New Hobby

This past week we have gone to few events that have kept us out past our bedtime. But I have discovered my new passion in life. I want to be an event photographer. Just joking of course but when we went to the Mavs game I spent the whole time trying to get some action shots. It makes the game go by quickly. Here are some of my attempts.

Dirk shooting a free throw

Dirk shooting again
The Mascot
And I finally got a pic with the ball in the air
Willie Nelson
And we also went to a Willie Nelson concert with the Dallas Symphony. I knew 3 songs - On The Road Again, Always on My Mind, and that song about Wiskey for Horses or something like that. But you can't pass up free tickets!

Snow!

I got to spend some time with Liz in LA this weekend. No entertainment was needed. We stayed entertained by Clara and Allie the whole time. Clara speaks in the 3rd person and calls herself Clar Clar. It's so funny.

And Allie just looks cute and eats and sleeps and cries a little. I might have held her a little too much but I can't help it. She's so snuggly.Oh and we got the best cupcakes at this new little cupcake place in West Monroe called Curls Cupcakes. I was a little snobbish going in since we are lucky enough to have Sprinkles cupcakes here in Dallas. I really didn't think there was any way these could be as good but I stand corrected. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that these were better than Sprinkles.

It was a great trip and I only wish it could have been longer.

Oh and by the way, it's snowing here in Dallas right now!!!

It's All In the Shoes

D and I ran in a 10k race this past weekend. It was my first 10k so imagine my surprise when I found out that I got 5th place in my age group! I want to leave it at that but I must be honest and tell the whole story...it turns out that when registering for the race D and I got our time chips switched. It’s that little chip that you attach to your shoe to get your official time. So, I got credit for D’s time of 48 minutes and he got stuck with my time of 59 minutes. Instead of getting 5th place, I really got 51st place. Oh well. At least I finished and we had a really good time.
I did have a Tech sighting. I saw Lori Rich. It was so crowded that I couldn't get to her to talk to her but I wonder what she is doing now. Does anyone know?

D and I with our matching yellow running shoes.

Dresses, Bibs, Booties and Blankies for “The Baby”

We got together Saturday for a Baby Shower for Meg. I've got to say that with only a month to go, Meg seems to be the most pleasant and laid back pregnant women ever! Sorry Meg I couldn't resist putting this picture up. She never reads these anyway so maybe she won't ever know.
So back to the shower. The little girl outfits “the baby” got were so adorable. "The baby" got lots of goodies from Cutesy Cloths but they were sent directly to Meg because the name is a secret. By the way you need to ask Mandy to post a picture of the cutest little baby shoes that "the baby" received. Meg got some real life baby lessons when Jaxson came over to visit. I'm sure Jaxson and "the baby" will be really great friends someday and hopefully go to Tech together to carry on their parents tradition.

So Meg, I hope the rest of your pregnancy goes well and we can’t wait to meet “The Baby” (can you tell that I'm a little bitter about Meg and Michael not sharing the name with us).

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Sunny CA

We have returned from the land of Los Angeles. We had a great trip but I must say that I was a bit UNDERwhelmed by some of the sights and sounds.

For instance the Kodak theater - the one that hosts the Academy Awards and all - not that big. No red carpet and cheesy souvenir shops surrounding the theater. And the Chinese Theater where you see clips of all the celebrities cementing their hands in the hall of fame - even worse! My hands were bigger than most of the male celebrities so not only did I feel like a giant but it has been taken over by tourist and characters dressed up like Shrek and Batman who charge you to have your picture taken with them. It was not at all g-l-a-m-o-r-o-u-s like in my dreams (I'm singing the Fergie song right now).
But then we headed to the world where all your dreams come true.....DisneyLand!

It turned out to be a family reunion as my uncle and cousins that live in the area came and met us. And we also hooked up with my sister Julie who was in the area on a separate trip with some of her friends from Baton Rouge. My favorite rides were Space Mountain and Hollywood Towers but we also rode some favorites like Pirates of the Caribbean and Star Tours. We barely made a dent in Disneyland but it was fun anyway. And now that I can say that I have been to Disneyworld, EuroDisney and Disneyland all thanks to my great uncle Doug who works for Disney.

Julie and the cousins

Jill and D

Sunday we headed out to see Los Angeles. We went to the Santa Monica Pier, the 3rd Street Promenade and drove through Rodeo Dr. We didn't even try to go into the stores because I didn't want to get snubbed like Julia Roberts in Pretty Women. But here is the store I wanted to go into...

Then Sunday night we had tickets to Wicked. The best musical I have ever seen (I've only seen 3 counting Wicked so I'm no expert or anything but still, it was good)! D even liked it!

Monday we drove around a bit more, saw the Hollywood sign, some nice houses in Beverly Hills and BelAir and then headed to the airport to come back home.

Only one celebrity siting - we saw we Craig T. Nelson so the first person who guesses what TV show he was on gets a prize. And don't cheat!