Saying Goodbye

It was a bitter sweet day this Friday as we closed on the sale of our home. It was pretty tough to say goodbye to our first home and the only home Owen has ever known. We have had it up for sale by owner since January and I am proud of us for selling it ourselves and not listing it with a realtor. The truth is I called to list it about a month ago (it was a Wednesday) and made an appointment for a realtor to come that Saturday to list it. As I was getting off the phone with the realtor he said "maybe you'll get lucky and sell it before I come out on Saturday." Well...the day after I spoke to him I got a call that we would be receiving an offer that evening from someone that looked at the house in January! They didn't even want to see it again! (a single man, go figure) Amazing! So we have been moving for the last three weeks and officially said goodbye on Friday :( I will miss that house but we are excited to move on to a new chapter and build our own home. :)

Stop and Smell the Bluebonnets!

I was off work for Good Friday so Owen and I did a little outlet shopping and then met Heather and the kids at the park. Then, we headed home for a nap before meeting up with Heather again to take some bluebonnet pictures :) Here are some pictures of our Good Friday!

Erin, Parker and Gabby

Cason - riding a bull ;)

Parker loved the swing!

So did Owen, especially when Erin was swinging him HIGH! :)

Not too sure about these bluebonnets mom!

Owen LOVES Erin!

Owen and Cason - better keep an eye on these two ;)

No way were we going to get a picture of all of them looking at the camera.

FIVE FABULOUS YEARS!

Andy and I celebrated our 5th anniversary this last Friday. We had a quiet dinner out to a wonderful restaurant in Salado and then headed home to watch our wedding video. We look like kids...getting married! Awwwwww.... tear.... I can't believe it has been five years since we entered wedded bliss! I'll spare you the sappy LOVE talk but I will say, I have the most amazing, caring, thoughtful husband who also just happens to be the best daddy EVER! We are so blessed! Love you babe!!!!

Anyway, Saturday we headed to Ft. Worth for a quick visit with my grandparents then to a birthday party for Landri and then to Scott and Liz's house in Lewisville. Now... most people might go on some sort of romantic getaway for their anniversary and I suppose we did... It just happened to be at Hotel de Payne in Lewisville, Texas AND it included OPENING DAY for the TEXAS RANGERS! You might be wondering why we chose to go to a baseball game for our anniversary... well, our first date was to a Rangers game and we have since been back several times :) I don't really care to watch baseball on TV but I LOVE to go to the games. This was my first time to go to opening day. I was with some hard core baseball/sports fans so I will say I was a "trooper" on Monday. We got up around 7:00 and left at 8AM to head to the game. We tailgated before the game and AGAIN after the game! This was also my first time to tail gate! Andy and Scott did it up big with their now famous bacon cheddar jalapeno burgers! It was great! It was also FREEZING and incredibly WINDY but still, GREAT! Here are the pics...

Me and Andy & Scott and Liz

The famous burgers... maybe we should have taken a picture after they were cooked ;) Sorry! They still look good, don't they!?

The Cowboys' new stadium is next door to the ball park. CAN'T WAIT! It looks AWESOME!

Happy 4th Birthday Cason!

Last weekend we went to the Faske's house to celebrate Cason's 4th birthday! It was a hunting theme and Owen had a blast! He is just almost big enough to run around with the big kids ;)

Erin and her cousin, Anna

Owen and Parker, having good food and good conversation ;)

The boys were shooting...

The girls :)

Welcome Addison Hope Fruge

We recently helped host a baby shower for our dear friends, Andy and Amanda Fruge. Andy and Amanda welcomed Addison Hope on Friday, March 20th. We couldn't be happier for them and we just can't wait to meet her!!!! Here are a few pics from the shower...
Owen Really enjoyed the cupcakes :)

The Faske kids and the Stewart kids were the best of friends by the time we left, they were so cute and SO entertaining! Erin and Jordan put on an amazing Hannah Montana concert for us ;)

Once again, Parker can sleep anywhere! Isn't he just precious!

Sarah's Book Club

As most of you know, I recently started a book club after reading the Twilight saga. Since finishing that series, I have not found the time to read. I don't know how I ever read all of those books! We recently went on a little trip (another blog to follow on that subject) and I was more excited about having time to read than I really was about the trip ;) Can you tell I don't have much free time?! Anyway, the next official book to add to the book club is Same Kind of Different As Me, by Ron Hall and Denver Moore. It is a true story written by a man from Fort Worth. It is an amazing testimony of faith and it will leave you looking for the good in everyone you meet. Very inspiring! It's a quick, easy read... my kind of book ;)

Nothing Runs Like A Deere

We took Owen out to Andy's parent's place last weekend. We wanted to give him some time to drive the Gator and see the cows again. It wasn't long before he discovered Grandaddy's tractor and decided he was ready for the big boy toys ;)