Yummy Cookies!

Yesterday was my annual Christmas Tea & Cookie Exchange. The day before I spent hours making cut out sugar cookies for everyone to decorate. I cut and baked over 140 cookies. I had such a great time visiting with all my friends and tasting their lovely treats. We had chocolate chip, chocolate mint, dipped cherry cookies, molasses jewels and peppermint bark to name a few. Thanks to everyone who spent time baking cookies and making the exchange a success.

My Dad the Artisan

I wanted to share a few pictures of my dad's stone work. He truly is very talented at what he does. Here are a couple pictures of a mantel he recently hand carved for his new house.

He also hand carved this star. It is one of my favorites.

Good Morning "B" Family

Good Morning "B" Family. B, C, and A come on out!
No, that was not the voice of Ty from Extreme Home
Makeover greeting us the other morning.
It was a TARANTULA!!!! In my kitchen!!!! Oh MY!!!

Thank goodness I don't get too freaked out of spiders but this was more than I expected. How did he get in the house? This is the second time we have spotted one in the house. The other time was about a 1 1/2 years ago in the bathroom.

We quickly got him out of the house and then I went into a picture frenzy. Of course I had to take a picture for all y'all to see. I took many pictures and at one point was holding a broom while he was crawling on it toward me. That is until my six year old came out and said, you know, he can jump 3 feet. REALLY, 3 FEET???? Mind you at this moment the tarantula was about an arms length away from me as I had him dangling on the broom in the air. Not sure if that statement was true or not and really did not want to wait and see, I quickly put him down and stepped back, way back!
What a way to start off the day.

I did not think much of it as the day passed, until I was laying in bed. While my head lay comfortably on the pillow, I began to wander if he had any friends and if so where were they lurking? I said a little prayer and tried to fall asleep ASAP!!

I Y Pomegranates!

Austin Visit

Last month Alex and I went to Austin to visit my sister.
Here are a few pictures from our visit.



South Congress Ave.


Capitol/South Congress Ave.

Town Lake

Rolling on the lawn of the Texas State Capitol

Austin Children's Musuem

Fun at the Zoo!

Tuesday Alex and I had the honor of going to the Fort Worth Zoo with my friend Tracy and her lovely children.

We had a wonderful time. There were baby giraffes and baby lion cubs! My favorite were the lion cubs--they were so adorable. Only problem was they had their backs to us so I didn't get a good picture.

Here are a few pictures (out of the 300+) that turned out half way decent. A big thanks to Tracy and all the kiddos for putting up with all my picture taking!


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Boys will be boys!

Too bad this was the only shot I could get. I wish they were turned around so we could see their cute faces!

(Can't believe that I cut off the goose's head in the reflection!)

~~Name this building~~




Thought this might be fun. Can anyone name
this building and where it is located?

Happy Birthday Mom!




Today is my mom's birthday. This morning I
picked her up and whisked her off to a
surprise location, The Kimball Art Museum in
Fort Worth. We went and enjoyed the Impressionist
Exhibit. She has been wanting to go for sometime and
what a better day to go and celebrate her big day.
Afterwards, we meet my dad at Mimi's for lunch.

Hope you had a wonderful birthday Mom. Glad I was
able to have some fun with you.

xoxo Christina

WW

Happy Birthday May-May!

Today is my sister's birthday! I am sad that I can't be with her to enjoy her special day together. We always get together, but this time she was out of town for a friend's wedding.

~~Happy Birthday to you and many more.~~

Floating Butterflies

Friday, Alex and I went to the park with my friend Tracey and her kids. After playing for awhile out of the middle of nowhere there are about twenty butterflies flying all around as if someone had just let them loose. It was quite a site. They all stayed together in the same area, floating from tree to tree. It was so pretty just to watch them fly. I officially now have a "thing" for butterflies. Stay tuned as I will post some more pictures from a recent trip to the butterfly garden I went to a few weeks back with my friend Ceci.

WW (Wordless Wednesday)

Playing with shadows

Remember trying to make goofy poses with your shadow? Making a dog or a alligator with your hands. Alex and I had fun playing with our shadows this morning. Here are a few pix that I chose.

Itzy Bitzy Spider

Today we found a spider web with a cool sack. On top of the sack was a itzy bitzy spider. I decided to get my camera and zoom in on the action. Turns out the spider is a Lynx spider. Pretty cool.