Memorial Day Family Fun!

For Memorial Day Weekend, the husband and I traveled home to the Land of Sugar to visit family. We enjoyed pool time, a kids dinner to Los Lopez and a movie date to see the Hangover 2, a Galveston Beach Day, joint birthday celebrations, story and chalk time with miss Olivia Grace, and a lunch date with my family. I could not have asked for a more perfect weekend with both families. Enjoy our special moments together.

Signature Drink Bottles from the MIL:)

Ray's special ladies including my two sister-in-laws Becky and Rachel, niece Olivia, and MIL Mary Jean

"I want to hold you" says Olivia

"What's up?!?"

Side Walk Chalk and Pool Time with Livie

The Zellner Ladies heading to the pool

Raymond flying high off the diving board

Daddy's Little Girl... Ryan and Olivia Grace

Pool Pics, Daredevils, Water gun fights, and a sleepy little girl

Family Photo Session in the Pool

Ryan's cannonball

Kids Birthday Dinner at Los Lopez and a Movie Night Out

Rachel, Ray, and I at Los Lopez

Zellner Family Beach Day in Galveston

Uncle Ray Ray and Olivia playing in the water

Freebirds lunch excursion, sunbathing, and puppy sitting

Uncle Ray Ray and Aunt Alicia love our sweet niece

Like Father Like Son

Eric Carle Bedtime Stories... The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Sidewalk Chalk time with Olivia

Family Chalk Handprints

Silly faces and special uncle/niece time...
notice she's holding his hand:)

Lunch date with my family including
Chris and his new puppy Shiner

My amazing mom with the two lady
pups including Aggie and Shiner

My mother and I... and yes sweet girl had to be in
the picture. Isn't she too cute?!!?

Both Raymond and I are so incredibly blessed to have such wonderful family in our lives. This was such a perfect weekend... filled with so many loves and laughs. Here's to Fun in the Sun, Pool Days, Water Gun Fights, Teasey Mr. Alligators, Eric Carle books and bedtime stories, beach fun, side walk chalk, Mexican Food Restaurants, belated birthdays, unexpected Freebirds lunch, high dives, Sandcastles, lots of kissies, dinner and movie dates, new puppies, and of course priceless time spent with our loves. This was a perfect Memorial Day Weekend!

Preview Family Fun for Memorial Day Weekend!

What an absolutely amazing weekend with our family this past Memorial Day. Here are a few pictures to preview our time.




...more to come!

Memorial Day School Parade

Friday morning, Hedgcoxe Elementary celebrated the upcoming holiday with a Memorial Day School Parade. We adorned our red, white, and blue, waved flags and pom poms as the kids and staff honored our troops.

What an amazing and fabulous Friday celebrating our troops! Happy Memorial Day. How will you be celebrating yours?

Sweet Face!

Guess who gets to see this absolutely adorable cutie this weekend? Well that would be Aunt Alicia and Uncle Ray Ray. This is our sweet niece Olivia who traveled with her amazing daddy to the Land of Sugar to visit with our Zellner family for the Memorial Day weekend! We absolutely could not be more excited to visit with family. More updates to come.

A Taste of Our May Weekend!

We were told that North Dallas would be experiencing horrible weather from Friday to the following Tuesday. Well thank goodness meteorologists are typically mistaken as we had absolutely beautiful weather for this weekends many fun activities.

Saturday afternoon Ray and I traveled to Addison to enjoy a little taste of summer as well as many tastings and tours of local eateries in what is called Taste Addison. This year we met up with a few couples including the Gathings and sweet baby Harley, Whitney and her man Doug, as well as Whitney's brother and brother's girlfriend. The group enjoyed many tasty treats including random samples, my lunch from Los Lupes including fabulous combo nachos and a drink, Ray's Fish and Chips from The Londoner, and many more. We also enjoyed several tastings from Robert Mondavi's Winery in Napa and amazing frozen wine based margaritas from various restaurants. Here are a few pictures of our outing.

My Checkpast Ladies including Whitney, Sally, baby girl Harley (at almost 6 months) and myself

Ray and I at Taste Addison

Tasting and Tour of Robert Mondavi's Wine
Wine is Passion

I love asking random people for photographs as it is always imperfect perfection. I do think a 1,2,3, countdown would have helped us out. But I do love the ever famous "action" group shot.

Here is a much better version of our group shot at Taste Addison

Whit, Doug, and Baby Harley

Sally and Paul Gathings

Mama with her furbabies. I heart my Tobs and Mattison!

Saturday night after our return home, we ventured over for dinner with the Fants including Bryson or B-rice as Ray calls him. We had such a great time with our friends, enjoyed an amazing dinner... seriously I'm so going to have to make that chicken... it was delicious:), and a fun time with sweet boy Bryson. I swear he has gotten so big and I love all of his new words and tricks. Here are a few cute pictures of Ray with Bryson playing "miniature" golf, giving big hugs, and making fun faces. Mr. Ray is of course super silly:) I love these two boys.

Sunday after a great time in Joyland with our kiddos we spent a few hours with our friends the Dukes including Duckee, Adam, and baby Jacob. Finally!!! For the past several weeks it seemed as though whenever we had a visit planned I would get sick from my kiddos at school so it was soooo nice to get to catch up with our friends and see how much Jacob had grown. Here are a few pictures from our hang out Sunday afternoon. At almost four months baby Jacob is such a big boy and so adorable.

The Ladies with baby Jacob

Adam, Ray, and Jacob

This weekend was definitely a great weekend with old friends and new little friends alike. Only 10 more days of school until Summer. I absolutely cannot wait to spend more quality time with these sweet faces. Happy weeks ahead!

Fun in the McKinney Sun... Weekend Activities

This past weekend was filled with lots of love and laughs, a great deal of pampering, catching up on much needed vitamin-D, celebrating a year and a half of marriage, and spending time with sweet friends celebrating the Link's little matey expected in early June.

Hope you had a fabulous weekend and enjoyed some fun in the May sun!

Here are a few fun pictures from our weekend.

Saturday afternoon I met up with Jes from work at our local salon in McKinney for our hair appointment. Yes it is true... My hair just keeps getting shorter... and I absolutely love it. Meet the Brown and Red Headed Gellner!

Upon my return home, Ray and I quickly decided that the afternoon would be perfect to catch up on some much needed Vitamin-D. It was a perfect Pool Day in McKinney. With our vacation only a few weeks away I knew it was time for this pale lady to get some color.

Today was also special as today the husband and I celebrated a year and a half of marriage together. After our fun in the sun, we then ordered Buca di Beppo to go (as if there were any other place:) and enjoyed a movie night at home with the furbabies.

Sunday afternoon I attended a cute pirate themed baby shower for a sweet friend from church. It was such an adorable shower. I absolutely loved all the cute pirate decor and the most adorable cake ever. Here are a few pictures of the cake, invite, and party favor.

AHOY
Katy's Having a Boy!

Themed Invitation

Pirate themed Baby Shower Cake

Sweet Decor

Entrance Decor & Party Gifts

Katy... we wish you such wonderful blessings on your new adventure! What a special day for such a special little man. I am so glad that I could share in such a wonderful occasion.

After returning from the shower, Ray and I decided to enjoy a little more fun in the May sun. What a fun weekend with friends and my amazing husband!