~~ At the Lake ~~

  

 

Sunrises, sunsets, fishing, boating, games, horses, peace, relaxation, little boys that fill the chairs, books,  silence.  A little bit of Heaven on Earth.  Blessed to be able to get away with the family and recharge and make memories.

  

~~ 10 Years Too Long ~~

Once every 10 years or so circumstances allow me the chance to visit with my old friend, Jena. I really don't remember the last time we saw each other, we tried to figure it out at breakfast, but it was early and I wasn't doing the math right. My guess was mid-1998. I know she came to visit, here, when Sierra was a baby (97?)and I made a quick weekend trip (another, long story) to Nashville to visit her (98?). I know that it was before Feb 1999 when Alyssa was born.

Point is, it had been way too long since we have seen each other. We had breakfast before we headed home. Email is great, but there is nothing better than sitting down, having a cup of coffee or soda and talking with one another. I love that after so many years we can sit down and talk like no time has passed.

Thank you Jena for getting up early and meeting me for breakfast. I had a super time catching up and laughing!!

~~ Rainforest Cafe ~~

For the second weekend in a row we were out of town-seems like we are starting 2010 going, going, going. I haven't forgotten about the slow down part of my resolution.

Instead I'm focusing on the enjoying my family and friends part, which means heading out of town now and then.

So we headed to Dallas for my cousins wedding. Her wedding was at 12:30 Saturday afternoon and initially we were going to try to leave that morning, but we decided that was pushing it and we would be stressed and rushed. Since Phillip was able to take Friday off we went as soon as Jesse got out of school. Leaving a day early made the drive up a lot less stressful and we were able to check in to the hotel, go have a nice dinner and relax a little.

We thought it would be cool to take the boys somewhere fun to eat, so for dinner we drove to the Rainforest Cafe at the Grapevine Mills Mall. Phillip and I had eaten at the Rainforest Cafe years ago with the girls in Florida, so we knew the boys would enjoy it. And they did, we all did. The food was great, our waitress was great and the atmosphere was, well, great!

The boys and Cha Cha

Cha Cha souvenir cups