For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11

Friday, March 26, 2010

Its spring time in Texas

This year we have had the craziest winter I can remember since I have lived in Dallas. Not only did we have some of the coldest temps on record we had four different rounds of snow the last being over the first day of spring. Kind of ironic!!! This time around we got 5 to 8 inches of snow depending on where you looked around our house. Yet again it was gorgeous! I even got to build Bob the snowman with Jason. Definitely an interesting way to start off the first day of spring.

March 20th - Grandma Chris got to enjoy the snow with us. She loved every minute of it.

Around 9:30 pm - It snowed all night long.

March 21st @ 9:30am

9:00 am - We got anywhere from 5 to 8 inches of snow.

She has on three sweaters and her jacket. We could only find one glove so the other two are socks.

Grandma Chris decided to try and adventure out with us. She was the most excited out of all of us. She hasn't gotten to see snow like this in a long time. For us it is starting to become second nature.

This is the "I still don't know what to make of this stuff" face and is completely ok not leaving the porch.

This was one of two spots we measured. The other spot came in at about 5 inches.

It makes Jason just as happy to see how much Shiner and Bailey like the snow as it does for us to watch Kaylie. They love it. They could spend hours chasing snowballs that would break up in the air before actually getting to them.

Kaylie did not like being dragged into this picture.


My poor flowers. We almost planted all of our spring flowers the weekend before but decided to wait just in case their was another freeze. So glad we waited. Thankfully, they perked back up the next day.

Creating Bob...Kaylie was pretty much done at this point.

Bob lived a good life. After 24 hours and 60 degree temps we said good bye to our dear friend.

Camera practice

Having just gotten my fancy camera I decided to see what I could do with it scenery wise. I know these are not professional quality but overall I think they turned out pretty good. I would love advice or tips on how to take better pics so if you have any feel free to leave a note. All I ask is that you don't bash me.


Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Arboretum (1 of many)

On Friday Kaylie and I took advantage of the beautiful weather to take grandma to the Arboretum. Grandma Chris loves flowers and we thought this would be a wonderful bonding experience for the three of us. We had a blast. We enjoyed a relaxing lunch on the porch and a stroll through the Arboretum looking at all of the different types of flowers. Definitely a great day! After looking through all the pictures I took it was hard to decide which ones to post. This was the best I could do when it came to narrowing it down.



We apologized to the poor flower she demolished. We know she is not supposed to touch. She did not listen.

She was in such a good mood. She definitely let me take a lot of pictures.


Giving Meow Meow a kiss. Thought this was precious! She has such a soft side.

The little boy in the picture was standing here when the winds decided to shift. He ended up getting soaked. As funny as it was we all felt so bad for him. Thankfully, it was a gorgeous day out.

I enjoyed all the different faces she made. Have to make sure to include all of them.

Playing with the rocks were her favorite part of the day. We had to force her to leave.

She threw them everywhere. I ended up pulling them out of her hair.

I had a hard time keeping her out of the plants. She enjoyed jumping off the hill.

As we were walking she decided she was done. She laid herself out on the ground so no one could get by and refused to move. I ended up carrying her the rest of the way to the gate. Silly girl.

Grandmas here!!!

On Thursday we were blessed with a visit from Grandma Chris. We had a wonderful visit. Kaylie was so glad to spend time with her and be able to show grandma all the new things she has learned since they were last together.

Grandma showered Kaylie with a bunch of goodies. She loved them all.


Even Bailey had to show grandma how excited she was to have her here.

Hanging out

Caught her here just hanging out. She gave me some precious photo ops.

Mouse Madness

Last Monday was the start of spring break for the kids in Frisco. To celebrate we went with our neighbors to see the mouse named Chuckie to play games and have a great time with "the girls" and Paulie as Kaylie refers to them. We have missed them so much and had a blast spending some time with them. Again, excuse the picture. It was taken with my phone. I thought this was a good picture considering she hates the mouse and at previous visits refused to even get next to him on this ride.

Elmo Loves You

Just thought this was sweet. Caught her reading one of her favorite books.