Lunch at Ninfa's

Mmmmm.... Swirl Margarita!
Cristina, me, Amber C., Donnie and Donna at lunch at Ninfa's.

Stephanie's stuff

Stephanie is highly organized. She just got his earring organizer from her grandparents and loaded it up with her collection.
She keeps on schedule!

Rachel and Grandpa do homework

Rachel's Birthday Party

Double digits!
Hot dogs, chips and drinks.
The baby food challenge.
The mummy wrap challenge.
Colleen, Lianne and Rachel.

Palm crosses

Susan Fisher helps Rachel make palm crosses for Palm Sunday.

Rachel's Advance Blue Belt Test

Tired after the belt test -- but she passed!
Karate chopping herself?
Waiting for her advance blue belt to be conferred.
Hi Mom!

Ladies Night Out

Emily Moore and I at the St. Alban's Ladies Night Out at the Elite Circle Cafe.
The waiter brought out these huge pieces of pie -- on the house.

Rachel and her magnifier

Golf practice

Stephanie is on the golf team. They practice two times a week at Cottonwood Country Club.

Happy St. Paddy's Day

Coach Reisner dresses up for every holiday. He greets children and directs traffic in front of the school. It makes the day just a little more fun when he wears a special costume.

Look, Ma!

Rachel got a bunch of prizes for earning $100 in the jump rope for heart contest. This one has a ball that stays up in a blast of air.

Mistress Mary, Quite Contrary, How Does Your Garden Grow?

A shopping cart full of flowers and potting soil.
Rachel and I filled up all of the pots around the house and planted flowers.
Hope the grass grows back soon.
I got two hanging tomato planters. We'll see how it goes.

Scrub-a-dub-dub

Paul washed and cleaned both of our cards, inside and out!

A Day in the Life

I walked two miles today at lunch along Lake Waco.
Paul brought home some work.
Stephanie sorts laundry.
Stephanie's playlist on her computer.
Relaxing and watching "The Clique" about mean rich girls.

Chuy's

Signs of spring

Although we had snow two weeks ago, temps were in the 70s today and flowers and trees are starting to bloom all over town.
This is a "secret garden" near my work. The Waco Regional airport used to be an airfield and there were homes there. Nothing is left except a few foundations. This particular place has no foundation but several patches of irises.

Southern comfort food

There's something so satisfying about fried okra. Hot and crispy, bursting with juicy flavor!

Guitar Heroines