Rain, Rain, Rain!

Today it has been raining, raining, raining....and I had a surprise quiet day all to myself or at least a few hours. That doesn't happen very often. It rained so much that they even cancelled baseball tomorrow. Kellis was invited for a play date after baseball and Rainey was with my in-laws. I had so much to get done, let's see, I did...mmmm nothing. I watched a movie, ate Fuzzy's breakfast tacos and read In-Style magazine. I was utterly worthless, how irresponsible of me! Oh well, I think occasionally we should all take a day off even when we have things to do.
Pat has his friend, Swanny, in town just visiting since he had the weekend off. So we took him to dinner at Grace and it was yummy. Also, we had reservations for a party of 3 and ended up having 10! It turned into an impromptu party which usually is the most fun anyway. Today, Pat and Swanny played golf...in the pouring rain, and Swanny got a hole-in-one. They were very jazzed about that, apparently, it is some kind of a big deal!
Rainey named her baby Lucifer today....Houston, we have a problem! She said it is Baby Lucifer's birthday and wanted us to sing Happy Birthday, you can take it from there. Hopefully, she will forget that name soon.
Tomorrow we have to judge the Taste of Fort Worth for the Big Brothers/Big Sisters, I think that I won't eat all day so that it won't be too damaging!

Gladney Luncheon

Yesterday, Pat was the emcee for the Gladney Luncheon and fashion show. He did a great job...I wish I had a picture to post here. It was such a heart warming event. I feel like I often don't take the time to appreciate so many of the aspects of life that an event like this reminds you of. I often take for granted that I was able to have both of our children with no problems or issues, unlike so many people. Then you look at all of the wonderful Gladney families and imagine how different their lives would be without the children that complete their families and how different those kids lives would be without such loving awesome parents. It is like my friend said after the luncheon that it s so obvious that God created us to love and be loved!

I was so exhausted by all of the emotions that an event like that evokes. I also had a jewelry booth so I was BUSY! I always get to nervous that people won't like my designs and then people are so generous with their compliments. Then I get so mad at myself for wasting my energy worrying about it!

Here is a photo of one of the designs that everyone loved...It is lapis, lots of lapis! I love this blue and it looks awesome with jeans and any color top. It also looks so crisp and fresh with white.

The joys of spring

Well, here is what our beautiful shade trees over our pool look like...

And this is what covers everything in a our yard a couple of weeks twice a year...Yuck!

So we cracked Cinderelli and her friend Prince Charming out to clean this mess up...and let me tell you, they were a lot of help.

Last Week

This past week has been a whirlwind! I took Kellis out of school Friday and we went to Austin to see Pat's show at the Nutty Brown. We had a great time and hung out at the pool for the first time this year...I love the pool. It might be the only time that I allow myself to just sit around and relax without fretting about what else I should be doing.
Then we headed to Dilley, Texas, where my sister lives for my niece's first birthday. She was so adorable and we had a great time but it was a long trip for a short visit. I won't go into details but we can count construction, interstate closures and flat tires in our list of accomplishments on this trip though!

She was so happy once she figured out what to do with the cake!

Kellis was the lucky guy who busted the pinata and sported this stylish hat the rest of the night.

Summer, Summer, Summer...

If you don't have little guys or really medium-sized guys, all of my High School Musical (2) references will be way over your head. Also, you have something to be thankful for...Seriously. Anyway, this Summer song is whispering to me, telling me put down that queso and that hand of M&M's and show some RESTRAINT WOMAN, it's coming! Maybe that isn't a whisper.
I once bought a domain name called www.madfatmama.com and I was going to chronicle an average mother's quest to lose that stinking 5, 10, 15 pounds that keeps hanging around. That domain has remained untouched for years, kind of like the 5, 10, 15 extra pounds that continue to, pardon my French, piss me off.
SO this Easter, I will try to refrain from raiding the kid's Easter baskets every time I get a chocolate craving. I'm still not sure how I'm going to kick the queso to the curb...