L is for Luke...and Livie: April 2011

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Happy Easter!

We went up to Lake Buchanan this weekend to celebrate Easter at Brent's Granny and Papaw's.
Luke loves going to the lake and spending time with Papaw and Bonnie (their rat terrier). He came inside only to eat and sleep...and getting him to come in for either of those was a huge undertaking. All three of them were so exhausted by Sunday, I'm sure Papaw and Bonnie were so relieved it was time for us to go home.

Livie was her usual wonderful self, smiling and babbling at everyone. She is absolutely the happiest baby ever (she gets that from her mama) :)

Luke was busy the entire weekend, he was literally going from sun up to sun down

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Fiesta and the Farmer's Market

Every year in April, San Antonio celebrates Fiesta. It's a week long party with parades, festivals, food-n-drink, and tons of fun events.

People go all out decorating for Fiesta

We took Luke and Livie out to one of the Fiesta events this morning, the Pooch Parade. Luke loved seeing all of the puppies dressed in crazy outfits and true to form, Livie slept through all of it.

After the parade, we headed over to the Pearl Brewery to check out their farmer's market. It's a year-round farmer's market that has local produce, tons of food tastings, and live music along the River Walk.

When we finished browsing through all of the goodies at the farmer's market, we headed over to La Gloria for some yummy mexican food. It was such a beautiful day so we sat out on the patio overlooking the river walk.

such a fun day!

Friday, April 15, 2011

A Tribute to "Boogie"

About 5 years ago Brent was on a business trip in Austin and called me on his way home to let me know that he had rescued a dog. I immediately wanted to know what kind it was, if she was cute, so on and so on. I'm sure he hesitated with his answer, because anyone that has met Boogie knows that she definitely has a face only a mother could love.
As soon as Brent walked in the door with her, I thought to myself "oh no, that thing is hideous". I convinced myself that I wouldn't get attached to her because she looked like she was practically dead anyway and probably wouldn't be around long. Well the years kept passing and she continued to stick around. Now several years later, I have grown to love that dog and all of her craziness.

Today we lost our special friend...sweet Sugar (affectionately known as Boogie) went to meet Jesus.

It's so strange to look at her bed and not see her shaggy grey face. I never thought I'd admit it, but I'm gonna miss hearing the non-stop pacing around the house with her obnoxiously long (and therefore loud) toenails or almost falling every time I was in the kitchen because she would be right under my feet just waiting for any little morsel of food to drop, or hearing her whine to go outside literally two seconds after she had just come in.

I know she's in a better place and back to her old spunky self, but I am sure gonna miss her.

I love you Boogie and am so blessed to have known you.

Monday, April 4, 2011

Happy Birthday TWO you!

Our little Lukie turned two today! We celebrated his birthday this past weekend at Willie's Restaurant in Leon Springs. We picked Willie's because, as I've mentioned before, Luke is absolutely obsessed with sand and they have a HUGE sandbox. Luke had so much fun and just as we figured, he was in the sandbox the ENTIRE party.

I went with a construction-type theme so that I could incorporate sand...

The invitations were from my friend Kimbree at Invitation Chicks -

Luke's cupcakes were "sand" and "dirt" and super duper yummy! They were made by a friend from church, Kathy Young...She makes the most delicious cupcakes and cakes you've ever eaten!

I made these cute little party favors with cookies from Lily's Cookies ...WOWZA! they have the prettiest and best tasting cookies EVER!! and staying with the construction theme, I added a label from this shop I found on etsy partyINK In case you can't read the label it says "Thanks for making my party a load of fun"...too cute!