My family and I went to the MAIN ST. Fort Worth Arts Festival last weekend.  We had a great time.  As you may recall we were there last year, and took a cute pic of Jack.  So this year we had to take time out for another photo op.  Unfortunately Jack was too interested in all of the sights, and wasn't all that smiley (which is pretty unusual for him) this time around.

Jack's bluebonnet picture made it onto our local NBC affiliate website.



Click here to see the other photo submissions.

This is an all too familiar picture for those who live, or have lived, in Texas. But here's our 'kid in the bluebonnets' pic for Spring 2009.


Photo was taken in Parker County on April 5th.

Jack went to his first Easter Egg Hunt this past Saturday. There were soooo many kids. We all had a lot of fun though.

Here are a few pics from the event. A video of the actual hunt will be posted on YouTube shortly...I hope.



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FINALLY!  A place I have been to is going to be featured on 'Diners Drive-In's and Dives' tonight.  Chef Point Cafe in Watauga, Texas, is touted as a 5 star restaurant in a gas station setting. -- White tablecloth dining without the tablecloth.  The menu features: escargot, grilled sea scallops, duck l'orange, and bread pudding (smothered in hot cognac sauce).  Hard to believe from a eatery that sits inside a Conoco gas station.

The episode airs tonight on the Food Network, 9:00 p.m., CST.

Links:
Food Network
Chef Point Cafe
Blackened Stuffed Pork Chop Recipe
Photos from the shoot @ Flickr

A spring storm moved through tonight.  We received golf ball sized hail.  I was especially concerned about the wall of windows in our two-story living room, but nothing was damaged.  The baby even slept through the entire thing.  Whew...


This is a piece of ice my husband picked up in the front yard.

Several months ago I blogged about purchasing a twelve-photo frame.  It was perfect because at the time I was working on a photo-a-month project for my son, Jack.  Here are the results.



To make the photo project I bought a 12mo onsie for him.  Each month of his first year I would take a photo of him wearing the onsie with the same baby blanket as the background.  This showed not only the changes in his features, but also his growth.  The hardest part, as he got older, was getting him to lay still for the pictures.  At around 10 months you can see that I had to distract him with props.

Jack loves the new trike we bought him this past weekend. -- Even if we haven't let him venture off of the front porch just yet.

As most know, Tom, my husband, was laid off in December. And many people have been wondering what he's been doing during his spare time. Well, here's a video...

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!!