Fort Worth Zoo

Preston and Triston were here from Friday to Tuesday.  During their visit, we hopped on over to the Fort Worth Zoo!

The weather was perfect!

Not too hot, not too cold.

Not the prettiest animals, huh?

Love these guys!

Chirp, Hoo, Gobble Gobble, Caw,

Cock-A-Doodle Doo, Squeak, Peep.

Whatever!

Beautiful Waterfall

The Best of the Bunch!

Fun times!

This awesome quote was 

hanging in one of the buildings.

LOL

Not the best picture of the four 

of us but it was the only picture.

Smilingly Yours,
D~~~~

St. Patrick's Day Party with Mom

Mom's nursing home recently 

held a St. Patty's Day party.

Mom wore a 

festive, 

green, 

plastic, 

hard hat! 

The hard hat comes in 

handy if it rain leprechauns!

Mom is on the lookout for 

leprechauns in her 

Panoramic, 

Low-Definition, 

Super Duper,

Day Vision, 

Extra-Sensory, 

Leprechaun Detecting Sunglasses!

Dancing with Lenville.

She says he's her boyfriend.

Having a few laughs with 

a smiling leprechaun!

Okay, maybe, JUST MAYBE,

she's laughing on the inside!

She did enjoy herself that day, and she's continuously improving since she got out of the hospital.  YAY!

St. Patty's Day Smiles All,

D~~~~

Do You Know What I'm Missing?

Dare I say it?

I MISS FOOTBALL!

(Insert heavy sigh here)

I hope you're having a 

blessed and beautiful day!

Many Smiles To You,

D~~~~

My Story

I'm excited to tell you that my story is featured today on the I'm a Creative Late Bloomer blog!  You can check it out at the link above or click here.

Wishing You Big Blooming Smiles!

D~~~~

Fun Stuff With Preston and Triston

Last weekend when Preston and Triston were here, I was working on a lesson for my online class Letter Love 201 with Joanne Sharpe.  They did Lesson four with me.

This is Triston's page.

(Triston's middle name is Gage.  He goes by that name in school because several children in his class are named Triston.)

Preston's page.

Preston decided he wanted to play some more so he did the journal page below.

Good job Preston!

These were all done with Zig and Copic markers, Sharpies, and watercolors.  I love making art with my granddudes!

To see my lessons, click here to go to my Yak Yak Art blog.

Have a Happy and Smiley Day,

D~~~~

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~~~~