TCU football

In order to go to the Aggie game at SMU, we bought SMU season tickets. Since we had tickets, DH & B joined S#2 & her family for the TCU v SMU game on Saturday.  The rest of us had other plans. J went camping with Boy Scouts. A & I had some mother/daughter bonding over toe shoes & pedicures.

Aggie football

Last weekend the whole family headed out to another football game. This time we didn't have to travel far since A&M was playing at SMU. It is a fun school for tailgating and we saw lots of Aggie friends. I think B was indoctrinated to the whole Aggie thing. He might want to be a Yell Leader some day. He loved it all. The game itself was a blowout and kind of boring. We were some of the few who stayed for the whole game. A was glad she brought her book with her.

ND Weekend

DH & I went to South Bend for the Michigan game with S#2 & family, S#5 & a cousin or two. We hadn't been back since S#5's senior year/22nd birthday celebration. It was a great weekend to go. DH ran into Dick Vitale in the new bookstore. We tailgated with BIL#2's roommates and enjoyed jello shots from a neighboring tailgate. The weather was perfect for a football game. Our seats were on the very top row of the stadium, but they were still good seats. We had a terrific view of the field and the campus. Best of all, ND won. Big!

Bonus for the weekend, we were able to stop for a quick visit with a high school friend & her family on our way out of town.  Next time, we need to plan for a longer visit!

Cousins in town!

S#1 & family came into town for the weekend. They live up in Iowa and don't make it to Dallas very often. They arrived Friday night and the whole family came over to our house. After much food debate, we got pizza, Mexican food and hot dogs from the grocery store. Everyone was happy.

Saturday we spent the afternoon at S#2's house. The Rangers were on and the outside television broke. The men made a quick trip to Sam's Club for a new tv, burgers and beer. The essentials.


They were able to put up the tv quickly and sat down to enjoy it.




The boys had splashing contests. I think my boys really liked having boy cousins to hang out with. B keeps talking about them.






It was a nice afternoon.

This morning they left for Houston to visit BIL#1's family and S#4. We met for breakfast before they headed out.










I don't know what was up with A this morning. She was out to goof up all the photos.

We were all happy to hang out with the Iowa cousins. It had been way too long. Maybe we'll make a trip up north to visit them next time.

Memorial Weekend

Just to prove that I don't spend all of my free time watching caterpillars, here's a rundown of our weekend.

Friday night, Anna tapping at Fair Park.


Awful video. A was blocked by the second girl on the right. I was trying to move around to get a better angle. It just made it super shaky. Then I tried some youtube enhancement that was suppose to reduce the shake. Instead it is just blurrier. Oh well. I don't feel like uploading it again. This is an exciting dance for me because this is the dance the advanced older girls get to do. A is moving up in the tap world.

Saturday, we (minus B who spent the night at a friend's house) went downtown to the DMA for some culture. J asked me to take a picture of this piece.


He's my little engineer.

I tried out the DMA member discount and bought a new purse. It's is made in Thailand by survivors of the tsunami. And I got 10% off!


We walked over to the Clyde Warren park and ate out of a truck, a grilled cheese truck. Quite tasty.


Sunday after church, we went out to lunch at Wild About Harry's.


I had an AmazonLocal coupon that was about to expire. I forgot to give DH the coupon when he paid for lunch. We hadn't bought custard yet. Once everyone got a scoop in a waffles cone and toppings, we more than used the $20.00.

Sunday night the cousins and Mom and Dad came over for green egg pulled pork. No pictures, but it did happen.

Monday, I had a headache. I stayed home with Anna who had to study for the last 2 finals. I read a lot in between loads of laundry. DH & the boys met S#2 & family out at the horse races. No luck on the horses for DH, but BIL#2 hit an 8-1 winner in the last race. Lucky him! Again no pictures, but I hear they had fun.

weekend

This should have been a post full of B's adventures. He had a trip to Old City Park (or what ever the name of Old City Park is now) with Cub Scouts for WWII/Veterens day. They were going to have all kinds of stuff to do and re-enactments of battles. I don't know if B was even interested but I thought it was going to be so cool. He also had his flag football tournament on Saturday. They were undefeated this season and were looking forward to going all the way.

Instead I got a phone call from the school nurse at 11:30 on Friday, B wasn't feeling well. He cried on the way home begging me not to take him to the doctor because then he wouldn't be able to play football. I insisted that he get medicine so he might be better in time to play. I cancelled the Cub Scout event. I was sad.

He was pretty puny all Friday night. He woke up with a fever early Saturday morning. It finally broke mid-morning. I didn't want him to play at all. We compromised or I gave in, not sure which. We were definitely skipping the first game. If there fever didn't come back up and he was feeling better, then he could play in the second and possible third game.

After this decision was made, he turned to me and asked what would happen if they lost the first game. I said he wouldn't play at all. He said it wouldn't happen. He was wrong. They lost and he didn't play. I was happy because I didn't want him playing in the first place. He was devastated.

Later DH, A and J went to the cousins house to watch ND football game. I called before hand to see how S#2 felt about B coming over. She wasn't keen on it. I understood, but then I had to tell B that not only did he miss the playoffs, he couldn't go to the cousins. More tears ensued mixed with multiple declarations of 'Being sick stinks.'

We made it up by going out for dinner, playing some board games, getting Fix It Felix Jr. game on the ipad and camping out on the sofa to watch the ND game by ourselves. He fell asleep early. He needed it. This morning he woke up fever free and is back to his rambunctious self.

Meanwhile, Saturday afternoon A had a dance performance at Market Hall. The two grandmothers, Cousin E and I went down to watch her dance. I forgot the big camera and the phone camera still stinks.

Here's my best.

long weekend

We had a busy 3 day weekend. A is working on a science fair project so she spent two afternoons playing Just Dance 3 on the Wii. Somehow that is science. We had two soccer games and a basketball game. DH & J went to a derby car making session at a hobby shop. Friends came over for dinner so there was cleaning and cooking to go along with that. I watched another episode of Downton Abbey with S#5. So good!

By Monday I was ready for some quiet down time. Instead I spent the day making helping John make a banner for his Cub Scout Parvuli Dei project.

After an hour or so of moaning about not knowing what to put on it, we he came up with this.




A spent her Monday making a painting for her friend who likes horses. When she saw me taking pictures of the banner, she insisted that her efforts make the blog too.




Brian didn't get to make anything but he did go to soccer camp and had a blast.