I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas.....

I think my whole family was dreaming of a white Christmas this year and all that dreaming brought us a blizzard!

We had such a fun time in NYC for Christmas this year. Not your tradition Christmas, but it is a trip that we will remember for a lifetime. We have so many fun memories and couldn't have dreamed up a better Christmas!

Austin and I took the adventurous route and turned New York upside within the first 3days! We enjoyed a helicopter ride overlooking the Hudson. It was Amazing. Toured Wall Street, Top of the Rock, SOHO and Nolitta. We loved eating at all the amazing places NY has to offer, Balthazar, The Plaza just to name a few. We also took in the Nutcracker, Wicked and The Rockettes.
Welcome to New York - Where dreams are made of....


Our room at the Michelanglo. It was beautiful


First Night out at Radio City and the start of the Irish Pub Tours...


We hope to complete this post sometime soon, but we just bought a MAC and are in the process of transferring everything (including pics) Will update soon though!

Snow Fabulous!

We all knew it was coming, it was just a matter of when...It started in the wee hours of Thursday morning and did not let up until early Friday morning. I was lucky to have Thursday afternoon off to play in the snow, but Austin wasn't so lucky so I knew it was my responsibility to report back to Austin at work. I raced home and got all bundled up and took our fur child, Belle, out to play in the snow and of course I sent pics/video to Austin so he didn't miss out on any of the fun! She loved it!



Belle running through the snow





When I was driving home, every house had a snowman in the front yard. I haven't made a snowman since it snowed in Austin in 1985 so I was a little rusty. It wasn't as easy as I thought it was going to be. Luckily, our neighbors are from Minnesota, which makes them pros at building snowmen and forts and were able to help me lift the body and ginormous head onto my snowman/woman...I told them I thought it was out of porportion, but we all went with it anyway. My 70 year old neighbor had so much fun helping me, she decided to start building a fort in my yard too!

I added cherry tomatoes for the eyes, a jalapeno for the nose and a cucumber for the mouth. In sheer excitment of our trip to Mexio in a couple of weeks and lack of wardrobe choices, I dressed our snowlady in a bikini top and floppy hat, complete with a lei. I added almonds for a belly button, which Belle found when she first saw my snowlady.





Suffice to say, it was a once in a life time experience and record breaking in Dallas. 12.5 inches!