{Five} on Friday

I found this linkup at the good life blog while reading up on my favorite blogs and thought it would be fun! Here's what I'm loving this Friday.

{One}

Matthew got the "Ultimate Dragon" award today for completing 6 community service projects and reading the required amount of hours for this school year. Go Matthew! Too bad the picture is blurry...

{Two}

The FC Dallas game with my brother, sister and the boys was so much fun.  Added bonus - FC Dallas won!

{Three}

My sister introduced me to Alex and Ani bracelets. I'm loving the simple design and can't wait to add this to my budding collection!

{Four}

I'm in love with the candles from Bath and Body Works.  I can't believe it's taken me this long to discover it. 

{Five}

I was looking for a nice light pink nail polish and found this - Chic from Ear to Tail.  Very pretty! 

Memorial Day Weekend

I'm so happy that my sister, my brother and his family were able to visit for Memorial Day weekend (most of the weekend anyway).  My sister left on Sunday and my brother is leaving tomorrow.  It's going to be so quiet around here, especially when the boys are in school.

On Saturday, we went over to my in-laws and the boys swam.  My brother made this yummy tri-tip steak on the grill.  Then we went to the FC Dallas game.

On Sunday, we went to Pappadeux for lunch before my sister had to leave for her flight home.  It was delicious - I ate way too much

This was the best picture I got of all 4 of them.

We just hung out around the house on Monday and the boys went swimming with my bro. The boys love swimming with their uncle because he throws them around in the water.  They may be getting to heavy for him to do that though. The water is still too cold for me, so I stayed on the patio and watched.   The weather was perfect for sitting out on the patio! We went to dinner at The Feed Store - one of my fave local BBQ restaurant. They have the best ribs.

FC Dallas in the Rain

We took a trip to Frisco last night to watch FC Dallas play the San Jose Earthquakes.  It started to rain right when we sat down, but it was OK because I actually was prepared!  I had some ponchos that I bought 2 years ago and we were totally styling when we put it on.  Michael elected to stick it out and not put one on.  

FC Dallas won 1-0! The boys had pizza and lots of fun with their Yee-Yee and Kou-Foo!

Silly people!

Boot Shopping

My brother, sister, and SIL wanted to get some cowboy boots so we went boot shopping on the first full day of their visit yesterday.  It was a good day because they all found boots and I got to indulge by having Mark try on his first pair of cowboy boots!

Adorable! However, the price tag was a little (actually, a lot) more than I am willing to spend so he posed for us a little and we put them back.

He loved those boots!

Soccer!

Michael had a soccer tournament in Lewisville last weekend.  His team won all 4 games and had 2 shut-outs.  They other teams only scored 2 points against them the whole tournament.  Go Solar!

Champions!

Michael did great and got really aggressive towards the end of the tournament.  He got to play more defense than any other tournament and he has gotten a lot better at it.

The first game was on Friday at 8pm.  They played for about 20 minutes before the lightening warning came on.  We were told to go into our car until they came to get us to finish up the game.  We waited for an hour and then they told us the games were going to be rescheduled. They boys found a way to stay occupied. First they called to each other in the car.  Then they decided to get into one of the parent's truck and hang out. So cute!

Haircuts

Marky got his first buzz cut yesterday and he did so well! He sat still the whole time while M used the buzzer to shave his hair off.  the only time he whined a little was towards the end when the little hairs were bugging him.

Before....

After....

Then it was Matthew's turn.  He didn't want to at first, but he relented.  He had so much hair that the buzzer got clogged a couple of times. After the cut, he said he did not like it, but this morning, he was very happy with it because he said he can see much better and he doesn't have to hold his bangs back anymore.  He looks so much older with it!

Michael could not be convinced to get his hair cut.  He said he wanted to wait until school was out.

Mystery Reader

Yesterday was "Teacher for a Day" at Michael's school and his "teacher" was Brittany.  She has an awesome surprise for them.  She brought in a Mystery Reader who happens to be a Dallas Cowboys tight-end - Jason Witten. He was so excited!

Jason read "Oh, The Places You'll Go" and took a class picture with them.