Simple Saturday

On Saturday we took advantage of the beautiful Spring weather and took Molly on her first trip to the Dallas Arboretum. And we got some other unexpected firsts as well.

It was so insanely crowded (two spring breaks colliding plus a beautiful Sat = chaos!) that we had to park a mile away and take a bus shuttle back to the Arboretum. Just as we were pulling into the parking lot Molly started to melt down. Screaming at some insane levels. Yikes! This was going to be fun. For a moment we contemplated throwing in the towel and heading back home because a screaming baby in a sea of crowded people isn't too fun -- but we thought what the hell. We hopped on the big shuttle bus and Molly instantly calmed down while she took in her new surroundings. Wide eyed and mystified at the people, noises and motion of the bus. By the time we got to the Arboretum and strapped her in her stroller she was a pure gem.









We can't wait to take advantage of our membership all spring and summer long. I see lots of picnics in the lush green grass in our future.

And oh yea, it was St. Patrick's Day too.





Molly's name is inspired by our rich Irish heritage so this was a special day for her -- our little Irish lass.

Happy Friday

Looking forward to a nice weekend with my Mom and Molly. Chase is off taking his first round of board exams (wish him luck!) so its just the girls.

And since our little one is full on Irish we will be enjoying St. Patrick's Day. And some nice Spring weather.



Have a wonderful weekend.

something Irish

In honor of St. Patrick's day I thought I would pay tribute to the shamrock or clover.  The clover is a huge part of Chase and I's relationship, its sort of our symbol.  We registered the symbol as our married last name, ya know...like Prince.  Not really.

But it really is something we have had as a part of our relationship since the very beginning.  It comes from our song which is The Luckiest by Ben Folds and the fact that we are both predominantly Irish.  It even ended up being a big part of our wedding.  I thought I would share a few of the shamrocks that exist in our homes as an ode to our relationship and our heritage.

This was the symbol that our friend Liz created to use on our wedding save the dates, invitations, signage etc.

Vintage jar we found at an antique store and used to decorate our wedding reception


Stained glass that Chase gave me for Christmas (hangs in our office window)


Greeting card that I framed (in our living room)


The most permanent of all our clovers, Chase's tattoo


Clover on the collage that Chase made when he asked me to marry him




Happy Saint Patrick's Day everybody!