Dallas Day

Had a fun Dallas day with Bunks and Grandmother on Monday. We went to our favorite - Campisi's - for lunch. Then we went to market to get my rings checked out, cleaned, etc. We topped our fun day off with dessert at La Madeleine's!

Definitely need to go on a MAJOR diet starting TODAY. We had so much fun, though. I love talks with David while eating our way through the big D. I'm so proud of my baby brother and the man he has and is becoming. Bunks - keep seeking God, taking in His word/doctrine and growing spiritually ... He will make clear and give you the desires of your heart.

I love you more than you know. Always have, always will.

ETX Fun

I've had so much fun spending time down in East Texas with my family and friends. We've shopped 'til we dropped, eaten Mexican food for almost every meal and been going non-stop! Feels just like home always felt. Saturday night Holley and I took off from Mom and Ashley's school with little Aubs.

He is so precious.

We went and got pizza and came home for family night with Dad and David. Mom came home in time for a slice of supreme and the feature presentation - Soul Surfer. GREAT movie if you haven't seen it yet.

David said that he was glad Aubs was there becuase it took all the "sister mauling" off of him. Don't worry - we didn't let him off that easy. Plus, now he gets a taste of how much we loved our baby brother! Bunks and Aubs are longhorn buds.

I think we wore little Aubs out. Not sure if it was all the playing, laughing, outfit-changing, car-riding or puking. Either way - he was sound asleep.

Fun day planned today with my baby brother. Just waiting on the soon-to-be college student to drag his long mop of hair out of bed. Let's go Bunks - we have places to go and shopping to do!

Decorating and Baby +

Last week and this one, too consisted/will consist of: decorating, painting, running around, shopping and falling in love with Jake all over again. With his baby pictures that is. I want a little boy JUST like him some day. I love his little carrot-topped head and his darling chubby cheeks.

And, honestly, how could you not fall head over heels for this precious little NB picture of Jake. And he's in his right colors, of course - thanks to his fashionista Mama!

On the decorating front - new find: this adorable lantern to go with my cozy living room decor. Love.

I found an antique white rocker for our bedroom that I'm cleaning up and restoring! It's over 100 years old! Jake has to fix the arm for me, and then I'll post pix. I also found the cutest antique footstool to go with it! Someday this will make its way to our future nursery. But for now, I can't wait to jump out of bed and into my shabby rocker for some morning coffee and Kiley time. xx to all.

DKN + Frederick

Like any good sister - I couldn't let my baby brother head off to college life at UT without monogrammed towels. And, ones that match the decor and colors of his dorm room sanctuary, of course. Khaki towels with a school-spirited-burnt-orange monogram: DKN. He's so fun to buy and do things for 1. b/c he never asks for things (OK, well sometimes), and 2. b/c he's always so thankful. I've had so much fun shopping and looking for things to decorate his dorm with. I think it's safe to say he'll have the best-looking dorm on the UT campus. Chambray/blue jean, khaki and burnt orange. Can't wait for move-in day. I don't know who's more excited - Bunkies or his seeeeeeeesters. Well maybe Purdy. She thinks they are warm and snuggle-y. She approves, I guess.

OK ... so now for the Frederick. While Jake and I were on our way to pick up David's new, monogrammed towels, we took a wrong turn and ended up on Frederick Street in Corpus. We had no idea it existed! All this time Jake grew up in CC and never knew he had a street named after him! It's the little things, I suppose, but it made us smile! So, glad we took that wrong turn and that Bunk's towels turned out so nice.