One of my favorite DFW holidays!

It's not on any calendar, but about once a year it snows in this part of Texas, and it sure feels like a full fledged holiday. I love seeing everything covered in white and listening to weather men frantically interrupt commercials with "Winter storm warnings" and the like. (They've learned not to break into real shows.)

Even though I'm normally pretty diligent while working at home, today I couldn't help but take longer than usual breaks to stare out at the white goodness. I guess that's the benefit of not worrying about commuting in this weather.

If you live in a different part of the metroplex that missed out on the snow, (we here mesquite and sunnyvale got no snow, only rain) pictures will have to do. :)




(This post also ends the long famed Mark absense from the blog!)

Amarillo by Mornin'

Well, since Mark has officially "abandoned" our blog (ha ha) I will update the world on what has been happening in the McSpadden household. Well, we are working, working, working, and in the meantime, we are looking for a house. My aunt is helping us look for a place, and we are really excited about extending our space a bit! More news on that in the coming weeks.

This past weekend, Mark and I got to take a pleasant, yet strenuous drive to Amarillo, Texas for the wedding of one of our favorite friends: Katherine. It got off to a slow start, as we were supposed to leave Friday night, and I caught the "crud" (from one of my germ-filled sixth graders, I'm sure!). So, by Sat. morning, I was feeling much better... that's right- Amarillo by morning!

Let me just say, a 6 hour car ride is such an amazing way to spend quality time talking with your spouse. I am really serious on this... no exaggerating or sarcasm! We really got to talk it up, it was great!

The wedding was beautiful, the flowers, the cake, all of it was lovely. However, in all my listening to George Strait's song, and hearing people talk about "A" town, I have never heard how awful this place smells. Mark and I were immediately surprised by the pungent aroma of the nearby dairy farms. Wouldn't you know that a dairy farm or 2 were placed right by our hotel! We screamed, "hurry up, get in the hotel room, so the smell will go away!" But, nope. That smell followed us back to room 120. Wonderful. Luckily, I was still halfway recovering from "the crud" so my nostrils were lucky to be somewhat on vacation.

Anyhow, we loved getting to be a part of Katherine and Billy's special day (she was also one of the Aggies on the trip we took to Thailand, back in 2004), and we even got to grow in our marriage by spending over 12 hours in the car! It may have been smelly in Amarillo, but coming home to a rekindled marriage smells pretty nice to me! :) Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Parks!

* On a side note- the picture on the right, below with the bride (Katherine), the groom (Billy), Mark, and I, has a lady in it. She was a relative of Katherine's, who jumped in the picture. Funny, huh? We thought it was hilarious and didn't have the heart to bump her from our photo!