A Sweet Gift

A month ago, Bryan came home from work carrying this in his hands!  I was so surprised!  He said it was a "thank you for the past 8 years" of medical school and residency.  He wrote me the sweetest card that I couldn't read without crying.  I love giving "Tuesday gifts"--buying a little something for someone on a random day to let them know you love them--but this blew that out of the water!  Ha!

 

 The next day, the kids and I tested out my new baby!

 

I don't remember what they're laughing at, but I adore this picture!

 

Sarah and Jackson always love baking with me, but  I think they had even more fun with the new mixer!  I try to bake something with it at least once a week to continually thank Bryan for such a wonderful gift!

Family Date

Bryan's anesthesia group has monthly meetings in Dallas.  Last month, Bryan asked if we wanted to go with him and we'd go on a family lunch date after his meeting.  After dropping him off at his meeting, I spotted a pretty park, so we stopped there and had a wonderful time!

 

I can't help myself--I love pictures of the two of them walking hand in hand!

 

This picture cracks me up!  Sarah is at the top of the stairs posing, and Jackson is running as fast as his little legs can go!  I don't know how I lucked out in snapping this at the perfect time, but I'm so glad I did!  This photo captures the two of them perfectly!

I love this one!

I love how she just dances regardless of where she is!

 She is so precious!

After Bryan's meeting, we picked him up and went to Gloria's!  It's one of our favorite restaurants!  We haven't been in years because they don't have any in San Antonio, but they have several in the DFW area!  We used to go to Gloria's for almost all of our special occasions--birthdays, anniversaries, and big accomplishments--so it brought back so many great memories!

 

We shared chocolate flan for dessert...it was so good!  It was J's first time at Gloria's, and his first chocolate flan.  He's now a fan of both!

We had a fun family date day, and this cutie was tuckered out on the drive home!

Aquarium

A few weeks ago, (I'm very behind on blogging!), Bryan's Mom took us to the aquarium!  The kids had a blast!

That face...

Sometimes, I had to lift Jackson up to see what was in the water--here we were looking at sea turtles.

Their favorite part was the 360 degree aquarium.  I just loved watching their cute faces light up as they were watching all of the fish swim around!

She is so cute!

They liked being in the shark's mouth!

Jackson decided to put his hand into this catfish tank!  I'm pretty sure that wasn't allowed!  Luckily, no one else was there at the time!

These little tanks you were allowed to put your hands in!

He loved it!

 

 I love this picture!  We had a great time!  Thanks again for taking us, Nana!!

After the aquarium, Nana took us to lunch, and I happened to snap this sweet shot of the kiddos.  It was the calmest J was all day...I think running around the aquarium tuckered him out!  Ha!



Batter Up!

For Jackson's birthday, my Dad got him an Aggie tee-ball set!  J was so excited!  And so was Bryan!

Getting ready!

Daddy has been looking forward to teaching J how to play baseball (and every other sport!) since I was pregnant with him!

I love this so much!!

 

 Running to get the ball!

 

 Look at that sweet smile on Jack's face!

It doesn't get much cuter!

Daddy and Jackson had so much fun playing tee ball together!  And I had fun watching them!

After playing hard, our little tiger needed a bath!