Happy Birthday Opa!

Last weekend, Opa and Kennedy came up and we celebrated Opa's birthday. It was also a nice opportunity for Opa and Oma to see each other. Oma's been up here in Plano doing physical therapy for her shoulder.

Leo and Scott played golf and tried out Opa's new GPS golf watch. This watch can tell you, no matter where you are, how far you are to the hole. Evidently, the watch worked great. But, I don't know if it really improved their game much.

Of course, no birthday would be complete without a cake :)

This was the second time I've used this cake pan. It turned out much better this time. The first time, it was a little lop-sided..... Yes, that's suppose to be a soccer ball.....not a flying saucer.


The weather was pretty nice, so Oma and I took the kids out to a park.

Dallas Zoo

Last Saturday we went to the Dallas Zoo. It couldn't have been a better day to go. It was 70 degrees and sunny. 

We had never been to the Dallas zoo and I really enjoyed it, especially the African safari side. 

Payton's favorite animals were the giraffes because she got to feed them. See those lettuce leaves? They sold those....3 leaves for $5!!!!!!! I felt like such a sucker, but at least the money will go to a good cause (I hope).

Ian liked the penguins the best.

Happy New Year!

What are you going to do differently in 2012? 

I tried to explain to the kids about New Year's resolutions....how people use January 1st as a mark to try to improve themselves or start something new. It's a chance to start anew. Not that we need a specific date to do necessarily do this, but it's a tradition that many people take part in. So I asked the kids if there was something they felt they needed to work on.

Payton said, 'No, Mom. I'm perfect.'

Huh. All righty then.

Of course, then I tried to explain to her that I thought she was very special and unique, but that everyone could always improve somehow or another. And that no one is perfect. I used the example of her whining. She admitted she did whine......

And she didn't have much to say after that.