13 on the 13th!

Yesterday was my baby brother's birthday. He turned 13 and is officially a teenager now...kind of scary. It is crazy to think that I was almost 13 when he was born and now here we are 13 years later and he is officially taller than me, I'm going to his band concerts, and Ryne picks on him instead of me! We didn't do his official party last night because it was a school night and he had UIL band contest this morning, but Andy and I went over and ate dinner with them and gave him part of his gift.

This is Reid opening Ryne's gift (I use to open my gifts like this!)

Sporting the new cubs hat that Ryne got him

Opening part of our gift to him

The last installment of the Harry Potter series!

I'll post more pics after this weekend when we do the "official" party with the cake and what not. Reid also got a Kinect and it was so fun watching the boys play it, but I didn't take any pictures of that so I will make sure to do that this weekend because it is hysterical. On a side note Reid's band had UIL concert and sight-reading contest this morning and they got sweepstakes which means they received all division 1's  at contest! I was so excited to hear that they did so well. While watching the concert portion of the contest I was amazed at how good this band of 7th and 8th graders sounded and looked. Their hard work really paid off.


                Happy birthday Jackson Reid!

For Sarah and Bobby

Sarah and I met in the Fall of 2003 when we both started our first year at Texas Tech and our first year in Goin' Band. I ended up in a duel spot with a girl that played french horn so I was the lone clarinet in the french horn section. This was great for my parents as it made it easy for them to spot me! It was hard to miss Sarah, she had long blonde hair, she was loud, and she wasn't shy! She was everything I wasn't. Thus began our friendship. In the Spring of our freshman year Sarah invited me to go with her, Connor, and Neil on a spring break trip to the Port Aransas area. I was so excited! It was my first trip with just friends and we were going to the beach for spring break! Sarah and I drove to Dallas together where I met her family. When I first met her Dad at the beginning of the week my hair looked something like this...

See my nicely flat-ironed, straight hair

When we came back at the end of the week I had given up on straightening my hair because of the humidity and plus going curly is so much easier. So here is what my hair looked like at the end of the week...

Naturally curly hair...wash and go!

Bobby had only met the one time the week before when my hair was straight and so when he saw me again with curly hair he thought I was a different person. This is my favorite memory of him and makes me smile every time I think about it. This last week I was fortunate enough to be able to go and be with Sarah and her family at the hospital. During this time I saw how incredibly loved Bobby and his family are by everyone and I was constantly amazed at how many lives he has touched. Sarah is my one of my best friends and I just hope she knows how much like her Dad she is.

Sarah and I at her rehearsal dinner

Life happens fast

So today I have been getting things ready so that I can go be with my friend Sarah. Her Dad is in the hospital with two brain aneurisms. It has been a crazy couple of days for her and her family and I just want to help in any way I can. So this morning we took my car and put new tires on it for my trip. And speaking of my trip, this will be the first time that I have driven that far by myself. The furthest I have gone on my own is two hours in either direction of where I live. I have always gone with people or people have gone with me, so it should be really interesting to see how it goes, but I will have my Tomtom to guide me!

In other news I have been able to start a few crafts and go thrift shopping.

I found this bird at the Dollar Tree.

I found this bunny at a local thrift shop.

 

 

 

 

This is Bella investigating the bunny.

The bunny was being used to house cotton balls.

I spray painted the bunny and the bird with Heirloom white spray paint from Home Depot.

Here they are after being spray painted.

This is the bunny in his home for now. He is below the mantel. The mantel is not finished but when it is I will add pictures of that.

Here is the bird. He is on a side table in our living room.

Here is a big picture of where the bird is.

 So that is a little bit of what I have done so far. I found some great stuff at the thrift store and I am excited to get started on it when I get back in town. I have started work on a bird house, but it is not quite finished yet so I'll post when it is done. I've been keeping an eye out at places for discounted pictures frame with mats in them (I have an office project I want to do with those), but alas I have found no frames yet.

Until next time.

Robyn