Catching up

Where was winter?  I really really am upset we did not have any snow.  I was so ready for us to build a snow man with Bree, snow angels, snow ice cream!! With the small amount of snow we did receive a mini snowman was built and Bree got to at least play in SOME snow. 

The first week of March is always fun for our family.  We head south to Austin for the Girls State Basketball Games.  It is three days of A LOT of basketball!! Whew!! This is the third year that Bree has attended and as we thought back over all the years that she has gone, its amazing how she has gone from sitting in her carrier sleeping in 2010, just sitting in our laps and falling asleep when she was tired and barely walking in 2011, and then this year, she was all over the place! We had to take a bag of toys to keep her occupied! But all three years she was wonderful and wasnt any trouble at all.  Sort of a mini vacation for us: hotel, great food, and my precious little family!!!

We couldn't wait for Brady's spring break to finally start! We were so ready to spend a week with him, and it was well deserved for him. The long haul from Christmas break to spring break is tiring.... oh I remember well! The first weekend of spring break we went to Oklahoma to stay with Nonnie and G for a few days. Of course, Bree had a blast having them to play with for four days! I am sure they were worn completely out once we left. While there we met with most of the family and had dinner at a mexican food restaurant in Norman and did a little shopping (looking around) together. It was a great time. We loved being with them and spending that time together!

After we came back to good ole Texas, we took Bree to the Dallas Zoo. We had been to the Ft Worth Zoo before we had Bree, but never the Dallas one so we wanted to give it a try. I'm glad we did! It was great and Bree loved it. She couldn't wait to see the elephants, the giraffes and the crocodiles. She played in the little kids area, watched a bird show, and rode the monorail. The few days before going to the zoo, that was all she could talk about! She would name all the animals that she hoped to see. From the amazement in her voice when she saw her favorite animals to the beautiful smile on her face, we knew she had a blast on her trip to the zoo!