Sarah & The Boys

Sunday night, I got together with some of my high school friends and their families. Here are two of their boys... Nathan was brushing his hair and I guess Caden thought it was funny. They are so cute!! You can tell I was having a little fun, too. :D

Surprise!!

Yesterday after my friend, Jen's baby shower, my friends & family surprised me with a 30th birthday party! They got me good - I had absolutely no idea!! Above is a group shot (missing Ernestine, who was behind the camera, of course)! Below is my sweetie with his huge rack of ribs... he looks more excited about that than he's been about anything!! haha!

Mr. Diesel & Sammy

Last Saturday, some of my college friends came to town and we went to the Texas Rangers game. Little did we know that the pre-game festivities were a celebration of Sammy Sosa's 600th home run. His friend, Vin Diesel, was there to say a few words... and I mean a very few words. haha

See ya later, Alligator!

Last Thursday, we went to the Ft. Worth Zoo and had a lovely time! Here is Clara crawling on a Gator Tail!! (Don't worry - it was a statue!) :D

A Visit to the Living Museum

After the Science & Nature Museum, we checked out the Dallas Heritage Village, which is a living museum. However, none of the houses had any dressed up people to talk to us during our visit. It was still fun to wander around the houses and little town area. Here is a pretty house with Angela, Amanda, Clara & Ernestine in front.

Milkmaid, Interrupted

Yesterday my company and I went to the Museum of Nature & Science in Dallas, TX. They have recently combined forces with the Dallas Children's Museum and one exhibit was the Urban Farm, where there were many fun farm activities for kids. By far the most fun thing (for ALL of us) was the cow that could be milked. Clara REALLY enjoyed this!! She nearly forgot we were taking her picture...

A Gated Community

This week, a few of my friends came to visit. One was 21 months old and I was rather afraid of the dangerous stairs in my house, so I decided to go ahead and invest in a gate. I had never seen these with the swinging door, but really like it. It fits nicely and is hard enough to open that even the very smart 21-month old hasn't figured out. :)

Shiny, Happy People...

This is my new hair, in case anyone was interested...

Boots & Mark

Last weekend we went to Mark's friend's wedding reception and stayed at his parents' house. Their kitty, Boots, really seemed to like Mark and his new haircut. Or maybe Mark uses tasty product on his hair. We weren't really sure... :D

More Decorating

I blogged a few black & white pictures awhile back that I was intending to display in my guest room... I just finished that display by hanging these shelves I found on SUPER SALE! :D

I still can't seem to write in the title box... very strange! Today, my birthday present arrived early... It is my new table for the foyer... it is a tea table, but I don't guess I will be having tea on it. I just thought it was quite lovely and would be a nice piece near the front door. :)

Hmmm... for some reason it won't let me type in the 'Title' box. Oh well! I didn't have much to say anyway, just felt like it had been too long since posting! I think we actually went all day yesterday with no rain, but I just heard a storm outside a few minutes ago and our 10-day forecast is still predicting scattered t-storms for the next 8 days!

My other excitement is that I got a haircut on Saturday - and you can actually tell! It is shorter than it has been in a very long time, but still not short... just lots of crazy layers. I will have to get Mark to take a picture to post :)

Hope everyone is doing great!