Posts that got away from me

Super gorgeous Valentine's Day Flowers that I took tons of pictures of. Partly because the middle of the flower looked like a gooey brain :)

Trevor came to visit and we took him to Disney on ice!

The reason every kid should have a dog. (I would recommend a Sheltie :)

Trevor was really trying to corral the dogs and get them to smile for a picture.

She's got talent!

I commissioned my lovely Grandmother to make a razorback quilt for Katie's new baby Landon. I just love it!

You will have fun and you will laugh

Like you never laughed before. It's why I love them.

Happy Halloween!!

We did pumpkins this weekend! Shawn carved, I painted and pinned. I think fall is my favorite season for sure. Also, I have probably blogged about it before but you have to get some Blue Moon Brewery, Harvest Moon Pumpkin Ale. It's seasonal and sells out fast! I was so excited I loaded up the shopping cart. Last year when I discovered it I only got a few six packs and never saw it again on the shelf.

I was looking at pictures.....

I know see that I definitly need a picture with a crown on.

San Fran

I know this takes planning ahead to a new level. I booked our hotel rooms for the Fillmore Jazz Festival next 4th of July in San Francisco! http://www.fillmorejazzfestival.com/?op=home

I am posting this in hopes that some of my friends will be booking hotel rooms too! I am giving you almost an entire year to plan :) http://www.jdvhotels.com/drisco/ Stay here..it's only five blocks from Fillmore.

INTRODUCING...........

The newest member of the Cassedy/Dale family

Jasper

Napping with big sister :)

We got him on the 4th of July and he has been the perfect little puppy.

Sorry Steph...I couldn't just say I got a puppy you had to SEE the puppy!

Trevor

Trevor came home with us from the visit to Arkansas/Oklahoma. Seems like so long ago but was just the middle of June. The drive home was scary for a little bit. It is possible we drove through the edge of a tornado. And I found out that NO ONE answers their phone at 9:30am on Sunday morning. I was desperately trying to get a hold of someone to have them check a radar online. Going down I40 in Oklahoma, the clouds came and there was a large (looked like a funnel) cloud but I couldn't really see rotation. All of a sudden the wind came and blew us so hard I thought we were going off the road, then the hail. It was pretty scary because the truckers never stop and put on the hazards. It can be raining so hard you can't see and they are still going 70miles an hour. They stopped this time and that's when I started calling...so mom, jaime and steph if I am calling you at a strange hour on a strange day it's because I might be terrified :)

We had a great time the whole week, Shawn's parents met us at the house when we got in on Sunday and we had a great lunch. Then the week was in full swing, Trevor went to a summer day camp and loved it. I loved it too, there is nothing sweeter than riding in the car every morning and afternoon with a little boy that tells you he loves you to space and forever. But we were so busy I didn't get many pictures which I regret!

But I did get some at the airport, I took Trevor on his first plane ride from Dallas to Little Rock where we met up with mom and Jaime, Steph and Liv. Then Sunday Mom, Trevor and I had a great breakfast with Katie at Ozark something something.....Great chocolate chip pancakes!

Getting ready to board....

He was Mr. Cool, acted like he had been flying forever

We got to LR and had lunch with mom and the girls. Trevor and Liv are too cute together. Thank goodness for Steph and her picture taking abilities because I am constantly missing the action!

Steph capturing the moment, the kiddos were in a very serious conversation and it was the cutest.

Pizza face

Oh Gelato!

That's my sweetheart :)

So busy!

It's been a terrific but busy past few weeks. The girls all came down, including Kylie. I did not realize until Kylie pointed it out that it had been almost exactly 1 year since we had seen each other. We vowed to never let that happen again! I have been friends with Kylie since we were 18 years old and up until I moved to Texas we had probably never spent more than few days apart. Now with her in Seattle and Jaime and Steph in Little Rock we are going to have to do alot of planning to make sure we all see each other every few months. I know I need it, after a weekend with these women I feel rejuvenated!

We spent alot of time just hanging out on the patio. Even in the terribly hot evenings we spent hours and hours talking and catching up. Ms. Livia brought little extra excitement to the weekend.

We took Liv to American Girl for brunch and some birthday shopping. I got Liv an itty bitty baby from American Girl for Christmas, and I hope to make trips to American Girl with Auntie Scarlette a tradition for her. I am going to have to search out something special in Dallas for little boys so Aidan Patrick will always have something fun to look forward to with Auntie Scarlette.

This past weekend was my Granny's 84th birthday, so Shawn and I traveled home to celebrate with her and family. My Granny is a very special lady who I have so many great memories with growing up. We lived very close to her and my Papa and I just adore the lady who could can anything Papa could bring in from the garden and makes quilts so unique and beautiful by hand but with the perfection of a sewing machine.

Not to mention the lady's got style :)

And we brought Trevor home with us for a week. He is going to day camp, which should be a blast for him and is going to have his first plane ride next weekend when he and I will head to Little Rock to meet up with mom and spend some time with the girls once again!

Long time no see

This weekend Ginger and I went to Shreveport visit a long lost friend, Amanda. We all lived in the dorm together at Hendrix. We have so many great and crazy memories. What was really an eye opener was that we had not seen each other in 11 years! But we didn't miss a step, it was like that time had never passed.

There wasn't a moment of silence when we were all together, it was so fun to catch up. The disappointing part is somehow I didn't take any pictures.....uggh I hate it when that happens! That's ok though, we are going to plan another trip soon and I'll take bunches.

Love you both, and I cant' wait to see you again!

Lovely weekends in LR

I had such a great time, I guess two weekends ago, whew time flies! Nothing makes you feel more at home than consistently running into people you know. I ran into Katie's father-n-law in Dallas at the terminal on my way to LR, then I got on the plane and saw Cory, a friend I never get to see. We were stuck on the tarmac for a while and then had the flight to LR to catch up.

Jaime picked me up and the best part was Livia running to greet me as I came off the plane. Nothing better than a sweet little girl running to you with her arms stretched wide :)

We met up with my Mom, "giggle" finally :) I was excited to see her and excited for Liv and Trevor to get to see each other. He hasn't seen her since her first birthday and still talks about Livia, I hope they grow up to be friends like Jaims and I.

Saturday was a wonderful day filled with time spent with Steph , Jaime and the kiddos. Saturday when mom and I went to dinner, I ran into Lauren, who I hadn't seen since I moved. After two years away, going to Little Rock is like going back home, everything is familiar and comfortable....I just love it.


Sufficient Grounds (I don't care what they call it now)

The Wonder Place!

Goodbye hug

Mom and Trevor at George Washington's house he informed us when saw it.