5 year anniversary

We celebrated this special "multiple of 5" (the first) anniversary at The Joule Hotel in downtown Dallas. We found a special package online that included rose petals on arrival, champagne and chocolates, and breakfast in the room. Monty decided that for our 5, 10, 15 etc anniversaries we are going to do something special. So we left Reece with his Mia and Duffy and checked in Saturday at 4:30 p.m. We quickly changed and headed to the pool with our books in hope of relaxing and reading. Not so much. It was more like a Vegas style pool where we stuck out like sore thumbs - no one there was reading a book nor was there any place to relax. So we went back and changed and headed downstairs to people watch. We sat on the patio of Charlie Palmer's (hotel Restaurant) and had great Cappucino's and relaxed. Monty and I loved getting to sit on the patio and just "be" without worrying about a thing! We got dressed and headed downstairs for dinner at 8:30. Our meal was fantastic! If you have the chance to eat at Charlie Palmer's, I highly recommend it. We got a chance this morning to lay by the pool and read but decided to leave when the party got started up again. Thanks babe for a truly special weekend. I love you!

our room

the bubbly on arrival

before heading to dinner

to many more special anniversaries!

A praise

A dear friend of mine, Amanda, is praising God today for he is SOOO good. She received news that she is now a cancer SURVIVOR and not a cancer patient!!!!! Diagnosed right before I was, she has continued to battle with all of her might for 5 years. Today, her doctor told her she was FREE!!!

http://utmandaj.blogspot.com/

The praises are for: healing, modern medicine, chemo, doctors and their continual effort to increase survivor statuses, and for her family and friends who have never stopped praying and loving her!!! and a cute new boyfriend to boot.
;)

giggle box

I will never ever tire hearing this sound. It's just precious!

road work

The City of Richardson has decided to replace portions of sidewalks. This week it's our street's turn. Reece was thoroughly enthralled with the workers. He had his afternoon snack here in his rocker staring. I was able to read my book for 20 minutes!!!! Keep it up Richardson! Tomorrow we may spend the entire day in the front room. :)

Pointing. They are there-- I promise. They left their Powerade bottle on our grass when they left at 7:00 pm. The sidewalk is not even that bad... oh well - good use of $$.

a new morning must have

Every morning we watch video's from my parents. Reece talks to them. The first thing he asks for when he wakes up is for his Papa. We watch the videos no less than 5 times in a row. The other day he reached over to the laptop and clicked play on his own. So we have started making little videos to send back to them off us watching. Just thought I would share what he is obsessed with right now!

weekend at the lake

Cedar Creek Lake at the Funk's house.

We had a great 4th/5th of July. I didn't take anypictures but these were captured from a friend's FB. gotta love facebook.

Reece's first photograph -- he was the photographer.

Waiting for the fireworks


Entertaining a toddler is a tough job!

We had a great time floating in the lake, exploring the grounds, and eating a great buffet of different dishes. Mostly adults and a few kids, there were almost 80 of us celebrating together. We spent the night in a room with 2 toddlers and 6 adults. It was so worth spending the night to wake up to the peacefulness of a lake.

5 Wh's of Cabo....

A month... I can't believe I haven't posted in entire month! Quick synopsis -- My hubby had back surgery, I finished out the school year, Reece then got herpes stomatitis that put us out for a week, then we packed up and headed to Cabo. That's pretty much it. So here is a summary post of Cabo.

The 5 Wh's of a Summary..

where, what, who, when, why

(I teach math so I could be wrong here!) ;)

WHERE we slept...our room of La Residencia 221.

WHERE we spent our time...
Adjascent to the Esparanza Resort in Cabo San Lucas Mexico

WHO I spent the most time with!

The "Randol" family... aka.. Webb/Parsons/McCaw/Kennedy clan

WHAT we did a LOT of ... relaxing in/near a pool or ocean!

WHEN we all get together... we have a ton of FUN!!

WHY - WE got to spend an entire week with some of my most favorite people in the world - GiGi, GaGa, me and Ali (the determined their new old lady names this week!)

The "Randol" family girls

The boys

the 6th wh that we don't teach--- WHY NOT... get henna tattoos on the day without responsibilities?!! oh yes that's a angel fish on my shoulder!

stay tuned for more specific updates!