beautiful days

the weather right now in texas is nothing short of spectacular. not cold, not hot, just right. i want to be outside ALL THE TIME. and we are outside quite a lot around here.

today has been a fun day. i've thought a lot lately about how much fun we are having, link as a toddler and all the fun it entails. i want to remember some of these seemingly ordinary days on down the road, so i want to document them now and then in an effort to remember the regular days, not just the big occasions.

so i started off with a morning jog (link in the BOB), a trip to the gym, and then link's nap. pretty standard day for us around here. but after, instead of our usual lunch at home, we took link for his first trip to deep sushi in deep ellum. yummo. then we went to main street garden downtown for a quick playtime before jay had to go back to work. when we got back, i loaded link back up in the stroller and we walked up to greenville to society bakery to split a chocolate chip cookie (also YUMMO). all afternoon link was all smiles, happy shrieks, lots of "talking" and head bobbing, just so happy. and that makes me happy. so now we are back and he is down for his second nap of the day, and i am working around the house (or blogging, ha).

this is a day that i am thankful for. this is a day that i will remember (mainly b/c i am writing it down!). every day i have with my precious little boy is a gift and i do-not-ever take it for granted how lucky we are that i have this time with him. i know i am going to look back years from now and realize how quickly this toddler time flew by, but it's little days like these that i hope i can recall with ease, as these are the kind of days i love most. :)

hunting in the gardens for treasures (mainly rocks and acorns) ha

we don't walk much anymore, we RUN!

toddler playground. genius.

RANGERS!!!!!

jay's birthday was yesterday, and all he wanted for his birthday was tickets to game six. my big brother jarrod came through and last night, for jay's birthday, we witnessed history. i've spent so many years watching, working for, and loving the rangers. i don't ever miss opening day and every year i have held on to the hope that this could happen. and so it is. THE TEXAS RANGERS ARE IN THE WORLD FRIGGIN' SERIES!!! my goodness, i am beyond excited. and what a birthday treat for my hubs!!

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOUR TEXAS RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

tulsa time

we went to tulsa last weekend and visited some of our cousins. coney islander, utica square, BBD, visits with old friends, shops on peoria, a couple of runs at riverside park, and beautiful time with family. so much fun. i love tulsa, and the peeps in it. ;)

the above pic is of asher and link, so precious. asher is the quarterback of tulsa raiders 4th grade black, and he is AWESOME! ash had a great game and they won big. link was very excited to have sideline passes. we get perks since asher's dad (my bro, josh) is the head coach. ;)

josh and ash-man, our QB stud

link liked running on the track

cute kids

carter, link, josh, audrey, caroline and asher

first trip to the state fair and cotton bowl

this time last year was the height of swine flu, so there wasn't a snowball's chance we were taking our brand-new baby boy out to the fair. sooo, his first trip happened last weekend. and my-oh-my did we have fun!! we saw the ferris wheel, big tex (who was a big hit with link), and he loved seeing all the rides that spin and play loud music. he loves anything loud and crazy, much like his parents. ;)

we also took him to the baylor v tech game. we lucked out at the last second with some VIP lounge seating (read: place for a one-year old to run around) and decided to give it a whirl. he did great! he would sit for periods and watch the game, the band, the people, then he would get up and run around like a wild man! it worked out great and i think he ate about 5 of the complementary brownies. he was WIRED! ;)

meeting big tex

ferris wheel shot :)

watching football with daddy. all is right in the world.

BOOMER SOONER

one of my two favorite weekends in dallas is coming to a close and OKLAHOMA won! all is right in my world. :)

seriously, some of my favorite things all come together at once...lots of friends, lots of passionate college football, and the state fair. what could be more fun?? we lucked into some 50 yard line seats and i have to say, we were very lucky! there could not have been a better seat in the house. we had so much fun enjoying the day and most of all the SOONER VICTORY!!

28-20, sooners win.