Valentine's Dinner

I have a couple of pictures from dinner at Piranha with Marlo, Payte, Jessica and her boyfriend. We had a great time and had a drink after at Flying Saucer but Lee and I were so full and tired that we ended up going home early and vegging on the couch!

Marlo and I at dinner

Payte and Lee at dinner

It's a BOY

I just wanted to post a Congratulations to my friend Allison and her husband, Bobby, who found out last Monday that they are having a baby boy (in July I think). No name yet but I will keep you posted.

Vegas

Julie and I had a great time in Vegas! It was a short trip but it was so good to see her and catch up! She brought Marcus with her (he is 5 months old) and he was so fun! He did great at the show on Thursday and Friday and I must admit it was really fun to be around a baby. I do think the 'baby clock' in me is ticking a little faster these days but I still have a few years before any of that starts and I'm enjoying the time that Lee and I get to spend together by ourselves. The show that Julie and I went to is called "PROJECT" and it was really awesome to see all of the trends for Fall and to watch her buy clothes and jewelry for her store (I have it listed under my links as Stella B's and she will have an e-commerce site available so you can order online). I got a couple of good pictures of Marcus and Julie. I hope I don't go so long without seeing Juls again! I miss having her around!

Julie and I at the airport before leaving Vegas. We were both a little tired and I think Marcus was too.


Julie and Marcus.

Just hanging out on the bed.

This is my favorite picture.

Valentine's Day

We don't have big plans for Valentine's Day this year. We are going to dinner with some friends and I am very excited about that! We are going to try out a sushi place in downtown Ft. Worth called Pirahna. I am a 'card' person so I have left a card for Lee the past two mornings. It is fun to wake up and get a surprise in the morning. I was watching the news this morning and saw that a dozen roses costs about $75 these days! I got a mani/pedi instead! My color this time was Rock-apulco Red! I love it! I am going to Vegas next week to hang out with my good friend Julie and go with her to market to pick out clothes for her boutique. I am getting very excited! I haven't seen Julie in a long time and this will be first time to market. If you know me, you know I love me some clothes!!

I asked my Mom what she and Dad were doing for Valentine's Day and she said "We are buying ourselves a new garage door". What fun! $700 later and that isn't really an expensive one! Lee and I are so looking forward to getting a house and settling in but we don't look forward to all the 'fixes' that come with it. Meredith is plugging along in school and working at the Hampton in Tyler. I must say that I think all of the family enjoys her 'discount' she gets for us when we stay at any Hampton or sister hotel! Thanks Mer! Lee is doing great in school as well and giving pitching lessons during the week and on the weekends. He did sign with the Cats for another season and I think he is looking forward to it. The home opener is May 14th and the schedule is at www.fwcats.com if anyone is interested.

I think that is all for now. I hope everyone has a great weekend/Valentine's Day!

More pics

My parents celebrated their 33rd Anniversary last Friday.....Cheers! Congratulations Mom and Dad!

Ft. Worth Stock Show

This year we decided to go to the Stock Show early so we could see all the animals. Last year we went to the Stock Show the last weekend it was open and there were maybe 5 cows and that was it. BUT this year, oh my goodness, there were cows, pigs, goats, rabbits, horses, and everything in between! It was awesome!



This is after we walked around for several hours....I was tired!


This guy was in the petting zoo and I'm not sure what it is but the poor thing had buck teeth and looked terrible! So, I had to get a picture.


Lee loves donkeys so this is for him.

Baby goats are so cute!

Ok, the pigs were hilarious! This one is gnawing on another pigs ear in this picture. I wish I could have gotten video of it, it was so funny!

Lee's New Scarf

These pictures are from a couple of weeks ago but I am just getting them up here. This was a birthday party we went to and got a couple of good pictures. I also wanted to post these so Meredith could see that Lee is wearing his new scarf!

Cinderella

This is something I have wanted to write for a while and for those of you who don't know, this is how Lee and I met.


I waited a long time, through many, many bad dates and single days, to find my best friend, fall in love and be the happiest I’ve ever been. I loved my single days and the girlfriends that I shared them with. I loved that I traveled and lived overseas while I was single. It was an experience I'll never forget and helped me in so many ways to grow up and grow into the person I am now. I was undecided about moving back to the Dallas area after I had been gone for so long but I did have a job here and that was most important at the time:) Mom flew out to Florida and helped me pack my car up (we couldn't see out the back) and we headed back to Texas. I only had about 5 days off before my job in Frisco started. I didn't have a place to live yet so my dear friend Amy (and her husband Chris) let me be their roommie for a month until I moved into my apartment. I was trying to figure out my job and get thru the challenging stage of being new at the office but also being new back in Dallas. I didn't have that many friends here but did manage to get out and meet some people. I had a great summer (2006) with Amanda, Tina, Sally and several other single girls that helped me find my way back into feeling as if I belonged here. Then one night in August I was at a bar (Pour House to be exact) and I saw my friend Sally talking to this really tall, gorgeous guy and I immediately made my way over there and introduced myself!! His name was Lee and I thought he was awesome....but he was playing baseball in Arizona. I didn't want to set myself up for a whole lot of heartache so we talked every once in a while but that was it. Then December came and I decided to invite him to a Christmas party (a little out of the blue) and he happened to be in Vegas at the time so, of course, he couldn't make the party but from then on we started talking more and more. I also found out that he was staying in Ft. Worth to play baseball. Well, that was two years ago and we now live together and share the best relationship that two people could. We are in love, we argue, we make up, we kiss, we hold hands, we laugh until we cry and we just cry, we are best friends! I want to say that he was worth waiting for and I wouldn't do anything differently. He is wonderful and he makes me feel like Cinderella!

Weekend Pics

These are just a couple of pictures I took Saturday night. Heather's little sister turned 21 so we went out to help her celebrate.

I think this is such a good picture!


This is Heather and her Dad.


Marlo, Heather and I.

Christmas in Tyler and Lindale

Wow, has it been forever since I posted! I have a few pictures from Christmas that I am posting but I didn't take as many as I should have. My mom got a new camera and I'm waiting on her to send me the pictures from that but otherwise this is all I got! :) Lee and I did have a wonderful Christmas this year. We spent it in Tyler with my family and then headed to Lindale to spend the weekend with his mom's side of the family for their Christmas.

Here is Mom with her new camera Christmas morning.

Lee with his new scarf from Meredith.

These are the pictures from Lindale and this is Lacey with her boyfriend Garret.

In this pic is Uncle Ken, Bill, Barbara (Lee's Mom and Dad) and Aunt Karen. This is Karen's patio and it had a spectacular view!


Lee's brother Scooter, Lee and his cousin Jeff.

Kendra (Lee's cousin) and her husband David