when the one man loves the one woman, and the one woman loves the one man, the very angels leave heaven and come sit in that house and sing for joy.
~brahma
it's been a while since my last greatest hits with thanksgiving and all, so please bear with the buttload of pictures. thanks, my lovelies. i am one tired momma today, so i'll keep it short and sweet. xoxoxo
1) thanksgiving program (proud parent moment). isn't out little indian native american adorable?
2) a 24. hour trip to college station with marcy to celebrate the 4th anniversary of our friend ryan's 30th birthday. at the tailgate we enjoyed the best of college station: wings-n-more, layne's, pepperoni rolls, and bud light.
3) thai takeout.
4) thanksgiving morning nature walk.
5) feasting at my parent's house.
6) hanging with all my girls (plus their hubs and kids)...even jami and steve were in town from germany!
7) getting a christmas tree. this day usually results in a crooked tree and short tempers, but not this year. it was drama-free and wonderful.
( i do realize that i am leading you to believe that my children never wear pants.)
8) feeling crafty and making a wreath that will allow santa to enter our chimney-less house.
looking forward to dinner and window shopping in the bishop arts district tonight.
how was your week? what are you looking forward to?
in college we would go to the kettle (picture a white trash ihop) to "study". and by study i mean taking out our books and highlighters and placing them on the table in front of us. instead of using our time wisely, we would eat biscuits and gravy at 2 a.m., play games, people-watch, and figure out which actors/actresses would play us in a made-for-tv-movie.
cortney: played by jennifer aniston (duh.) joni: played by ana gasteyer (from snl) suzy: played by tiffani amber theissen chance: played by claire danes stevan: played by john leguizamo marcy: played by janeane garofalo kelly: played by kerri russell
can you tell by our actress selections that it was the late 90s? and that just covers some of us.
and in typical lifetime movie of the week fashion, ours would end with a "where are they now?" montage. suzy came up with predictions for where we would be and what we would be doing in ten years. mine involved becoming a high school cheerleading coach. ha! i don't remember everyone else's, except for becky's.
in the last scene of our movie, becky was driving a convertible down the highway, her hair wrapped in a scarf, smoking a cigarette in one of those fancy long holders with one hand, and flipping the bird with the other. very thelma and louise.
flash forward ten(ish) years. this was becky last weekend.
it looks as though she found someone to ride alongside her in that convertible. i mean, someone has to hold her champagne, right?
she can throw one hell of a party/wedding, that's for sure. we ate, drank, laughed, danced, watched football, drank, laughed, and drank some more. some things never change. we keep getting better with age.
congratulations, becky and paul!
to view the entire album of the wedding weekend, click here.
to read more about why i loved college so much, click here and here.
for the past two days i have been trying to figure out how to adequately recap my perfect weekend at the austin city limits music festival.
i decided to spare you a million-word play-by-play (you are welcome), and instead present you with the acl awards 2011:
the award for best husband goes to chris for talking me into buying a ticket months ago while i was still pregnant with crosby. he told me i would be ready to go by then and that he could handle the boys while i was gone. and he was right. he's a genius. and i love him so.
the award for coolest show goes to: kanye west. what an artsy weirdo that guy is.
p.s. i love artsy weirdos.
the award for super-trooper of the weekend (it's a tie) goes to emily. she always manages to have fun amongst a group of college friends (from her rival college, mind you) who tell the same stories over and over, year after year.
super-trooper #2: chance. she hosted us at her lovely home, drove us drunkies home every night, and stayed up waaay past her bedtime, all while twenty weeks pregnant.
the award for best bar to wait out the rain in before walking from the car to the festival goes to a mean-eyed cat. a johnny cash themed anything is ok in my book. (jimmy and emily should totally renew their vows there.)
the award for funniest line of the weekend goes to marcy when she mistakenly referred to the band cut copy as cold cut, with much certainty.
the award for the best impromptu sing-along goes to us and gillian welch, singing this song.
the award for my favorite show of the weekend goes to iron & wine.
the award for the best show i would've never seen otherwise goes to the one and only mr. stevie wonder.
the award for best decision of the weekend goes to me and marcy for sneaking off from stevie to catch the last thirty minutes of my morning jacket. they never disappoint. and they always make me dance, by myself or with others, it doesn't matter to me one bit.
the award for best view goes to austin, texas. it the only city in our glorious state that could produce a music festival this magical. everywhere you turn, there is something to see. the city is beautiful, gracious, artistic, thoughtful.
every single time.
the award for best hangover cure goes to my giant portions of fried chicken and sweet tea on day three.
i love music festivals for the same reasons my husband hates them: the crowds, the hundreds of bands, the shorter sets. i love the energy and getting to see bands i would never pay the full ticket price to go see if they were playing here in dallas. and nothing, i mean nothing, quite compares to dancing around in the heat, rain, or mud with some of your very best friends. i cannot wait until next time.
1) a naptime that looks like this. sadly, it seems as though naptime is on it's way out the door, although i am still hanging on to it for dear life. in this picture, naptime is saying, "oh yeah? are you so sure you want me to stick around???
f-you, lady!!!"
2) gymnastics camp. every friday in august ben goes to swing on ropes and jump on trampolines with his buddies. afterwards he tells me things like, "momma, now that was a fun day."
3) a 24-hour mini-college-reunion in college station. you know you are old when the 'party girl' of your group brings her tiny dog and carries it around in a fanny pack.
{we may be old, but we can still take care of some business.}
4) a growth-spurt. this kid demolished a bowl of edamame, tempura, rice and ice cream cone. how are we supposed to survive the teenage years when boys drink a gallon of milk a day? omg.
5) making slime. i found this recipe on pinterest. it was fast, cheap and easy. craft trifecta.
6) daddy coming home from work. all he has to do is smile at us and we are puddy in his hands.
looking forward to a steak dinner, checking out the new h&m, and a possible movie night.
