In Preparation...

In preparation for lake season....no sugar and only a bagel for breakfast and cereal for dinner....I want to eat all the fantastic snacks in the teacher's lounge....but I won't.

Do You Have...

Do you have any idea how excited I am about going with my hubby Saturday to see/hear this sexy little guitar playing, Mexico lovin, ballad singin stud! Yes, Kenny Chesney...he might be bald and short, but he is still HOT!

His Concert Playlist!

She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy

Live These Songs Again

Summertime

Beer in Mexico

Keg in the Closet

Out last Night

Big Star

No Shoe, No Shirt

Don't Blink (Ry and I love this one!)

I Go Back

Anything But Mine

There Goes My Life

Down the Road

Living in Fast Forward

Young

Never Wanted Nothing More

Back Where I Come From

How Forever Feels

Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven

When the Sun Goes Down

Don't happen Twice

Jack and Diane

Encore: Better as a Memory

3 Simple Words...

All I have to say...3 simple words...

KNOCK BEFORE ENTERING...

Lesson learned...

Weekend Recap...

This weekend COMPLETELY flew by! Ryan and I were out and about on Friday night and received a phone call from my boys' father saying he was taking Preston to the emergency room. What?!! He went home from school sick on Friday with a cough and fever, so I told Don that he should take him to the doctor. Later that evening, Preston was wheezing, and the doctor didn't feel comfortable treating him in his office, so he directed them to the emergency room. After a breathing treatment, some steroids, and a heavy duty antibiotic, he was diagnosed with pneumonia! He is doing much better, but he gave us quite a scare!

Sweet little "P"...Yes, I did whip out my camera in the hospital!

Saturday was spent attending Carter's final soccer game of the season along with the trophy party, watching the Mavericks kick the Spurs' boo-tays, sushi at Naan...which we were very disappointed in due to the fact that they moved OUR couch out of the restaurant. See...Naan is OUR restaurant...I don't care what the owners say! We went there on our first date, and there was a couch right inside the sushi area where you can sit next to each other and eat...romantic and loungy. Without consulting us, they rearranged the whole space...and the couch is gone! We have eaten at that same spot probably 20 times, and it's gone, adios, goodbye, forever, as in never coming back. We weren't happy, so we moved out to the patio to consume raw fish and sake. =)

Sunday was laid back as well, and we ended the day by going out to my in-laws' now empty house, sat on the tailgate in the back, watched the dogs run and the sun set, while reminiscing about our wedding day which took place right where we were sitting. Good times....

Our wedding in Ryan's parent's back yard...

Carter was confused...He was used to playing in Pop and Grandma's backyard!

Everything was beautiful...

Everything was perfect...

HAPPY MONDAY!!!

Signing Off...

I'm signing off for another weekend alone with my hubby...Cannot wait. We have a soccer and baseball game on Saturday, but other than that, it's all about us! Have a great weekend and see you Monday!

There's Nothing Better

There's nothing better than the sound of your child laughing...

GOOD TIMES...

Not Enough...

I remember my mother saying there are never enough hours in the day, and as I replay the memory in my mind, I am feeling the angst of her complaint as we speak. Daily life has been so incredibly crazy lately, and I have found it extremely challenging to balance family and work. I tend to over extend myself....like having a full-time job and working on 3 different "curtain-making" jobs at the same time. Between grading papers, lesson planning, parent conferencing, meeting attending, sewing, baseball, soccer, homework, family and marriage time...I am FREAKING exhausted! I am so looking forward to summertime...32 more school days...Can I get an AMEN, sista!?

Meet "Alien"

See this...this is "Alien". He tragically lost his arms at some point in time. My mother bought him when my brother, sister and I were little, and when she put him out on the counter in the kitchen, we knew not to "mess with Mama"! It was her nonverbal way of letting us know she was having a bad day. She is so creative. Well...a few years ago she passed him down to me. I guess she knew I would need him....and I so do. I wonder if the grape my siblings and I put inside him years ago is still there...Good memories...

Greatness...

I spent the weekend at McKinney Trade Days and bought more than I made. When I came home on Saturday around 5:15, my sweet hubby had done ALL the laundry AND put it away, was cooking hamburgers on the grill, had cleaned the house , and the kids were happy...Greatness. Hope you had a fabulous weekend!

Oh, Happy Day!

I am so proud of my little guy! He made it through "the extraction" like a champ! The tooth they took out is GINORMOUS...roots and all! Thank you so much to everyone who said a prayer for him. You have no idea how much I appreciate it! Last night, all the boys were comparing the number of teeth lost over the past week:

Austin 1
Preston 2...with 2 more on their way
Trysten 2

I'm signing off for a fun weekend with the whole gang...Yesterday Trysten asked the question he always asks on his first day back with us..."How many days do I get to be here, Alli?"...and I said, "Four whole days!" His response was, "Dude, that's tight!"

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!!