I Wish…

Another bit from Texas…

I wish my Downtown was like McKinney’s.

Their courthouse is in the center square.

Lots of cute shops surround it.

 

 

 

 

Isn’t this a beautiful storefront?

 

This shop was my favorite.

Everything was Restoration Hardware-ish.

Except they were one of a kind finds.

Joe thought he was looking at the price of an entire lamp when he was ONLY looking at the cost of it’s shade.

And he thought the shade was expensive!

YIKES!

Yes, it was that kind of “cool” store.

Where you love everything in the place but can’t afford to even work there.

 

Downtown McKinney has really nice restaurants, too.

Actually, my Downtown has good restaurants too.

However,

I just wish it had fun shops… I couldn’t afford.

The chef at this restaurant trained with Wolfgang Puck.

Nobody was here because it was around 3pm.

Their menu sounded delicious.

They had tons of beer on tap.

We ordered an iced cold beer and their gourmet Mac n’ Cheese appetizer.

Yes, it was as good as it sounds.

Landry spent his time checking out my diamond ring.

See his sense of concentration? accompanied by some drool?

He likes jewelry so much these days…

I  call him my “Little Michael Eller”

(you Findlay friends laugh because you understand…to those outside the area…Michael Eller has the nicest jewelry store here)

Pretty much the only jewelry store here.

Just another reason why…

I wish my Downtown was like McKinney’s.

Shhh, I can’t complain too loudly…the gemologist is sleeping.

However you spend your weekend…

Enjoy it!!

Tomorrow would have been Hannah’s June 11th wedding.

I would have been spending today dolling up The Pits.

Quietly, I thank the Lord… as it is cool and rainy here.

God certainly blessed us in December.

Great is His faithfulness :)

I Just Hadn’t Met Him Yet

 Road trip last night to Toledo to see Michael Buble.

I love his music and I have always wanted to see him in concert.

Joe drove. Kelly poured.

Michael put on a great show.

He really has a great sense of humor. He told some pretty funny stories.

One story went like this:

His limo driver from the airport was a young guy. Michael arrived @2am. Hungry, Michael told the driver. The driver then said my brother owns a pizza shop. He lives upstairs of his pizza joint…I will call and just wake him up so he can make you a pizza. AND…he did. In the process, Michael gave him tickets to the show and introduced him to the crowd. It was so sweet. He stood up with a baseball cap on in about the 10th row.

We had perfect seats behind the pizza guy about 24 rows back on the floor.

But  for the last few songs we went up front and we were VERY close.

It was CRAZY close!

 

Confetti was so cool!

Happy girlfriends!

Blurry Michael! I tried!

Michael ended singing A Song For You acapella

I've been so many places in my life and time
I've sung a lot of songs, I've made some bad rhyme
I've acted out my life in stages with ten thousand people watching
But we're alone now and I'm singing this song for you
I know your image of me is what I hope to be, I've treated you unkindly
But girl can't you see, there's no one more important to me
So darling can't you please see through me, 'cause we're alone now
And I'm singing my song for you, you taught me precious secrets
The truth with holding nothing, you came out in front
And I was hiding, oh, but now I'm so much better,
So if my words don't come together, listen to the melody
'Cause my love is in there hiding
I love you in a place where there is no space or time, I love you for my life
You are a friend of mine, and when my life is over
Remember, remember, remember when we were together
And we are alone now, and I was singing this song to you
We were alone, and I was singing, yeah singing
We were alone, and I was singing this song for you
Singing my song, I'm singing my song for you

It was a fantastic concert. That helped me check off one of my “to dos” on my Bucket List.  :)

OOOklahoma

When Joe & I visited Texas we swung up to OK to spend the day with Parker.

Next year…

Parker will enjoy his final year of college.

He will live in a house right by Sooner stadium.

He is holding Landry in his final front yard.

Who knows maybe someday…

our Little Fullback will play for the Sooners??

We loved lunch at Uncle P’s favorite Thai restaurant.

Landry held on to every word Uncle P spoke.

After lunch, we helped Parker move out of his current residence.

Notice… how Parker’s place just doesn’t have the same charm as Ricky’s house.

Abby  helped Parker pack up his things…VERY quickly.

While Joe kept Landry VERY happy

and himself with his new I-phone.

Parker loved his cleaned room…

that was now ready for the next renter.

Parker and his roomies weren’t very efficient at getting their mail from the mailbox trash can.

Parker was happy when Abby found an unopened birthday card with a check for him hidden in the mail heap.

At least the guys tried to be neat with the trash can set-up.

Now…doesn’t this crack you up??

The guys NEVER picked up their new phone book off the driveway either.

We laughed so hard!

How it went unnoticed until it became unnoticeable is hilarious!!

Like Landry…I left Norman tired

but sad too because I haven’t been to OU enough.

Next June, Parker will be an OU graduate!

Time flies and so do planes…

Joe and I vowed that we’ll visit Parker more his Senior year.

We’ll keep our promise :)

Ricky Rocks 2

Part II: Outside views of the Fort Worth home Ricky built.

 

Front Door View. All garden pots are on an irrigation system.

No green thumb necessary.

While at the front door…

an open window to the private courtyard is placed at the end of the porch.

Perfectly centered within the window are the fountain’s two spigots.

Can you see them? Look hard!

The tranquil sound of running water is the first to greet you.

This cozy courtyard bridges the old home to the new Master Suite.

 

The mature tree takes precedence in the design.

Notice the roof was cut out to accomodate the tree.

These two windows are in the Master Bath

The home’s many details.

The portico off the great room.

It was a Graduation/First Communion celebration.

Landry is being held by his Great Grandma Rose (Suzi’s mom). Side note: she is 80! And looks very young.

Landry’s Mimi is feeding him. The guy in the orange shorts is Uncle Keith who is on Ricky’s team. He was my personal tour guide.

Now…the Pool…to catch your drool.

 

The topography of the backyard was completely changed to achieve this level land.

Stairs to lower level.

Guest Room patio; at the bottom of the stairs.

Magnolia lined drive.

Espalier magnolias.

Have you ever heard of them before? Me neither.

These are the dining room windows.

Ricky rocks, huh?

I knew you’d love it :)