Belated Birthday at Buca!

Tonight the husband and I joined our best friends at Buca di Beppo for my belated birthday dinner. We enjoyed tasty family style eats, delicious drinks, amazing conversation, and great catch up with friends. I absolutely love these people and am so blessed to have them in my life. We of course were missing some sweet friends but know we will all be together again soon. Here are some pictures from our night out celebrating Family Style at Buca!

It even ended with a fabulous celebratory song! What an amazing night with friends celebrating Twenty Seven years! When we returned home the puppies were all smiles! A truly blessed day indeed:)

His & Her Buca Celebration glasses

Today...
1. I enjoyed a fabulous belated birthday celebration with my best friends
2. I signed my professional teaching paper work
3. I drove to the school 3X as I forgot my camera right before dinner and had to make an additional trip back to the school
4. Bryson and Jacob met for the first time:)

MeEt ThE TeAcHeR!

Welcome to Kindergarten!

Surprise! I am excited to announce that I have received my first teaching job as a Kindergarten teacher at my home school. I absolutely believe that God has amazing plans in our life and I am so thankful and excited for the journey ahead. His timing is always perfect! More to be posted shortly on all the happenings in Mrs. Zellner's Kindergarten Classroom!

Welcome to Mrs. Zellner's Kindergarten Class

I'm Mrs. Zellner and I'm here to say,
I'm the newest teacher on Kinder Way.
I'm fun and bubbly,
And laughy too,
And I can't wait to get to know
Each one of you!

To get more information, click here.

Twenty Seven & a Birthday on a Boat!

Twenty Seven! It still sounds absolutely crazy to me that I am officially 27 as I still get carded for Rated R movies and at restaurants. But it is true today is my birthday and I couldn't be more excited to celebrate! This morning I woke up to breakfast in bed. I am so thankful that I have such an amazing cook as a husband!

After a wonderful morning of sleeping in, a delicious breakfast, and time with my husband and furbabies, it was time to get dressed and get ready for a day of celebration. I had received a message earlier in the weekend from our favorite Fant friends. The text included these words... "Birthday on a boat." I was sold. So after the hour and a half journey to Richland Chambers Lake we met up with Michael and Kristin and the Bragg family to enjoy a day of adventure. Our time included outdoor fun, washers, a delicious lunch, sundaes on Sunday, wake boarding, water spiders, and of course fun photo sessions. Enjoy some pictures of our fabulous day with friends and a wonderful birthday celebration!

And in celebration of my day I was actually able to stand up on the wake board for the very first time. Believe me... this picture doesn't look pretty (zoom in on the not so cute very focused scowl I have on my face) but shows my victorious moment. It was definitely one amazing day... filled with lots of laughs, great weather, tasty food, fun with friends, a little too much love from the local flies, and one of the largest water spiders I have ever seen that literally took my breath away due to my non stop laughing. What a blessing and a great way to start year Twenty Seven!

Wine a Bit and You'll Feel Better!

Saturday the husband and I traveled to east McKinney to Wales Manor Winery for a free wine tasting and an afternoon adventure. It was a small and quiet location but upon entering into the main tasting room you were welcomed with all of its natural charm. This wine is not sold or marketed in stores but available for purchase at the winery. It's doors are open only on weekends for 10 months out of the year. The husband and I had an amazing time on our afternoon adventure... relaxing and enjoying new wines !

I even found a delicious RED WINE! After our tastings, we ventured to Eddy's Pizza Restaurant in Plano located on 15th and Custer. If you haven't been to Eddy's you are missing out. It has absolutely delicious Italian food in amazing portion sizes for an inexpensive price. Plus it is BYOB which was perfect as we dined on my new favorite Blueberry Merlot.

Once Ray and I returned home, we received a birthday package in the mail. When I opened the package, I found the most amazing gift inside. I received tons of Eric Carle children books. The husband sure knew the perfect way to this girl's heart.

What an absolutely amazing afternoon filled with awesome adventures, special birthday treats, and time spent with my husband. God has truly blessed me these 27 years and I cannot wait for all the moments to come.

Pre Birthday Friday!

The lovely ladies of the ELC sure know how to make a girl feel special! I walked into my classroom to sweet birthday decorations and yummy birthday treats! I even had a special visitor bring us lunch from Tin Star with dessert!

A big thank you to Trout and my other Gellner half... thank you for making my birthday so special, for all the sweet treats, and birthday messages. Here are a few pictures from my pre birthday Friday at work.