Snow Storm Part Three

Brent's office closed at 3:30 so after he got home, we built a fire in the fireplace then when outside to play in the snow and build Snowman #3 since #1 and #2 fell down.

This is Beck happy and screaming...

We walked to the green belt and Brent rolled up a large bundle of snow...notice the layers of snow and you can see the thickness of the snow by looking at what's left on the ground. It reminds me of a hay bale.

One of Beck's favorite things to do is run from mommy and daddy.

He seems focused in this picture...

Our neighbor and his son built an igloo! It took every drop of snow from their front yard and their back yard.

The neighbor's son is inside helping Beck...

Now Beck is standing up in the igloo...

He's thinking about going back in...

We thoroughly enjoyed playing in the snow with Beck and hope we can do it again next year! Beck's new word, "Snow"!

Snow Storm Part Two

All of Dallas looked liked a winter wonderland Friday morning, February 12th. All of the schools closed which means my office did too. However, Brent had to go in but he left the house close to 10am and then his office closed at 3:30. (Not sure why his office didn't close considering the phones didn't work.) From what I've heard, Plano received close to 10 inches of snow which has never happened so this storm will go down in history. The last big snow storm for Plano was in 1978.

After Brent left the house, Beck and I decided to venture out and play in the snow. Beck tried to walk in it but it was way too deep for him! He immediately fell down then struggled to get up.

The snow that accumulated on the trees was extremely heavy and most of our neighbors lost a branch or two. As you can see, we lost a couple of branches from our crape myrtle tree.

This is Beck attempting to walk in the snow again and after going in the house, I quickly discovered that his shoes are not waterproof (his socks were soaking wet).

Our street...

This is Beck running from me in the street...(notice the broken branches)...

The snow is melting so there's a lot of water gushing down the side of the street and Beck had fun stomping in it.

This is the back of our house...

Snow on the tree....so pretty!

Brent is now building snowman #3 since snowman #1 and #2 fell down. Beck is pulling as hard as he can on the snowman's arm that Brent just added and it finally broke off.

Snow Storm Part One

On Thursday, February 11th, I got my birthday wish...it snowed ALL day!!! Mrs. Linda didn't have power so we decided that Brent would keep Beck in the morning and I would keep him in the afternoon since I had a morning meeting. Luckily, the roads weren't bad but when I got to the office the majority of the people in my meeting couldn't be there so I left after 11:00am. I picked up some Chinese food for lunch then came home to find Brent chilling on the couch and Beck running around. They had already built a snowman but it fell down by the time I got home. So, that afternoon we went outside to build Snowman #2. While Brent is working on the snowman, Beck is exploring his new surroundings... This is Brent building Snowman #2...

then Beck decided to help out...

We had to pose next to this ginormous snowman and as you can tell, Beck's hands were cold so I wrapped them up in my scarf.

After Beck went to bed, Brent and I went outside to check out the snow since it had been falling all day.

Please take note of Brent wearing shorts in the freezing cold weather!

Birthday Fun...

It is so hard to believe that this is my last year of being 30-something! What's really crazy is to think that I'll be 40 next year and Kinsey will be 1 years old! Wow!

This has been a great birthday week! Mom came to visit us on Saturday and brought flowers, my favorite cookie and gifts. She watched Beck that night while Brent and I ate dinner at Johnny Carino's. I had Lobster Ravioli...so yummy! (Wendy was supposed to come with her but something came up.)

Brent bought me a gorgeous table for the entry and with birthday money from mom, I was able to purchase this beautiful flower arrangement for the table.

On Tuesday, Brent met me at Razoo's for a delicious lunch...I was craving fried dill pickles and they have the best ones! For my entree, I got fried shrimp, hush puppies, french fries and corn on the cob. Delicious!!!

That evening, the entire Bishop family met at Jeff and Jill's house for a Bishop birthday celebration (mine, Brent, Brian, Wes and Jody) minus Wes and Jody and to see little Marcus. Beck had so much fun running around with Noah and Ava. Lola is starting to walk which was really fun to see her in action. And, Katherine brought 2 super cute cakes from Society Bakery (I love this place) and it was so yummy!!!

On Wednesday (my actual birthday), my co-workers took me to Cuba Libre another favorite place to eat. We started with chips/queso and usually I get surf and turf tacos (shrimp and beef) but today I felt adventurous and got the special tacos they offered which was three spicy shrimp tacos (with grilled pineapple) in corn tortillas served with rice and black beans. It was delicious!!!

That evening, I had so many leftovers from going out that we decided to stay in and enjoy a nice warm fire and the cake Brent got me (it is very cute). The bear is what I picked out a few days ago and Brent said I couldn't have it so this was another perfect birthday gift...I will share it with Kinsey since the bear has 2010 and Princess written on it.

All in all, this has been the best birthday!!!
Looking forward to many more to come.

Remodel Update

The sun room had a wet bar in it but we used it for storage so nobody really even knew about it. Well, now it is a closet for the new guest bedroom! Brent shut off the plumbing and framed this closet so the remodel is coming along...

Here are a couple of before pictures of the wet bar...

This is the closet after Brent framed it and added sheet rock.
It is ready for mud then texture.

What I Love...

I've mentioned a few of Beck's favorites in previous blogs and would like to add to the list.

Poppy and Kiki gave Beck a chair as a Christmas gift that all of the other grand kids have and Beck absolutely loves to sit in it and watch his shows (mainly cartoons).
Another favorite is watching cartoons in mom and dad's bed (I guess because our bed is so comfy). Sometimes, we join him and enjoy snuggling up to our little guy.

Nana's late husband Ken has a sister (Faye) that lives in South Carolina and still keeps in touch with all of us. She enjoys hearing stories about Beck and really loves to see pictures of him. A while back she mailed a stuffed monkey to us that has a pacifier and Beck loves to chew on the Monkey's pacifier. Recently, she mailed a stuffed blue bunny that plays "Jesus Loves Me" when you squeeze the bunny's belly. It is so cute to see him carry this bunny around.

Remodel Update

Once again, Brent made huge progress this weekend and the room is getting closer to being done.

The hallway now has 2 can lights which required some major electrical work because the one switch controlled the ceiling fan. We needed two switches...one for the hallway and one for the new bedroom. Thanks to Brent's knowledge and skills, he was able to get this accomplished without paying an electrician.
Brent also had to move the ceiling fan to the middle of the room and patch up the holes where old lights and ceiling fan were located.
The wall is complete and ready for texture.
Next steps...building the closet, texture then paint. That's a lot of work for the weekend! Maybe Beck and I will get in on the action.