MAVS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aren't we all just a little bit crazy excited that a professional team in Dallas won a championship other than Jerry Jones' Dallas Cowboys. Don't get me wrong I love the Cowboys but maybe the Rangers going to the World Series and now the Mavs winning the NBA Finals it is time for the Cowboys to win the Super Bowl again!!!!

I was out of town for Game 6 but I was in town for the parade. My friend, Marissa, and I took off work and went down to the madness and watched the parade. It was wild! It was fun! It was hot! It was amazing! It was DIRKish! It was Cuban crazy! I am glad I didn't miss it!!!!!!

Mar & I hanging out before the parade started...

DIRK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cuban and The Long Awaiting Trophy!!!
Mav Dancers and Mav Maniacs!!!!
Congratulations to the NBA Champions MAVS!!!

andi

More Roanoke Pics...

Shae and Trey Vinny posing...

Lex...

Lex posing now...

Trey

Roanoke for the weekend in pictures.....

The beginning of our "hike".....

Half way through... Well Lex made me think we were through when I posed for the pic!

Already a beautiful view....



Lex playing on the vines....

Doesn't it just get purdier....

The easy walk down.... Not sure why Lex didn't take me up the easy way but well it was better that way...

Andi

Roanoke for the weekend - Part 1

I went to Roanoke, Virginia in June for my longest and closest friend, Shae's, wedding reception. Shae and Steve got married in Florida in April and I was unable to go, but nothing was keeping me away from the reception. They are quite cute!!!!

Shae & Steve on their Wedding Day

Trey, Vinny, Steve, Shae, Lex and Emily (The New Brady Bunch)
I was there from Friday to Monday.

Thursday - Well I was so excited about going, that I went to the airport a whole day early and for some reason American wouldn't let me fly early???? Meanies.

Friday - Pool time with the kids and then went out with Steve and Shae for a night on the town in Roanoke. I couldn't help but laugh that the place we were out was named Corn Beef. Hmmm.... different name for a place to hang out at. I had a great time with people that I just met and good friends.


Saturday - Spent the day at the softball fields (kinda like when I was a kid). Lex plays and I was there to watch and give her tips. She did great!!!! Steve also has 2 kids, Emily and Vinny, and Emily played softball as well. They were great!!! Vinny and Trey played and ate everything they could buy at the concession stand.

Saturday night was the wedding reception. We had a great time! It was at Blue 5 or Blue Number 5 or something like that.... :) They rented out the bottom floor for the reception. Shae ensured there was plenty of chicken strips for me through the catering! Isn't she nice! They also had a variety of different foods and different cupcake flavors! The cupcakes were YUMMY!!!! They had a DJ that had a crush on me! So he got me dancing the entire night. I don't dance! I am hoping that Virginians do not think all Texans dance like me. It was scary! But I had a blast! The DJ made sure he used all the different Texan euphemisms. The girls (Lex and Emily) developed a special dance to get everyone involved and the boys (Trey & Vinny) well decided they needed to one up the girls by breaking dancing or some form of break dancing!!! :)

Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Steve Buchannan!!!!!!

Sunday - Lex and I went hiking. Well we didn't get to hike the trail that I wanted to but that is OK. Lex decided that we were going to a different shorter hike but wanted to actually "climb" up the mountain straight up. I was breathing hard. My fav line of the day with Lex was "You aren't going to have a heart attack are you?" I have sense been to the gym 8 times since I have returned from this embarrassing statement with my hard breathing. :)

Sunday night! MAVS!!!! Enough said for right now.


Monday - Travel time......


It was a good trip! The area was absolutely beautiful and I would like to come back!!! Lex will no longer ask me if I am going to have a heart attack b/c I am determined to get my cardio worked up so I can climb straight up the mountain. :) Next time next time!!!


Andi

Find Waldo???

Can anyone find my brother in this picture? He is there! Congratulations to Shane for graduating with his master's degree. We are super excited that we aren't graduating with our master's on the same day. We graduated with our undergraduate degrees on the same day within hours of each other. So today was all about Shane!!!!

He is starting his administrative certificate to be a principal and will also start the Ph.D program.... Ummmmm..... I think I will give him this one. He can be the smarter one. ;-)

Andi

Babysitting Lacey

Have I mentioned that I love my niece? Because I do. She loves her Aggie. I got to watch her for about an hour one Saturday and then again for a few hours during the week in May. My place is small and my living room was destroyed during our time together!!!! Weeks later I was still finding Cheerios in seat cushions and in Roxy's crate. Roxy was traumatized because Lacey was petting nicely then in a blink of an eye she started pulling her hair. Roxy decided to stay on the other side of the room that day, but the next time they were loving on each other. It was cute. Roxy would lick her and lick her and Lacey would giggle. BTW - My place is not child proof. She was cruising around the coffee table and probably got a few bumbs and bruises from falling and hitting herself on the table. Lacey also got to swing in a playground swing set at the park near my house for the first time! She loved it with her cute grin!

Even though I was stressed out I loved every minute! We had a blast!!!! Pretty soon, Lacey will be asking to spend the day or night with her Aggie.... O my! :)