Showing posts with label Dallas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dallas. Show all posts

Monday, June 10, 2013

November 2012: Courtney's bridal shower


Courtney and the co-hostesses!  Me, Lisa, Jen, Courtney, Candace, and Shelby
These ladies have been friends with Courtney since middle school!  Lisa and I obviously have been friends with Courtney for much, much longer.  ;)

In November, I flew in to Dallas for a day to co-host a bridal shower for Courtney.  It was a big surprise for Courtney because she didn't know I was going to be there in person!!  She showed up at Candace's house and I opened the door and she lost it.  It was so much fun to surprise her.  

Courtney has so many friends and family that love her!  It was such a joy to celebrate her and so many people were there to share their love for Courtney!

Here are a few pictures I took of the beautiful party.
 
 
 
 
 
 

And some of the family that was there...
 
 

 
 
 
-a

Friday, May 13, 2011

Dallas roundup!

We had a great time on our trip to Dallas.  We were there a little less than two weeks ago and we crammed in as many visits with friends and family as possible!  Here's a quick round up...although I missed some pics with Aunt Jeannette, Auntie NeNe and Auntie LeLe.  So sorry!

 
Exploring the sweet dog house at Aunt Marsha's.  Hank totally loved it and was laughing his head off when the dog came up and started licking him.  
Grandma Wilson (my grandma) and Aunt Marsha.  We had a great lunch with them and Marsha's husband Kevin. Hank even got an Easter basket and a pair of bunny ears!
Goofy picture but I had to post this because he wore them for days after we visited Marsha.
We finally got to meet Leah, the daughter of my high school friend Bridgett.  Leah is only a couple of months younger than Hank and it was so sweet to see these two kiddos together.  She wasn't quite sure what to make of the boy who came to her house and rifled through all of her toys. 

By the end of the visit, the two of them were playing together and even passing a ball back and forth.  It was pretty cute.

We also stopped over at my Dad's house and Hank got to play with Wilson and Jayde.  This was such a great visit.  We walked in the door and Hank tore off down the hall to Jayde's room and only came out a few times to play with other toys.  He had so much fun.  Their tunnel was a big hit.  Hank had never played in one before and he went bananas in there.  It was hard to get him out.

Wilson cruising through the tunnel.

Hank and Jayde playing blocks and also playing with every. single. toy. in her room.  At one point I walked in there and these blocks were strewn all over the room in every single nook and cranny.  I found Hank standing on the bed holding a block.  I asked Jayde if Hank threw them all over the place and she said yes and Hank just smiled. 
Hank with Raven and Dad.

Hank practicing for the Mavs.

Hank and Pearce

Pearce and Luke

Hank and Luke taking a snack break.  Hank had so much fun playing with his cousins!  He was really holding his own with them and the guys were very gentle even when Hank tackled them to the ground.  Hank was so worn out when it was bed time after playing with them.  I wish these boys could come over to our house every day!

Hank entertaining himself with kid music on the airplane.  He was very good on both flights.  We flew Virgin America and it was a dream!  Easy on, easy off, plenty of room and everyone was so nice.  I think they just might be my new favorite airline for Dallas trips!

Walking with Grandmama and me in Dallas.

It was such a nice trip.  We miss everyone in Texas!

-a

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Christmas Recap: Happy New Year


HAPPY NEW YEAR!
We enjoyed a lovely brunch on New Year's Day with Courtney. What a wonderful way to ring in the new year!  No pics of Courtney unfortunately.  In fact, I didn't take as many pictures as I normally do over the holidays.  It was pretty relaxing to just put the camera down and enjoy myself!


Hank learning how to color!

Checking out our waitress.


Well, that wraps up all of the Christmas and holiday posts. Whew...glad that is done. 

We don't do formal resolutions around here.  We just set general goals.  One of my goals is to procrastinate less...and I have been doing a good job of that in all areas except blogging about our Christmas holidays.

-a

Christmas Recap: Basketball

Hank driving in for a layup



I would love to have a house with an indoor basketball gym. It is so kid friendly it's ridiculous. Just toss your kids in there, close the door, and come back sometime later. Courtney's apartment building has one of these and the kids love it. Pearce and Luke ask to spend the night with her all the time and we think it's just so they can go play in the gym (just kidding, of course they want to come over and spend some QT with NeNe). While staying with Courtney we hit the court to let the kids get their ya-yas out every day, sometimes twice a day. Pearce and Luke spent the night over at Courtney's a couple of times while we were there. 2 bedroom apartment, 3 adults, 3 kids...fun! Obviously, as a result, everyone had some ya-yas to get out. I couldn't wait to get down there each day. It was soooooo much fun to watch Hank run around with complete freedom. It's also really fun to play ball with kids. We made up all kinds of games and everyone was dog tired when we would go back to Courtney's. I used to pride myself on my good throwing arm but for some reason, Pearce kept eluding me while we played dodge ball. He was able to hit me over and over again. I guess I'm not too swift in my flats. Brett, on the other hand, had no problem nailing the 7 year old Pearce with the ball. Is it mean that we had so much fun hitting him with a ball? In hind sight, maybe, but I guess you had to be there. We were all rolling with laughter every time one of us got hit with the ball. It brought out the kid in us adults and made the real kids howl with laughter.

Guys, I'm open throw me the ball.
Guys! Guys! For real, I'm still open.

 Excellent finesse on the ball Pearce!  

 Hank - posing for his championship shot

Luke!

-a

Christmas Recap: Dallas Part 2

We had our last Christmas celebration over at my sister Lisa's house.  By the time this party rolled around, Hank was well versed in watching other people open gifts and he was ready to get in on the action himself.  He tore into his own gifts!



Poor Ellie!  Sometime earlier in the day she injured her eye so Brett had to leave the Christmas party at the beginning to take her to the emergency vet hospital.  She had a tear on her eye.  It made me so sad because it had to of been painful.  She was so quiet and calm that day as a result.  This picture shows Luke being a good boy and keeping a safe distance from her.  Since Ellie was sick we needed to give her some space (aka kids need to stay away!)  She has since recovered fully and is in wonderful health again.  Yay Ellie!

This humongous stuffed horse was a gift that Pearce received for Christmas when he was a little boy.  It was so funny when Brett brought it out into the living room with Hank on the back of it.  It was like deja vu!  I remember Pearce as a little one on that horse!
Pearce - Christmas 2005
-a

Christmas Recap: Dallas Part 1

The next stop on our Texas trip was Dallas.  We headed over to my Dad's house and had a Christmas get together over there.  Hank again had lots of cousins to play with here and he loved getting into all of the fun toys in Jayde's room.
All five kids playing together
 
Luke
 


Jayde
Pearce

Wilson, 10.5 months

Hank felt like the shelf on the coffee table was the perfect hideout for him.  I had a hard time pulling him out of there so we just left him.

-a
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