Cooper and His Little League Opening Ceremonies

Today we went to my nephew's little league opening ceremonies at Winfrey Point near White Rock Lake. The day was beautiful! It was great to support Coop and it was my brother's birthday so nice to spend time with him on his special day.

Stars Game!

Last Tuesday we went to the Stars game. Ryan got free tickets from the Dallas Morning News for being a loyal subscriber if you can believe that! The fantastic part is we get there and we were three rows behind glass. So cool! Brayden had fun. Was a little overwhelmed by noise but we had a good time.

Date Night

Ryan and I got to finally celebrate our 6 year anniversary last weekend. We went to Del Frisco's Grille for dinner which was fabulous and then after for a few drinks at Bar Belmont. The view of downtown Dallas at the Belmont was awesome - such a cool place to go. We had a great time.

Aquarium!

A few weeks ago we got Brayden an aquarium for his room. He loves going to the aquarium at Fair Park and had been asking for a fish. We went to pet store with the intention of getting a goldfish and a bowl and walked out with a 10 gallon fish tank and 6 fish.. It's actually really cool and surprisingly low maintenance. So 6 new fish are now part of our family.

Holiday Pinterest Projects

I think I have mentioned on this blog here how much I LOVE pinterest. It is probably one of the most genius websites ever created. I can spend hours looking at that site and how found so many sources of inspiration it really is unbelievable. It is almost getting embarrassing when I take a dish somewhere or do some sort of project when people ask "Where did you find that idea?" "Where can I get that recipe?" My friends are so tired of hearing my answer as Pinterest. If you haven't discovered it, you are missing out. I have fed my family, kept myself busy, fueled my creativity, found outfit/fashion ideas, all because of Pinterest. But enough of that... here are some of the projects I did over the holidays I found on Pinterest....

PRINTABLE ADVENT CALENDAR IRON-ON DECALS. (I put them on muslin bags and hung them with laundry clips and a twine rope).

PHOTO ORNAMENTS (Photos transferred to mini canvases - using modge podge)

HANDPRINT SNOWMEN (found this thanks to my friend Courtney Edwards :)

PHOTO CANVASES (My walls are not this lime green - not a good photo! )

Christmas 2011

Was it just me or was Christmas a total whirlwind?!?! Before I knew it, it came and went. We had an amazing holiday, so fun with Brayden of course. He is very into Santa now and so its so exciting with all of the buildup and then him waking up Christmas morning. We did lots of fun activities before Christmas: his school program, making Gingerbread houses with Travis and Grady - an annual tradition, visit with Santa, Christmas Eve with family and then the actual day of Christmas. We were even more blessed this year when Ryan was offered a job before Christmas to be an assistant coach for the women's team at TCU - so that was super exciting and I am so happy for this new opportunity for Ryan. The Texans was a great job for him, and they did a lot for him and he was very successful there but I can't wait to see what the future holds for him. (and for us as a family). Here are a slew of pics from the Christmas holiday:

SCHOOL PROGRAM

GINGERBREAD HOUSES WITH BEST BUDS GRADY & TRAVIS :)

VISIT WITH SANTA

CHRISTMAS EVE

Santa left a note by the cookies we left for him!

Look at the loot that Santa brought Brayden! He asked for Rescue Heroes and my goodness Santa delivered :)

Thanksgiving Lunch at Brayden's School

Ryan and I went to Brayden's school before Thanksgiving to celebrate Thanksgiving dinner with him. They had a full lunch of Thanksgiving food and we got to enjoy some time with him. They had made cute placemats for all of the children in the class with photos of their family and then laminated them. It was a fun time.

His good friend Sean

Teachers Ms. Pinkal and Ms. Tye