The Past Week

So I just realized that I haven't posted an update in a week. Yikes! Let me try to explain why...

Friday: we went to dinner and to the theater to see To Kill A Mockingbird with our good friends Al and Sandra. They had been staying with us since Tuesday and this was our first "adults only" outing. Thank you cousin Rita for watching the kids! We ate at our new favorite upscale restaurant, Hibiscus. The food there is amazing and if you are ever there, be sure to get a Basil Gimlet cocktail.

Saturday: we hosted a party at our house in honor of a new scholarship program at the University of Dallas. The president of the University, several faculty and University staff members, alumni and friends were all there. Thanks to Mom and Dad, we were able to raise enough money to send several students to Rome for their spring semester. Without this help, they would not have been able to go. Thank you to Shirley and William for taking the kids to their house for a sleepover while we partied the night away at our house!

Sunday: we attended two birthday parties - a luncheon for Shirley at Bonnie Ruth's in Allen and a dinner for Christian Brady at Adventure Playcare in Highland Village (near Flower Mound/Lewisville). The kids caught a short nap in the car between parties.

Monday: the kids had their first tennis lesson (finally!) with Coach Betty Sue. We have has to cancel the past three lessons due to weather, but hopefully we will be able to make them up in the coming weeks if the nice weather continues. The sessions are small group lessons with several friends from school. Both kids seemed to really enjoy it and they both got lots of exercise (which really is the whole point of tennis for us...).

Tuesday: in the morning I had a St Anne's meeting (I made a sweet cream cheese and cinnamon roll dish) and that evening we hosted an "end of season" party for James's soccer team at our house. The dinner was pot luck - I made smoked brisket for the adults and hot dogs for the kids and our teammates brought salad, biscuits, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, and dessert. I'd say there were about 16 kids (the team plus siblings) and 16 adults. It was a full house, but everyone seemed to have a good time. And the kids were very excited to finally receive their trophies!

So now you can see why I haven't posted an update in a while... I am going to try to do better this coming week, but it looks like it is going to be busy as well! At least I'll have something to write about, right?