surprised us in the morning with this spread of goodies. I couldn't get over it. She is the sweetest daughter there ever was :)I sure love our Taylor girl.

10th Anniversary

Sean and I will celebrate our 10th anniversary. Time truly flies!!! I have the best guy ever. He is amazing. I took some time to reflect on "HIM". Let me share...

His Likes: (things he is passionate about)
Aviation
His family
The solar system
The church (everything about it)
Travel
Sports (watching, playing, coaching)
Animal Planet
Comedies
Me!
Long showers
Maps
Good 80's songs
Talk radio
Missionary work
Boating
Sushi
Good basketball shoes
"Combos"
Hot tubs

His Dislikes:
Women driving while talking on cell phones
When the boys miss the toilet
Cutting nails over carpet-yuck
Bad drivers
Lots of shopping
Cheap trash bags
Sad movies
When he gets hit in the face/head :)

What I Love About Him:
Watching him be a great dad
His nicknames for me
The twinkle in his eyes when he talks about his family and about flying
The way he does his hair-it's an art
When he gets fired up about politics
When he gives me tickles
When I go out with friends, etc. and he says "have a great time or enjoy"
When we talk or play Uno

Lake Lewisville on a Perfect Afternoon

On a perfect Friday afternoon we went out to Lake Lewisville with the Plowmans. We had a blast with them! I was the 1st to try wakeboarding and got up on my 2nd try. I was secretly hoping it would take Sean awhile to get up, but of course he was up on his 1st try and stayed up longer than I did. Darn! Jake tried and had a great attempt, then Taylor tried and got up! It was fun to just feel the breeze while riding in the boat and play in the water. (it was fun seeing the Perkes and Palmers there too).
Go Sean!
Go Taylor!
Go me! Why isn't there a picture of me actually up.

School is Out...Summer Begins!

What a great year. Taylor finished 2nd grade and Jake finished Kindergarten. They were both wonderful teachers and the kids learned so much. What great memories! Here a couple of pictures from the last day of school.

Washington DC Trip

On Matthew's birthday...him and I flew to Washington DC. The purpose in going was to be there for my little sis' graduation. I am so proud of Noelle! I feel blessed to be her sister. She graduated with a Masters in Government from Johns Hopkins University.

Matthew was even getting into the graduation spirit!













It was so fun that Jamey and Katharine came and blessed little Luke there. I loved being a part of the sweet blessing, even if Matthew got a little loud.

I can say it was one of the greatest weeks. SO many fun things to do and great people to see (fun to see the Seays again too). We also celebrated Addy, Jon, Matthew, and my mom's birthday there. We had all put together a memory book for my mom's 60th birthday. We worked on it for a month before we got there and she loved it! It was such a tribute to a wonderful woman.













A highlight was going on a West Wing tour of the White House. Only a staffer can take you through and Noelle's friend Millie works for Mrs. Bush, so she was able to take us around. I had been on the other White House tour 2 years ago, but the West Wing put the cherry on top.















We were able to fit in a trip to the inner harbor. It was fun to walk around and of course The Cheesecake Factory is always a treat.














That night we went to a National's game. It was a ton of fun! Matthew was dancing every time he heard music. I think he was amusing most of the people behind us. The night ended with a fireworks show that we all loved. What a trip!

One is fun!

I can't believe our Matthew turned one! He has been such a joy. We have all loved having a baby in the house again.

It seems like yesterday I went to the hospital to be induced. When we got out of the car there was a double rainbow over the hospital. It was at that moment that I knew that everything would be O.K. And it was. We have this little guy now.

A few days before Matthew's birthday we had a combined party with Grammy. Everyone came over including cousin Meredith who was in town from Colorado. A few days later (on his actual birthday) mom and Matthew flew to Washington DC.