Go Rangers!!!

Shout out to The Texas Rangers as they go against The New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series.

Go Rangers!!

Our Summer 2010 So Far

Braedon's First Birthday!

"Call my Aunt Tina if you like my shirt. I think it's pretty cool."

Tina's parents drove up for the 4th of July Weekend

Addison Kaboom Town July 4th Fireworks

Fort Worth Stockyards

Running of the Bulls...not quite.

"I told you they don't drive cars in Texas!"

Our a-MAZE-n time 18 minutes....Mom & Dad 22 minutes.

Our Trip To Destin

Well we are making up for a few months with no blog posts. Here is a picture recap of our trip to Destin. We had so much fun playing and relaxing with my mom, dad, and brother (Travis).

SCOOT doggy packing and getting ready for the beach. How do you like my hat?

Home away from home. This place was perfect for vacationing with family. Three bedrooms and three full bathrooms. Enough said!

Yeah, We're here!
Day 1: Surfing or shall we say attempting to surf. I really need to get in shape! After paddling out and falling off a few times I was spent. Here I am muscling up the surf board.
I really miss going for bike rides. We rode all around.
Day 2: Sailing and snorkeling

If you know Jon, you know he is terrified of the water. And if you didn't already know he married a water loving girl. Well long time ago in our dating years our first occurrence with water was a work function called the Buffalo bayou regatta. It was a kayaking adventure down Buffalo bayou and started with "I don't know how to swim" and somewhere in the middle flipping the kayak over because a tree was down across the bayou and the water forced us under water under the log and out the other side. Well, that just made everything better. Yeah right! Side note: The regatta was for Jon's company and going was his idea. I am telling you this because all prior vacations and water events have come with exchanged looks, words, tension, etc. I am so proud of Jon. He is a trooper and enjoyed all the water things we did without any hesitation. Sometimes I think he forgot that we were in the middle of the ocean.
Day 3: Deep sea fishing

What do you know? Jon is not hanging on to the boat. I don't think the first mate realizes he asked the most scared person to help string the fishing poles. By the way, this was the only time my mom was smiling on the boat.
Everyone caught several fish except my mom. She could not bring herself to move after getting nauseous.
Fun when you are catching fish, sucks when your hanging off the side puking. Although I had a great time, minus getting sick, I don't think I will ever do it again. All the motion did not quite go well with me and I even had one of those patch things.
My brother with one of his catches. Thanks for baiting my hooks bro.
Can you believe Jon caught the biggest fish?
Me, dad, Travis

The loot. Yes, there is a pile of fish on the floor between us.
Scooter goes to the beach.

Day 4: Driving range and then hello golf course.
Good follow through or mad photo skills?
Destin sunrise
Enjoying the sunrise
Day 5: Chillin' at the BEACH!
sting-a-rays
soak it up
our PAWfect car rider

Hockey & Futbol

Texas Tornados Hockey Team In Frisco

FC Dallas vs. Houston Dynamo @ Pizza Hut Park In Frisco March 27th.

Tina with the mariachi band.

Tina and Jon with Pepe from Fiesta Grocery Store

Houston Dynamo vs. Where's Waldo??

The Wave Starter Dude

Houston Dynamo Fans! (Game ended in tie 1-1)

City Craft

City Craft in Dallas is one of my favorite places to buy fabric. I go there quite often and the owner is always asking what am I working on so I couldn't pass the chance to show off the little outfit I made for Scooter. Well, featured on her blog is my puppy and my #1 fan. Visit her fabulous blog if you are feeling crafty.

Who needs a GIRLS weekend?

Me, me, me! Well I have had a great weekend with some of my favorite girls from Houston. We chatted, relaxed in the hot tub, and took in some shopping therapy at Canton's first Monday trade days. Here are a few pics from the affair:

The Avery dress

Negotiating great deals for friends

Dressing my metal figure with some of the favorite purchases during show and tell

Loaded and ready to go home to our awesome husbands

SCOOTER'S CANTON SURPRISE

Work takes an official SNOW DAY

On Thursday our lights went out for about 3 hours during the day and then came back on. Hooray! Around 2am Friday morning the electricity was out again only this time there was no estimated time when it would be back on. (Snow is no fun without a heater to warm you back up from playing.) Later on after feeding and walking the dog we discovered that the roads were frozen and the buses were hit or miss. Work takes an official snow day! Getting colder, and colder in the apartment and yearning for a hot meal we decided later in the afternoon that the roads were mostly melted enough to get out and get something hot to eat. Waiting for the power to come back on we purchased a day pass on the DART rail and rode around town checking out the sites. Here are some pics from our SNOW DAY:

icy, snowy roads

look how deep the snow is (overall we got a foot of snow)

it's cold!

Snow creatures are everywhere

snow covers everything

The DART light rail

Creativity shown throughout the city

near the Dallas convention center where the NBA jam session was taking place