Derek and I had a great time celebrating our 12th Anniversary with a special date night.  We headed to Wolfgang Puck's Five-Sixty Restaurant at the top of Reunion Tower in Dallas.  I have lived here ALL my life (was BORN in Dallas) and have never been to the top of Reunion Tower (the microphone looking…

We had a fun field trip on Thursday exploring all the cool things at the Museum of Nature and Science.  Highlights were: Digging in the sand for dinosaur fossilsThe bubble table (Jacob was able to make long tubes with it and Caleb stuck his head in one!)Samuel loved the air vent table where he made…

Jacob and Caleb were DYING to go to the Allen Skate Park (a very cool place with concrete ramps and a dirt bike track).  They were very confident and optimistic about their abilities…until we got there.  There were LOTS of "skaters"…all of which were very talented (up and down the ramps with ease).  No one…

I joined the gym two weeks ago.  So far…so good.  It's title has the word "Family" in it (i.e. Texas Family Fitness), and I tell you, it feels a lot more family-friendly than the other gyms I've been to.  As in, real mom's and real grandma's and real dad's working out there.  And since I'm…

I thought it worth noting, before all the soccer-hype of the last few weeks brought on by the FIFA World Cup in South Africa dies down, that our family has a special soccer connection.  My great-grandfather (my mom's mom's dad) is an inductee in the National Soccer Hall of Fame.  I took the following text…

…where we keep our jammies on, long into the morning, and park our cars on the window sill… …and where we have impromptu "parties" with games, popcorn and Crystal Light in the afternoon… I love summertime.    

Derek and I always joked that with last month's HOT and dry conditions, it would be just our luck that when the pool was ready to be finished and used it would be raining.  Well… We have to laugh!  Today was supposed to be when they pour the deck for the pool and next week…

Been doing a lot of reading lately – I think it's my post-trek freedom that has given me a little of a reading bug.  Some have been better than others…here's the list: 1.  Hunger Games and Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins:  I very much enjoyed these action-packed books and can't wait for the 3rd in…

As you already know because of THIS post, we spent a fun day at Lake Grapevine with the Hicken's.  The Smith's had a blast!  Tubing, jet-skiing, swimming and just enjoying the day with some of our favorite people. These pictures make me smile from ear to ear.  Thanks, Hicken's! Is it really any wonder that…

This is what happens when a middle-aged woman gets on a red tube with an athletic teenage boy in the middle of a lake and says "I want to go fast"… Poor Nick got off as fast as he could. 🙂  Perhaps it was all the screaming, or the cries of "Who's idea was this?!?!"…