Pretty, Happy, Funny, Real

There were loads of pictures I could have used today...but I decided to keep it simple....

PRETTY

Last Thursday I went to the Dallas Arboretum with Mom, Allison, Thomas, and the girls.  The flowers were just stunning!  This is my favorite of the day -- and it is pretty!

HAPPY:

Wednesday the girls came to stay overnight and we played in the backyard because it was GORGEOUS outside!  They were laughing and running and having so much fun.  This picture exudes happy!

FUNNY:

My face in this picture cracks me up!  I was so excited to meet 3.5 week old twins, Luke and Levi.  They came to visit my office and I got to hold both of them!  So sweet...

REAL:

Real? Pictures of furniture?  Come on Leanne......

No really -- last week Alan and I went to 'look' at couches.  We recently looked at beds and didn't buy anything so I went with Alan to look at furniture and we came home having purchased a new sectional sofa, a coffee table, 2 end tables, and a new kitchen table.  Wait - what?!  You read that correctly!  The top picture is a (bad) picture of our new sofa and coffee table.  (The end tables match.)  The bottom is our new table.  The table should deliver around the beginning of April and the living room furniture around my birthday.  Admittedly I am somewhat sentimental in this journey.  The table we have now was my Grandmother's. The coffee and end tables we have now my sisters and I teethed on.  But it will be so nice to have OUR furniture!  (Everything in the house is a hand-me-down except our bed - which I bought when I graduated college.)  Can't wait to see it in our house! :)

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!

I love this day!  It just makes me happy! To commemorate I thought I'd show you me and Alan through the years, since we (re)met during Spring Break in 2009.

While the first picture doesn't show his face - it is one of my ALL TIME FAV's that he is IN.
That's James Like on the left and Alan on the right.  I'd spent a week with the 2 of them and this is how I felt! :)

Here is one of him playing the accordion that year.  It was the first time I experienced an Irish Ceili with lots of music and fun...hence our Paddy's Day Party's now!

2010 - Paddy's Day Parade in Galway, Ireland.  Alan and I were part of the drama team.  He was the Sheriff and I was a prairie girl.  We dance through the streets of Galway with the drama team.  Good fun!  (Look how young we look!!!)

2011 - This year I didn't go to Ireland over Spring Break. Instead, Mom and I went to Georgia to visit Amy, Paul, Andrew, and Christopher.  This is me with the boys in the Ireland shirts.  They were real into the picture - as you can see.

2012 - Our first Paddy's Day party.  I think we had 25-30 in attendance.  We had such a fun time.  Paddy's Day is also our 6 month anniversary so on this day we'd been married for 6 whole months!!!

2013 - Party number 2!  

2014 - Party 3 (Apparently this photo surprised Alan!)

2015 - Ok - so this is not what we look like today.  Alan has on a solid green shirt today and I have on one that says "Keep Calm and Sure, it's Grand".  This is from Sunday...and isn't great...but it's the most current one of the two of us.  :)

 Let us remember on this day - which I love because it's just fun - that it is about a man and the wonderful things he did for Ireland.  St. Patrick taught a pagan land about our Lord and Savior through a simple 3 leaf clover.  His love and dedication to a small island nation turned the tide in it's history.  May we be so bold, loving, and dedicated to our land.  Now - go enjoy your corned beef, shepherd's pie, potatoes, and Guinness...and have fun! :)