We Live for the Weekends!

This weekend was super fun! Friday night we went to dinner with my in-laws and then went to see Michael Hearne sing! Michael Hearne is a singer out of Taos New Mexico who we have the pleasure of seeing when we are out in Taos! He was great as always. On Saturday night Charlie and I enjoyed a great evening with Meagan and Campbell at their cocktail party at the Petroleum Club. It was super fun to hang with the soon to be married couple! We look forward to their wedding in April! Sunday I had brunch with my great friend Elizabeth Bayer at Lemmon Bar. We soaked up the sun on the patio and talked for hours! Oh how we love our Dallas weekends!

First Time for Everything

So a few weekends ago I was out to brunch with my good friend Erica while Charlie stayed home and spent the morning with our dog Jack at our neighborhood park. This park is not closed in and is basically surrounded by busy streets. While I was at brunch Charlie continued to send me text pictures of Jack at the park OFF THE LEASH!!! You see this is a BIG no no!! We always keep Jack on the leash not only for the safety of our dog but for the safety of other dogs as well. Oh geeez, I did NOT like this one! On my way home Charlie assured me that Jack was on his best behavior with the other dogs and even took part in a little game of fetch with his new furry friends. So this weekend I decided that I would take part in this new adventure. I had sweaty palms as we were walking to the park near our house. The thought of Jack getting too rough with another dog or him darting off into the street would not exit my mind! When we arrived at the park there were 2 tiny but VERY fast chihuahuas.....OFF their leashes! Jack and the squirrel like pups were fast friends or so I like to think so. I felt like a mom dropping her 5 year old off at Kindergarten for the first time . You're excited yet sad and scared at the same time! All in all Jack is like our very own baby who we love dearly! Jack was such a big boy and had the time of his life at the park this weekend despite a very nervous and overprotective mom!!

Spring Break - Break Down

I must say that Spring Break 2010 has been super fun! After a fun week I am ready to get back in the classroom and greet my 22 1st grade darlings on Monday! Here is a break down of my week.

Saturday- Ran the 5K with Sally, drank one green beer afterwards to honor St. Patty's Day in Dallas.

Sunday- Lazy day with the husband, dinner at the Morris' house which consisted of delicious Chicken breast, corn on the cob and Thin Mints!!

Monday- Ran 3 miles, cleaned the house, took a 2 hour nap!

Tuesday- Took Jack on a long walk, brunch with Kiley, ran errands, took a nap!

Wednesday- Rented a limo with 3 girlfriends, toured the Grapevine wineries!

Thursday- My great college friend Emily came in town to visit! Dinner at Park that night.

Friday- Cooked a big breakfast with Em, Shopped all day at North Park, met up with Erica for more shopping, had friends over to our house for Erica's birthday, went to the Joule Hotel to celebrate Erica's birthday.

Saturday- Breakfast with Em and Charlie at our 2nd favorite breakfast place John's Cafe, hugged Em goodbye til next time, went to work for 2 hours, Dodi's with Charlie for dinner!

ME + SPRING BREAK = LOVE!!

Me and Sally getting ready to run!

Katie, Me, Holly and Kelly at the wineries!

Happy Birthday Erica!!

I Am

I AM – Lindsay Morris, A wife, A daughter, A sister, A 1st grade Teacher

I HAVE – More than I could ever ask for

I WISH – for happiness and health for the rest of my life

I WANT – to be more involved in my community (just joined Junior League and Promise House of Dallas……working on it)

I FEAR – Snakes

I HEAR – 6 year old kids all day long and I miss it when I don’t hear them

I WONDER – If I will have a boy or a girl when we decide to have children?

I REGRET – Nothing, I a pleased at who I have become , maybe I would have done a few things over again but for the most part I am a very happy person who was blessed with a great upbringing.

I LOVE – everything that I have in my life, most importantly Charlie

I ALWAYS – clean our house, it is so hard to keep clean with a black hairy dog

I USUALLY – leave our house at 6:45am in order to get ready for my first graders

I AM NOT – a night person during the week, I love bed time!!

I SING – whenever I get the chance, mostly to Charlie…he loves it!!

I RARELY –eat something that doesn’t include cheese!

I NEVER – try to be something that I am not

I CRY- when I watch movies where animals die or when something sentimental happens

I AM NOT ALWAYS- as close to God as I would like to be

I NEED – Luby’s cafeteria at least once a week!

Haute South! St. Thomas Auction

This weekend was the St. Thomas Auction Haute South! All of us left our husbands at home and had a great girls night out at Union Station down town for the event! It was so fun mingling with our student's parents and exchanging funny stories! I am so lucky to be apart of such a wonderful school. It's a great feeling to wake up everyday and want to go to work! I work with great people, wonderful families and super fun kids! STA all the way!!!!!!!!

Will's Baptism

This weekend was beautiful in Dallas!! We celebrated Will's baptism with great friends and family. We love our nephew so much and can't wait to see him next! Our weekend started off with a fabulous crawfish boil at the Morris' house. Charlie and I were so excited to have Will's OTHER Aunt Lindsay and Uncle Mitch Hyatt stay at our house for all of the festivities. We love Lindsay and Mitch and can't wait to meet up with them again soon on the East or West coast!! On Sunday Will was a trooper though the whole service and didn't make a peep! After church everyone came over to the Morris' house for a delicious brunch. Here are a few pics from our fun weekend with Will!

Baby Shower Fun!

On Friday night we celebrated the birth of Jack Henry Schneider!! The first grade teachers at St. Thomas threw Lauren and baby Jack Henry a great party at our house. Lot's of great food, Society Bakery cupcakes, good wine and great friends made it a perfect night! Here are a few pics from the party! Congrats Lauren and Keith!

My 2 Valentines

This Valentines weekend has been quite eventful. It all started with a snow day on Friday, NO SCHOOL!!!!!! Charlie and I started our normal weekend routine early of cleaning the house from top to bottom. Luckily we had power all weekend. Dallas received over 12 inches of snow so most people in our area were without power and are STILL trying to get it back! One of my great friends from work Lauren and her husband Keith just had a baby boy on February 1st. Baby Jack Henry is still in the NICU but doing great! Lauren and Keith did not have power at their house so they came to ours for the night. We spent the night cooking and sipping wine. It was great catching up with Lauren since she has been gone from St. Thomas. We can't wait to come visit Jack Henry again soon!

Saturday morning Charlie and I went to one of our favorite breakfast spots for breakfast. Not only were we there at 9am on a Saturday with all the other early risers we see Carlin and Charles Morris there (My in laws). As we were walking in I asked Charlie if we were turning into his parents? Charlie said yes! So we joined Carlin and Charles for a great Goldrush kinda breakfast. I am so lucky to have such wonderful in-laws. I truly enjoy spending so much time with them,

After a great breakfast we hit up Northpark. Little did we know the mall was packed because of All Stars weekend. Everyone was there to see Dirk! We left Northpark with 2 new Wii games and headed straight home to play them......ALL DAY LONG!!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday night Charlie and I went to Park to have a few Valentine drinks! Yummy! It was a great way to spend Valentines 2010 with my one and only!

Today we woke up, I made Belgian waffles loaded with syrup along with a hot pot of coffee. C and I plan to cook lobster tail and scallops for dinner tonight! I have failed to mention Jack throughout this whole post, crazy I know! Granny C gave Jack his very own Valentine this year!!! He looks so handsome in his new bandanna! Thanks Granny C!

I wish everyone a happy Valentines Day 2010! I am so lucky to have my 2 Valentines, Charlie and Jack! Cheers!

Mrs. Morris's First Grade Class

One of my most fun days yet as a first grade teacher at St. Thomas Catholic School!!

Jackson The Snow Dog...

I have been hearing about this blog for weeks and I think it's about time that I get my chance to post a story about my day...That's right, it's Jackson's turn!

My parent's have been pretty good about blogging about our recent activities, but there is no way their activities outside of this house (I still don't know where they go every day) could be any more fun than what we did today in the backyard.

When we woke up this morning, Dad let me outside to go to the restroom before my breakfast. But unlike normal when I run out and then straight back in to eat that Yummy food, I found myself running around like a mad man. It was cold white stuff that I have not been around for about a year now. Then it hit me, this is that Snow stuff I last saw when I was in Taos with my parents and Granny C.

I thought that my parents were going to be forced to stay home with me because it was too slick to drive so I went in for my breakfast to boost my energy for a fun morning playing in the snow. But my parents went through their typical morning routine and I was all by myself by 7:00 AM...

All day long, I sat there at my window waiting for my parent's to come home. It was Torture! The snow just kept getting deeper and I kept seeing all of the the other neighborhood dogs playing with their owners.

Finally, my mom got home and my dad actually got home earlier than normal. The words "Outside" have never sounded so Sweet!

I have never had so much fun playing in the backyard. Dad and I wrestled around a lot and I really showed him who the master of the house is these days! Then we through the ball and it kept getting buried in the soft snow. Don't you worry, I am a natural when it comes to digging through the snow to find things. I think I may have a future with an Avalanche Search & Rescue Team. But there is only one problem, that would mean I have to move away from my parents to go to the mountains because this will probably not happen again anytime soon in Dallas.

Oh well, I guess I will have to enjoy it while it lasts...On that note, I have to get back out there and roll around some more before it's gone.

I will try to catch everyone up through my parent's blog again sometime soon, but something tells me it will be quite a long time till I have this much fun again.

Until next time,

Action Jackson