H-Town

About a month before my birthday Drew told me that my gift was a trip to Houston to see 2 of my favorite girls down there, Lauren and Haley. He booked the flight and planned the whole weekend! My plan was to fly in on Friday to see The Hanegans, stay the night with them then Lauren and I would meet up with Haley on Saturday, do some shopping and then he even booked us a hotel room that night to have a little girls getaway. Don't I have such a great husband?! He is so thoughtful to think of all the details. I had been complaining that I wasn't able to see my out of town friends enough and I had been wanting to spend time with their kiddos too. So it was perfect!

My sweet hubby who made this all happen!
I was so excited I didn't have to make the 4.5 hour drive to Houston. My flight was supposed to take off at 2:00 on Friday. HA! If you know my flight record, it's awful. We probably have one of the worst Honeymoon stories mostly because of the terrible delays, cancellations and missing flights. Well this one hour flight turned into landing 9 hours later. Due to bad weather, the flight was initially delayed 2 hours, then we circled Houston for 2 more hours before finding out they closed Hobby airport and we had to land in San Antonio and stay there for 4 hours. I was pretty frustrated to say the least. The sweet Hanegans were finally able to pick me up in Houston at 11pm. I was so sad because I missed a whole day of loving on their baby Harper! But after catching up that night, the next morning I was able to enjoy coffee and cinnamon rolls and play with sweet Harper!
Isn't she the cutest?!

Me and Harper

All the ladies!


After shopping all day we got to the hotel and got ready to go to dinner!

Our great room!

Enjoying a great Italian dinner

Back at the hotel we got some gourmet cupcakes for dessert, chatted and watched a movie

The next day we went to brunch and then I headed to Haley's house to spend time with her Brad and Gray!

Grayson playing in their new house

The next morning I headed back to Dallas. It was such a great weekend!

One year wiser...

I wasn't really excited about turning 26. I'm officially in the second half of my 20s and not a big fan of how that sounds. But I am hopeful that 26 is going to be a great year for me. My husband and friends helped me celebrate and it turned out great. Missy, Cliff and Brady were still in town so weirdly enough I went to a Ranger game on my birthday. But I didn't mind because we had a great time. Drew took me to dinner before the game and we enjoyed some good food, always a must in our book. We then headed to the Ranger game!

Missy brought me a cookie cake, one of the only kind of cakes I like!

Me and my main squeeze:)
After the game we went back to the Four Seasons with The Pennington's and some of their friends. We sat out on the patio and me and Mis enjoyed a glass of wine while the boys talked baseball. It was a great night!

Brady was such a trooper. He truly is a baseball baby and enjoys the night life!

The next day Missy came over to spend the day and night with us. I took her to Watters Creek, my favorite area. It is a cool shopping place with good food, good stores and pretty scenery. We ate at the Village Burger Bar then I took her to my favorite jewelry place where we bought all kinds of fun stuff.

Afterward we went to Red Mango to enjoy some yummy froyo!

That night we ordered pizza, vegged out and caught up on some of our favorite TV shows. I was sad that our time together ended because we had so much fun together! Here is a cute pic of Jovie and Brady meeting each other.
Love,
Apes

Meeting Brady Boy

There are times when I really like Major League Baseball. I love watching my man Ian Kinsler play for the Rangers, and I love when it brings our friends, the Penningtons, to Dallas. This is the 2nd time that Cliff has come to play against the Rangers and it was a fabulous time again. Except this time they brought their sweet Brady Boy who is 6months old and it was the first time I got to meet him! Missy and Cliff got here Monday night and they were so great to come straight from the airport to meet Drew and I for dinner at Taco Diner- delicious by the way. The first thing I had to do was get my hands on Brady!

I had to come straight from work so ignore the awesome scrubs and rough look I'm workin'. I met Missy in college through my great friend Lauren. We didn't get to spend a lot of time together then because I left A&M shortly after to go to nursing school. But I would always get to spend time with her when I would come back to visit my girls. Love this girl, down to earth but so much fun. Drew actually didn't meet Cliff until a couple years later at a game in Frisco we came to watch him play in. We went to dinner after the game and Drew and Cliff hit it off immediately. My husband loves the game of baseball and knows way too much information so they had plenty to talk about that night. They have since become great friends which is so great! Drew has grown to love babies and was also excited to meet Brady.

Missy and I had the week planned to get to see each other as much as possible. Tuesday she invited me out to their hotel at the Four Seasons for a pool day. Her wonderful father-in-law watched Brady so we could enjoy a girls day. It was fantastic. We ordered food and drinks, had towel service and soaked up the sun. We got to chat all day and catch up. We can always pick up where we left off.

Back at the hotel. Love these pics of Brady, he is at such a fun stage!

We acted like teenagers that day and assumed since it was cloudy half the day we weren't getting any sun, but we definitely did. We took our burnt selves to the first baseball game that night and were able to enjoy it from a suite with A/C, which is genious in Texas.

Cliff at bat!

Had to get some pics of Kinsler....

The week was off to a great start. Next up.....turning 26!

Mama's Day

After church we went to Mattito's in Uptown for a Mother's Day Brunch! The buffet was ridiculous....every Mexican and American brunch food you can think of. I'm usually not a big fan of buffets because the food tends to sit in grease and not taste as good- plus the food gets cold. But this food was really good. My brother's fam couldn't make it because they were busy at church that day, they were missed!

Me and my mom on Mother's Day


My mom is such an inspiration in my life. She is the most loving, encouraging woman I know. She is a great prayer warrior and I can always count on her to support Drew and I! Love you mom!

Mason and Dad enjoying dessert. They both appreciate food and let you know it with their mmmm's....

Mom opening her birthday and mother's day presents. She got lipgloss, lotion, scarf, cookbook, fiction book, and jewelry from Drew and I.


My Dad insisted he get a pic with me too!

Mendy enjoying her yummy plate of food!

The Williamsons

Uncle Drew and Garrison

All the boys had chocolate all over them....here is sweet Graham!

My sis and her boys on Mother's Day


That night Drew cooked an amazing meal for his mom and Mimi for Mother's Day. His Dad and brother were also invited :) He made lasagna bolognese, lemon-garlic kale with mushrooms and espresso chocolate mousse with homemade orange cream. Delish! Yes I married someone who can cook, be jealous. His mom and Mimi are huge chololate fans and they both loved the dessert, so he considered it a huge hit. Sad I didn't get any pics but here is one of Drew's parents I found.

Love,
Apes

Easter Recap

So I'm going back a little bit to my last family get together so you can see recent pics of all my fam. We started out Easter sunday going to our church at The Village and hearing a great message from Matt. That evening we headed out to my sisters house for Easter egg hunt and dinner. Drew made a pork loin and I made an asian edamame salad and homemade garlic bread swirls that were delish.
Drew and I were in charge of hiding all of the eggs for the kids. We have 6 nephews from ages 7-3 and a niece who is 20months.

The hunt begins!

My sis and her husband Keith had to carry Garrison around because he broke his leg the day before.

My brothers kids looking for eggs


Cooper found the big money egg hidden by Drew in a baseball glove!
He was so excited!


Mason and his basket


Bri and Emerson!




Mendy looking through Graham and Masons goods



Old school treats in the eggs....remember these?



Me and the hubby!

Tune in for more posts!

Love,
Apes