Emily

Let the Rain come down

Well Kane and I have been working hard to finish up the backyard for my mom. So when it started to rain ~~ Kane felt that lighting was not a deterrent to keep form seeing how the river was running. So here he is out in the rain ~~ and being the great wife that I am ~~ I took pictures and caught these two on a lightning flash :O)

So I watched the kidos

Well my mom went off on another weekend to Arkansas ~~ so I watched the kidos.

Here is Alyssa and Scout playing together ~~ I thought it was quite funny to see that cat get into everything, but it kept Alyssa entertained so that is all that matters.

Kyle was very excited to see the truck full of dirt. He really really wanted to help ~~ mostly he just wanted to get into the dirt, but who am I to argue with someone who wants to help out?? Then of course since Kyle did it, CJ had to join in.

My friend Carlen brought her kids over and we had a day out with the kids ~~ there was playing at my mom's, playing at my house, playing at Chick Fila, playing on the play ground and playing at my mom's house again. Quite the busy day ~~ Here are Caleb and Kyle playing on the play ground.

Here are Paul and CJ the 2 trouble makers playing together at the Chick Fila playground.

Lily and Alyssa had fun staring at each other and being held by everyone ~~ boys want to run in the dirt, girls want to be held ~~ what are you going to do??

The other fun thing to do was to take my camera phone and take pictures. CJ had allot of fun doing this and I have great pictures of his shoes and some rocks. He filled up my memory card 4 times :O)

Then of course when Kyle saw him taking pictures he had to as well ~~ though at least I got pictures of people or at least parts of people :O) But hey that is half the fun!!

All in all we had allot of fun and playing a whole lot!! I do so love being an Aunt :O)

Kimmy Visits

My roommate from college, Kim, came down from California to visit. It was so great to see her, plus I was able to have an excuse to do all the things I have wanted to do.

We started out by taking the DART into Dallas to visit Swirll winery, but we got there before it opened so we stopped in NM. They were having this big display of old costumes and Kim and I took the time to look around. They have a recreation from Gone with the Wind. That dress was very cool. We went to the winery, ate and just had a good time.

The next day we traveled around and found Thanksgiving square in Dallas. I knew nothing about this place but it is where you are suppose to go and give thanks for the things you have. IT was interesting and ended with thanks to God while standing in the big Golden ring. It was allot of fun and had a cool mural on the wall.

We shopped and meet with a friend of Kim's and then went to the Galleria to go ice skating. Kim had never skated before so I tried to help teach her how and ended up teaching about 4 people how. Which was funny when you think about it because I mostly roller bladed and did not ice skate but maybe 3 times before that. It was allot of fun though.

Then the last day we went to a day spa and got pampered and then went on the museum circuit. We went to the Nashure Sculpture Garden and it was perfect weather to be outside. The garden was beautiful and I enjoyed walking around the garden.

Then we walked around a little bit and enjoyed the day. Then we took some time to play outside of the Asian Art exhibit.

Finally on Thursday Nights the Dallas Museum of Art id free and open late. They have a live band and dinner at the museum. Kim and I went and enjoyed the music. There was a very cool exhibit of a painter that did Blue Bonnets ~~ that was coo. But it was just nice to hear the music while we looked at the art. All in all a very fun visit.