This Memorial Day my mom came for a visit. It was the perfect long weekend! Shopping, cooking, eating, visiting & sunning by the pool! We also celebrated her birthday. Thanks Mom for making the trip - we always love having you here with us!
This past weekend was AWESOME! My Dad & Cathrina drove in on Friday night to spend the weekend with us. After they arrived on Friday we headed straight to Babe's for dinner! If you have never been you are missing out on some of the best food of your life! We all enjoyed stuffing ourselves well beyond full! Saturday we headed to Studio Movie Grill to see Date Night and indulge in more food! Great movie and I think its safe to say we will be there again soon. I mean what could be better than watching a movie and having a waiter to wait on you hand & foot - not to mention they have free refills! Chris & I took a break from the diet we have been on and pumped ourselves full of Dr Pepper. It was amazing! That afternoon we did a little sightseeing, by way of some furniture & book shopping. Then Saturday night we topped the weekend off with mojitos, sangria swirls & wine at Gloria's. According to my Dad Gloria's was "WOW"! Which in our family means FANTASTIC FOOD, DRINKS & ATMOSPHERE. We were able to walk in and get a table within minutes on the patio. It truly felt like vacation! Sunday morning they headed back and we relaxed the day away.
What a treat is was to have lunch with my mom on Mother's Day weekend. She was in town to see my sister and of course the grand kids. We met them about halfway between Frisco & Weatherford. It really was wonderful! I have the best Mom around! She is a great friend and always a great encouragement to me. We look forward to having her at our house in just a few weeks. Lookout DFW malls! We will be on the loose! I love you mom!
Easter weekend was a 3 day weekend at my office so Chris and I took advantage and headed South for some fun! During the time we lived in New Jersey we were blessed to meet many people but mostly The Thompsons! Jeff & Cindy were our very best friends while we lived there. They were such a wonderful support to us. They were also our favorite travel buddies! In May of last year they moved back to Texas and we have kept in touch. So this was our big reunion weekend! We drove down Thursday. Spent Friday & Saturday shopping, eating & watching movies. It was so wonderful! Then Saturday night we continued our reunion by meeting The Albanese's for dinner at the Galleria. Parking was a nightmare but it was totally worth it! It had been a long while since we had been able to just hang out with these 2 (now 3). Averie was cute as ever! Saturday night we landed at Casa Hobson for some more fun! Matt & Nicole welcomed James just a few months ago and we enjoyed so real time with him. The boys played some Super Mario Bros which was awesome! Sunday morning we did church and lunch and then hit the road. On the road home we were able to make one more stop to visit with my BFF Linn and her family. Always great to just hug her neck and chat. All in a ll a wonderful weekend! Looking forward to doing it again soon!
January, February & March are busy months for our families in regards to birthdays.
Our nephew Mason & niece Emmerson both turned 5 just a week apart from one another. Emmerson had a Disney party. We drove over to Weatherford and caught a little of the action! She was a very cute Minnie Mouse and had lots of wonderful things to share about her trip to Disney World! Then the next week Chris had to work, but I was able to join the family at The Magic Time Machine for Mason's birthday dinner. Chris & I both were able to make the Going Bonkers party. We all had a great time and Mason got some awesome toys! Here are a few pictures of our time with them.
Granty also celebrated a birthday and so we enjoyed the traditional birthday dinner at Abuelos. She is such a wonderful lady! We are happy to be living a little closer to her.
In March we headed to Lubbock to celebrate our niece Brooklyn's 1st Birthday right along side my Dad's 60th Birthday. It was a wonderful weekend! We really enjoyed all the family time and especially dinner with my Dad. Brooklyn was quite a hit with the birthday cake as you could imagine! She is so stinkin cute!
I am blessed beyond measure to have had such wonderful grandparents! They lived 6 blocks away for most of my life and we were able to spend so much time with them. It was all truly priceless! There were times when I thought I might not get married before they passed - what a great gift that I could share Chris with them in their last years. The holidays this year were bittersweet. Chris & I got to spend our first Christmas at home - but my granny was to sick to be there. However we did get some incredible one on one time with her late one night at the hospital. I think I somehow knew it might be the last time I would get to visit with her. So despite the fact that it was 3am we soaked it all up. She was the granny I remembered as a kid that night - and one we had not seen in months. To say that she was a Godly woman seems to be an understatement. I learned so much from her about life and about my Lord. I miss her like crazy! But I know there will come a day when we will be reunited - oh what a glorious day that will be!
I love you Granny!
Oh how sweet it is to be on vacation....oh how hard it is to get back to reality!
We headed out New Years morning for a week vacation in MEXICO! Warm weather & all you can eat/drink! It was fabulous & I can't wait to do it all over again next year. But until then I will just soak in all these beautiful pictures! We stayed at the Aventura Spa Palace - it was wonderful! We would both highly recommend it! The hotel was great, but we did venture out to Playa for the day & also to Xel-ha. Xel-ha was beautiful! Another great recommendation for your next Mexican vacation! Chris & I both got some sun - which was awesome! I guess it makes up for our summer in NJ where we never saw the sun. Now we begin our countdown to the next vacation...to bad its 6 months away :(
Sidenote: we saw lots of Iguana's and I just could not pass up the opportunity to snap their picture...sorry if its a bit excessive!
