Category Archives: Family

Dallas

I don’t usually write live, up to the minute blog posts capturing where I am and what I am doing, but today is an exception. Today, I am in Dallas. Dallas, Texas… for the groundbreaking ceremony of the George W. Bush Presidential Center.

The only reason I am here is because my awesome sister in law just happened to work for the 43rd President of the United States and had an extra ticket to the big event. (Thanks Bro for not being able to accompany her….I am really glad to be taking your place!)

Anyway, I drove down this afternoon to do a little shopping and meet up with my sister-in-law when we ran into the former First Lady at Neiman Marcus. She was buying Jo Malone. They love her there. I smiled and gawked in total admiration. Then I told my sister in law she had some spinach in her teeth.

So, tonight we are getting ready to attend a dinner for all of the “Alumni” taking place at Gilly’s…. a notorious hot spot in Dallas…just think Bud and Sissy in Urban Cowboy. I had never heard of it before, but then again, I am not from Dallas and I never saw the movie Urban Cowboy. Nor have I ever ridden a mechanical bull, but the night is young!

Anyway, if you are a member of the Bush/Cheney Alumni Association – you were invited to attend this event…..and they all showed up because the hotel is really crowded…and festive….and full of really nice people who love our country.

Predestined

My friend Ree of Pioneer Woman fame dropped her girls off for a visit last weekend. When I say dropped off, it was more like an actual exchange in the Love’s Travel Stop parking lot on I-35. Location was of no importance, only that these four were getting to have some quality friend time together.

Ree and I used to do this all the time growing up….getting to spend weeks at a time together. And, it warms my heart that our off-spring insist on doing the same. Not a minute was wasted. There were multiple art projects, swimming, movies, a trip to the local art museum, “chilling out” time, bowling, more swimming, staying up in the wee hours of the morning talking and playing poker… of course, I only found out about the midnight to 3:00 a.m. poker game way after the fact. Promise.

Their friendship was predestined…

And they wouldn’t have wanted it any other way!

Cousins and Chaos, Part II

Just a few photos from cousins and chaos. I did not take them, but discovered them on my camera the following morning. Thank goodness for that because I was too busy trying to control the chaos and have zero pictures to show for it…zero…zilch…de nada.

This first photo was taken at a nice angle and from down low. Just about my daughter’s eye level. Thank you sweet girl for grabbing my camera. You are an Annie Leibovitz in training.