We Fell Forever.

In a busy weekend for this city, there was more to do and see than we could keep up with. My sunburn is worn proudly today.
Andrew came to visit Kiran, which if you know my kids well then it wouldn't shock you much that we had a fit (ending in tears) over who was allowed to love him more. How do put out THAT fire?

We kept our numbered hours very action-packed starting out with buzzbrews for brunch, followed by ArtLoveMagic where we created art with other families, sh'd on the turn tables and painted a mustache on the cute little Koops. We skipped out on the the Homegrown Fest where many terrific bands took the stage and opted for the free international gets downtown. I can't say enough how drastically different it is from Houston's version! From there, dinner at anvil and finally home to relax.
Today kicked off with a bikeride tour of our neighborhood and nearby college/bike trail. Lunch was phenomenal at Eno's over in oak cliff, so great we soon found ourselves back in oak cliff for their annual festival. A brief stop at home thrust is into more action! Dinner at Mi Cocina, swimming and cake at Gammy for grandma's "21st" birthday as I call it. That wore us out to no end.

Tomorrow Oliver will be elated to have his first real.playdate in Dallas with a trip to LegoLand, Rainforest Cafe, and perhaps another pool party!

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and there you have it....the first stylings of the D that I can offer. The D is treating us well!

A Master now!

I have so many updates I want to make all at once but I am forced to choose which I want to show off!
In a very magical ceremony in a very magical place, Evan earned his masters degree for the Fine Arts. I know we would all love to have a title like that. ;-)
For the past two years I have witnessed and supported daddy's solid dedication to school. I had a very detached perception of what it was all really about but after going with him for his final semester, to watch the graduation, I get it. He was often times holed up in his bubble, writing away, and you have a hard time making sense of it when you aren't a part of it.
Being there, watching the faculty admire him, and finally meeting his mystery friends, made me wish I had gone there sooner!

Another bonus to it all was meeting James franco:......'s Mom! Seriously she is the sweetest lady.

SOLD

We are in the final stages of selling our heights home! We were orginally set to close on February 10th, but in actuality it will be much sooner. All that says to me is that I have to get home and yank my stuff out QUICK! Not that organized type of packing, but more of a slam dunk every item half-hazardly making it impossible to locate the salt & pepper shakers when we cook our first meal at the new home.

Speaking of new homes!
We've made an offer on THIS home: http://www.weichert.com/39991413/?zip=75243&maxpr=205&view=gallery
and are expected to receive our counter offer this morning. I'm sure it will end up being right around the $205 mark anyways...which we're fully okay with. The cathedral ceilings that will make up our music/relax room, combined with $10-$20k updated master spa bath are worth it alone!
Thought I would share some pics at the risk of getting excited FAR too early! We've put a contract on a home here already and things didn't pan out so well. This one could very easily be snatched up too.

Ho...Ho....Hose!

Man, look at them tightz! LOL!

I just wanted to wish everyone a happy and safe holiday!

***for the sake of....well, everything!***

Really wanted to have some recent pics up. I have been pretty silent since we quietly slipped out of the Houston City Limits back in August. I'll fill you in on the details there as soon as I can. In the meantime, enjoy some pics of the kids from the Dallas Zoo last weekend!