So Proud of my Little Family!

This was a great week of celebration for my family! We have so much to be thankful for and this week reminded me of just that many times.

My parents drove in Tuesday to see my "Teacher of the Year" reception/presentation. It was such an honor to be nominated several months ago by my coworkers, and I was so appreciative of both my coworkers and my family for coming out to see me get the award. It kind of felt like graduation all over again. Walking across a stage, shaking hands with someone, smiling while your parents took your picture, etc. But it was fun and we ended the night by heading out to Perini's. Dan and I love going there and we were excited to share it with my parents who had never been. This photo is of us after dinner. My parents spent the night Tuesday, so I took my mom to school with me the next day while Dan spent the day with my dad. They left Wednesday afternoon so it was a quick trip, and I'm so grateful they were able to make the trip to support me. I'm looking forward to celebrating Mother's Day with my mom next weekend when I make a trip out to Plano.

Wednesday night we celebrated Dan's mom. His sister, Michelle, had a bar-b-que at her house for all of us. His mom brought her dog, I brought Charlie, and then Michelle has a dog as well. They are all about the same size so they like getting together and playing. They were all tuckered out by about 10 p.m. so we knew it was time to go. It gave me a glimpse into the future when all of us 'kids' will eventually have our own kids and instead of our dogs getting tired, our kids will be getting tired! Fun times ahead for us! I had to laugh when Dan's sister, Heather, told us about how when Dan and her were little and receiving a spanking, Dan whispered to her, "Put a book in your pants and it won't hurt as bad". Michelle and I couldn't participate in any of these spanking stories, because as we remember it we were too good to ever receive any!

Charlie made us proud because he won an award for a photo I entered of him in our newspaper. He won 3rd place for best dressed. It's a photo of him in his Cowboys jersey watching the game. They displayed them in the Grace Museum Thursday night and since dogs weren't allowed inside, I posed next to the picture in his place!Dan also had a proud moment this week. He has been working really hard at the restaurant lately, and since business has been way up, his boss gave him a raise for being such a great manager! I couldn't be more proud of all the hard work and long hours he puts in up there.

And that is why I am so proud of my little family!