Pretty As A Princess

Last weekend was CRAZY!! But the kind of crazy that after all is said and done, and you can finally sit down and put your feet up, you let out a big contented sigh. We had the priviledge to be a part of a wedding of a really neat couple last weekend. Summer and Kyla met Megan at church - she volunteered up in KidzVenture, CrossPoint's kidz ministry to grades 1-6. Both girls fell in love with her instantly, but Summer almost became her stalker. She would scan the sanctuary after church to see if she could find her...just to say 'hi'...and Megan was always so kind to take a few moments for her! Megan honored Summer by asking her to be her flower girl! And so began the countdown to Flower Girl Day...also known as Chris & Megan's wedding - ha! I haven't had time to make slideshows of the wedding or the rehearsal, but in keeping with my resolution to blog more, I wanted to go ahead and get a few photos posted...for fear that time would get away from me! There were several firsts for Summer this weekend...

She had her FIRST professionally styled up-do.

Her FIRST time as a flower girl.

And her very FIRST limo ride.

One of the things that I explained to Summer - half-joking, half-NOT - was that no one was supposed to 'up-stage' the bride on her very special day. I told her that she would have to try VERY hard not to be too cute or too pretty...especially NOT prettier than the bride! To which she quickly replied - "But Mom! I WANT to!" Now do you see why we called it Flower Girl Day!?!

Let's Rodeo San Antonio...

Well, there are few things that say TEXAS like a stock show & rodeo. As a matter of fact, it was one of the things that we really missed when living in Alabama. Sure, there were local rodeos and some stock shows in Alabama, but nothing on the grand scale that we had grown up around. Yes, I know. That old adage that 'everything's BIGGER in Texas' strikes again. But in this case, you can't argue with me - Texans know how to hold a rodeo!
Kyle and I took the kids to see the rodeo on a Saturday night - Tim McGraw performed the concert. And I took the girls back Sunday afternoon to see Selena Gomez perform. Now, let me just say you have to have several hours to invest when you go to the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo. It is held in the AT&T Center (where the Spurs play) and just the walk over from the parking lot can take a while...but you can't 'do' the rodeo without taking in some of the sights. The first night we only had time to check out the petting zoo and for Luke to ride a pony. The second day we had time to go to some of the educational exhibits and catch a few of the breeder stock shows. The rodeo itself lasted 2 to 2 1/2 hours...there is the set-up for the performer (30-45 minutes)...and then the concert (at least an hour). It is an amazingly orchestrated event...do you realize the Spurs have to play out-of-town the whole time (2 weeks) the rodeo is going on? They call it the Rodeo Roadtrip! That still amazes me!

I must say that seeing some of the animals and watching the show itself gave me a bit of stock show fever. I could remember the fun that I had showing both sheep and pigs...and I hope that one day my kids can have the same experience...even if it is just Guadelupe County and not as large of a show as San Antonio.

Crash & Burn???

I do NOT want to crash and burn at my New Year's resolution to blog more often, but I fear that I just don't have time to do all of things I WANT to do. A dear friend of mine once lamented to me that her 'life' sure did get in the way of her hobbies. We laughed and laughed! She was referring at that time to scrapbooking. The irony wasn't lost on us that without that 'life' there would be NOTHING to scrapbook - and thus the catch 22 begins.

Well, I have taken some time over the past couple of weeks to scrapbook. I thought I would share a few pics of some of my favorite creations. I apologize for the quality...I have yet to master a way to take a picture of the pages...my scanner is not large enough to scan a whole 12x12 page. Perhaps if you squint your eyes it will help it to appear a little less fuzzy. ha! :) I almost forgot to mention that I am FIVE years behind in my scrapbooking - so these 'little' girls that you see here...ages 3 (almost 4) and 5 (almost 6) have changed TREMENDOUSLY...but I still see them in the young ladies they are today!