Nutcracker

Jill invited her two moms to the Nutcracker Ballet at Will Rogers Auditorium - Fort Worth, TX

 It was all our 1st ballet!

It's Official - TN Land sign

Caleb's 1st haircut

Caleb's first hair cut!!! (28 months)

His curls are all gone!

Girls Night Out - Harvest Fest

Menu has been planned and the shopping is complete.

On the menu:

Appetizers: Turkey (veggie) platter; various cheese/crackers;

Drinks: Cranberry Typhoon wine slush; Caramel Apple Sangria;

Dinner: Maple Glazed Chicken, Mini Sweet Potato Casseroles, Broccoli salad, Pumpkin shaped rolls;

Dessert: Chocolate dipped strawberries, Fall decorated cookies and pumpkin spice cupcakes.

Our craft project for the night is decorating some wood slices.

Andrew - Yellow Belt

I was invited to attend the ceremony at Martial Arts today, where Andrew received his yellow belt.

Halloween

 Happy Halloween!!!

My Houston trick or treaters!

Elliotts Announcement

It's a Girl!!

Introducing - Harley Quinn Elliott

She is a Golden Doodle

Crab Cakes

Today is my first time trying my friend Kim's Crab Cake recipe.

 Lump crab purchased from Costco

Going in to the pan

 Completed and ready to eat!

 Served with wine!

See recipe below!

My 1st boots

Today we shopped at Cavenders in Lewisville. I purchased my first pair of cowboy boots.


These will come in handy on the mountain and are thick enough to avoid a snake bite!

Pool Remodel

We started the pool removed on October 16th. It was about a 2 month process as the plasterers would have to come out twice, the plumber came out twice and the masons came out twice...but it is done and will be fun to enjoy this summer!

Day 1 (Draining the pool)

Day 2 (Prep Work)

Day 3 (Making our own custom tile inserts)

 The plasters saved parts of our original tile inserts, we purchased tile backing
and created our own inserts for installation later in the week.

Day 4 (Plaster complete)

Andrew is checking out the deep end!

Day 5 (Plumbing work)

 In the course of the prep work, spa jets were damaged
and needed to be repaired before the spa could be plastered.

After this step, the spa was plastered.
The coping was repaired and then repaired again.
This caused mortar to be mixed with the plaster when it was setting up.
The pool was then sanded by our project manager but later the pool would need to be emptied again.
The pool was then acid washed and then refilled for the 2nd time.
Then a long few months of water balancing (pH and chlorine)

Anxiously waiting for warmer days to use the pool.