How was your weekend?

Did you have a good weekend?  I hope so!

We did.  I got to see my parents for the third weekend in a row!!  I am spoiled rotten :)  I took Friday off of work, and Hubby and I headed to Dallas around noon.  We had a busy weekend planned!

Hubby took my sister and her two roommates to meet Daddy out at the NASCAR race.  They had an amazing time!

Mel, Val (my sister), Hubby, Daddy and Leah

My Mom and I spent the evening at the Heartlight Charity dinner.  I didn't take any pictures this year.  I think it's because I get so worn out just getting around right now - haha!  If you don't know about Heartlight, please take the time to read my previous post from last year's dinner.  It is a truly amazing organization that is very dear to our family.

The crew headed back out to the races on Saturday, and Mom and I were so excited to have the whole day to ourselves!  I can't remember the last time we got to do whatever we wanted together!  We started off the day with a little shopping, and then headed to my dear friend Leigh's baby shower.  Leigh and I have been friends since high school.  I don't know what I would do without her!  She is expecting her second child, a little girl due in July.  I can't wait to meet her!

Amber (Leigh's sister), Candice, Me (I'm so huge!!), Jude (my adorable God Son), Leigh, and Diana.  It was so great to get to spend time with these wonderful ladies!

After the shower, Mom and I shopped and shopped.  We went to Ross and found some really cute stuff for Jaxson, then we discovered the Carter's store.  Oh my goodness.  You could go broke in there in about 15 minutes!  They were having a good sale, so we stocked up on some of the sizes of things that we were missing.  And, since I'm crazy about having everything in it's place right now, everything we bought is washed and put away already!  Then we went to Garden Ridge and drooled over all the fun summer party stuff that they have.  I wanted every tiki torch and patio thing they had in there!  haha!  We had dinner at Johnny Carino's, because both of our husband's don't like that place (crazy boys), but we love it!  It was a perfect weekend! 

I had mixed feelings leaving their house today - we won't be back there again until after Jaxson is born.  That felt very very different and weird.  I can't put my finger on the feeling, but I know trips home will never be the same.  Not in a bad way, just in a different way.

I hope you had a wonderful weekend too!!

Wordless Wednesday - My Daddy & Me

40 Days of Thankfulness - Day 4

Today we are so thankful for the troops that serve our country and fight for our freedom and our rights.

Today always reminds me of one of my favorite moments with my Daddy. We were in Hawaii, on our last Daddy daughter trip before I got married. We were at a Japanese Steak House, where they cook at the table. We were sitting with 3 other people, all under 25, that were stationed in Hawaii. They were having their last dinner before they were deployed the next morning. We enjoyed their company so much, and had a wonderful time. They told us about what a splurge this was for them, and how hard it was to get enough money together just to fly home to see their families while they were on leave. When dinner was almost over, Daddy leaned over to me and said, "Do you think we should buy their dinner?" When they asked for the check, we were already getting up to leave, and I will never forget the look on the young girls face when she looked at Daddy and said, "Oh, Sir, thank you so much!" He said, it's the least we could do, thank you for what you do! I respect my Daddy so much, but in this moment, I was swelling with pride and thankfulness that he was MY Daddy.

I always try to make a point to shake soldiers hands when I see them out and about, and I hope that I can follow Daddy's example and do things to show them how thankful I am as an American and how grateful I am for their sacrifice.

Happy Veterans Day!