1986 C10 Update

Here are some photos of Trey's truck. He's in the process of restoring it. This is what it currently looks like. My grandfather had a truck like this. It reminds me of him. I can't wait until it's fully restored and I can drive it…if Trey lets me. :)

This is what it looked like when he first got it….

And today, this is what it looks like. Still an on-going project...

The Girls are Back

The girls spent a week in Abilene visiting with family. Today, I reunited with them. I missed them so much!

The girls had a fun time visiting everyone...

Trey and I had a few date nights, while they were away.

Mid-week, we went to the theater to watch Jurassic World.  We bought our tickets before the show. We had time to kill before the movie, so we walked around the mall. Without realizing it, Trey dropped our tickets. We re-traced our steps and found them at the shoe department. They had been there for at least 30 minutes.

While we were out, I splurged on Prada sunglasses. This is my first pair of sunglasses that have cost more than $15 bucks.

Dakota's Birthday

Happy Birthday Dakota Bear

This little girl is three, today! Before taking her to Rosa's house, we took her out to her food place of choice. She picked Chick-Fil-A.

Last night, we took portraits on the front lawn. Dakota was upset because her crown kept slipping.

Once we got it situated on her head, she was all smiles. Diva!

These girls, make life better.

Our plan for this evening:
I'm going to bake a cake before the girls get home and then once it cools, I'm going to let them ice it. Things are probably going to get messy, but I know they will love eating and icing the cake.

Happy Birthday, Sweet Dakota!
Here are the things I love the most about you...
Your outgoing personality.
How you can strike up a conversation with anyone.
How confident you are in yourself.
How you are not afraid to speak your mind.
Your kindness.

Graduating From Kindergarten

Here's a throwback to the first day of school, back in August.

Our Stay at Great Wolf Lodge

After the Sunday ballet performance, Cheyenne and I drove to met Trey and Dakota at Great Wolf Lodge. This trip was kind of a spur of the moment trip. Trey's cousin, Jeremy and his wife were planning on staying there, so we decided to meet them there.

We got a room for one night. The cool thing about GWL is that you can start playing at the park as early as 1 pm, check into the hotel around 4 pm, spend the night at the hotel and the next day you can still enjoy the water park until 9 pm. Essentially, you get 2 days of play and one night of rest. We could've stayed longer, but one night was right for us.

There are two play areas, one inside and one outside. I spent the majority of the time outside. It was INSANELY gorgeous weather.

The kids ate snacks on the patio.


There is a resturant on-site called the Lodge (I think that's the name). It was delicious and affordable for a family of four!!!!

Monday morning, I ran 4 miles around the area. Across the street from GWL is Gaylord Texas. Wow, that's a pretty site.

Monday morning, the girls went on a quest around the resort. It's like a scavenger hunt. You use wands to activate the MagiQuest stations.

When you book a room at GWL, you get a free scoop of ice cream. The four of us shared one scoop. LOL!

Monday mid-morning and afternoon we swam and sat poolside.

Dakota is short, so we stayed in the kiddie section for the majority of the time and she swam all over that side.

Dakota was drawn to this wolf. Every time we would pass it, she would stop and sit on it.

This was our last stop at GWL lobby, before saying goodbye to Jeremy and Elizabeth.

Before driving home, we stopped by Rainforest Cafe.



This was a fun and extremly fast getaway. The girls LOVED our family getaway and refuse to take off their purple GWL bands. We are hopping to go on more adventures like this more often!

Saturday, I recorded Josh and Sommer's wedding in Mineloa. It was a gorgeous wedding, despite the morning rain. The rain cleared up - in time for the outdoor reception.

Sommer booked me a hotel room, so I wouldn't have to make a 2 hour drive home following the reception. I woke up pretty early on Sunday, drove to the church to pick up a cord I had accidentally left behind (it's not a wedding unless I forget something) and then I made the drive back home.

Later that afternoon, Cheyenne and I had a ballet date at Bass Hall.
While we were there, we met up with Amanda (She use to watch the girls for me). I won an extra pair of ballet tickets (it was a Texas Ballet Theater FB contest) and I gave her my tickets, since I already had a pair. I also won tickets to the Botanical Gardens and Japanese Garden...I kept those and plan on taking the family this summer before it gets too hot.

I'm surprised how much Cheyenne likes going to the ballet and can sit through it without getting fidgety. Typically, the show is about 2 hours long. The intermission and breaks help. She takes a pen and notepad in case she doesn't want to watch parts of the performance. This was the first time, this season, she sat and watched the majority of the show. Going to the ballet is something we look forward to doing together. I'm not sure if I mentioned it in a previous post, but I went ahead and subscribed to another season with Texas Ballet Theater, so that means we'll be going to more shows in the fall and spring. Now, I'd like to look into doing something with Dakota….some one-on-one with her. She's too young for the ballet, right now. If you have any ideas, let me know. I'll be kicking some ideas around.

After the ballet Chey and I drove to Grapevine to meet Dakota and Trey at Great Wolf Lodge! I'll write more about that in the next blog post!