Brandon's Home!! {& Sandfest 2013}

Happy Monday, friends! Things are lookin' up around here! Brandon is finally finished with the classroom part of his work training, and after a total of ten weeks in Oklahoma {including our first two wedding anniversaries} and sixteen weeks in Dallas I'm SO thankful!

Now on to our weekend...

On Saturday we drove down to Port Aransas and spent the afternoon at Sandfest. The amount of time and attention to detail that was put into these sandcastles was impressive!

P.S. I'm thinking that one day when my dad retires we're going to find him on a beach building sandcastles, too. And Dad, from what I heard nationals is in Florida, so if you when you make it we'll come watch!

Friday {almost Saturday}'s Letters

{Mom and I, Our shopping day, Fresh tomatoes, My nine-pound BFF}

Dear Mom, I so enjoyed our shopping day last weekend. It was just what I needed! Dear anyone who's reading this, I'm convinced that there's no better form of therapy than a weekend of being spoiled by your parents! There's just something about getting cooked for, shopped for, and being sent home with a bag of goodies that makes you feel warm and cozy inside. Dear tomato plant, I have no idea how or why you are still growing, but I'm definitely not going to complain! The only problem is that I can't eat your tomatoes fast enough! Dear P, Thank you so much for keeping me company while B was gone. I am convinced that you are the cutest and sweetest and most lovable little dog in the whole world. Dear B, Right now you are driving home from Oklahoma for the last time. Thank. Goodness. I am so happy that all of this training is behind us! I feel like it's time we take a deep breath, relax, and enjoy life. One way or another we're going to make that happen! Dear Kayla and Diane, I can't wait to be reunited with you two next weekend! I already know it's going to go by way too fast. Maybe we should just not sleep Friday night so we can get the most out of our time together. Just kidding! Sort of. Dear readers, I'm considering taking part in a blog challenge I read about last week where I'd be committing myself to blogging every single day in the month of May. Hmmm... What do you think??

What better reason to celebrate?

A few weeks ago Brandon surprised me and made us dinner reservations at the Republic of Texas, a restaurant I've been wanting to go to ever since we moved here. It's at the top of the Omni hotel right on the water, and the view alone was amazing!

After we were seated that evening our waiter introduced himself and asked, "Are you two celebrating something special?"

As Brandon and I glanced at each other he smiled and said, "We're celebrating life!"

It was a perfect evening, and the food was delicious!

Thanks, B for sharing your pork chops that night 

and for always finding a reason to celebrate!