Ryan and Chique's Wedding

I've had so much going on that I forgot to post pictures of Ryan and Chique's wedding which took place December 28th!  Ryan is my sister Linda's step son, and a mighty fine young man!  He is in the Navy and Chique is from the Philippines.  They came to Texas to get married.

The Beautiful Bride and Handsome Groom

 Ryan's Dad and Step-Mom

David & Linda

Ryan's Step Brother, His Wife, and Niece

Kyle, Stephanie, and Shaylah

Ryan's Grandma with Her Son

Joanne and David

Ryan's Step Sister and Her Boyfriend
Shaylah, Brandy and Zack

Another Step Sister
Tracy

Waiting for the room to be converted
Me, Brandy, Zack and Kyle

Shaylah and Nana

Cake time!
It was good too!

I love, love, love Chique's dress.
It's the most gorgeous wedding dress I've ever seen.

Remember the episode of Friends when Monica, Rachel, and Phoebe are sitting around in wedding dresses--just because?  Well, I so want to do that with this dress.  Mostly because that's really all I could do with it!    

Unless.. Unless...  

Perhaps I could go to the movies in it?  

Or Shopping at the mall? 

Oh, how lovely would I look wandering the mall? 

How about getting groceries at Walmart? 

(It would certainly spice up that task!) 

I could visit Mom at the nursing home! 

If I put an apron over it, 

I could wear it while I'm making art? 

How about sporting it
when we travel in our RV?  

YES!

I guess the possibilities are endless after all!

Now--where can I get a dress like that?

Smile On,

D~~~~

Christmas #3

Our third and final Christmas was on Christmas day.  Since our family Christmas was over, we were delighted that we could have our granddudes, Preston and Triston, here again on Christmas day while their parents painted and decorated a gaming room for them.  (They stayed two days too!)  The room was to be their Christmas present!  Like I mentioned in an earlier post, due to work schedules, they couldn't work on the room until Christmas day which was quite alright with us! 

We picked up the boys on Christmas morning and went to see Mom at the nursing home.

We took some fun Santa hats with us!

The boys with Great Gram.

And with Mimi.

We switched some of the hats around too.

George's hat blinks!

Sweet Preston.

Of course, we had to take some silly pictures! 

Doesn't everyone use 

a hat for a microphone?

Mom got a kick out of it.

Some serious pics too.

Group photo!

I love it!

We had the best time and Mom really 

enjoyed it which is the most important part.

Even better, it was snowing outside and this 

was the scene on 377 headed to the house.

Anyone who knows me knows that I 

was thrilled by our white Christmas! 

It was a very special and spectacular Christmas day!  I loved it and will cherish the memories.  

We hope your Christmas was Merry and Bright!

And that your 2013 is better than ever!

Blessings and Many Smiles to You All,

D~~~~

Christmas #2

The second Christmas was at Mom's nursing home on the 18th.

There were lots of presents.

Mom and Linda

We gave Mom our presents in her room after the big nursing home celebration.

Mom with one of her gifts.  She loves puzzles!

Cheese!

The three of us!

George and I bought a few more pieces of living room furniture so I've decided to paint the dark wall in the living room yellow to match the other walls.  It's a much happier color!  I might paint a smaller wall (where the French doors are) with the same dark color I'm painting over here but, at this point, I'm not sure.  I do want to get it done before the furniture is delivered tomorrow though so here I go!

Smilingly Yours,

D~~~~

Christmas #1

Christmas #1

Due to work schedules, we had our family Christmas on the 16th.

Time to open packages.

Awesome!

Lots going on.

Triston loves his hoodie.

The boys TV was messed up in a storm

so they were very glad to get a new one.

Hanging and visiting time.

Pa-Paw loading a Pez dispenser.

The kids had a rocket that launched 

using baking soda and vinegar.

Stand back.

It was so fast, I couldn't 

even get a pic of it.

It was a very nice day outside as you can tell.

Don't worry brother, I got your back!

As usual, everyone had a really nice time!

Smiling,

D~~~~

BEP Christmas Party

The party was held at the beautiful Omni Hotel in Fort Worth.

Let's start at the tree.
Kenneth and Linda

Sal and Phyllis

Rick and Carrie

Brian and Diane

Perry and Jennifer

Jeff and Rhonda

Robin and Jen

George and me

Jeff, Ernest and Corey

Robin and Carl

Rick and Carrie again

Ray, Ernest and Robin

Rick, Jen and Robin

How about some dancing?

I think everyone had a really
nice time as you can probably tell!
 
All the photos can be seen on the Union website,
click here to view them.

With Party Smiles,
D~~~~