Accepted :)

We had a great weekend! On Friday--the 13th!--I found out I was accepted to Dental Hygiene school. This news led to happy hour with friends, which led to dinner, which led to additional drinks, which led to a late night for us.

Saturday morning we had to drag ourselves out of bed because I had volunteered us to work at the rescue group's booth at the Fort Worth Home and Garden Show. We also volunteered Mr. Bear, my parents' Golden (and the first dog we ever fostered!), to work the booth with us. Mr. Bear is a gentle giant and one of those dogs that even those who don't consider themselves "dog people" fall in love with. So we strapped the donation vest onto him and he worked the room like a rock star, collecting money that will go to the rescue group's veterinary expenses.

Have you ever seen so many dollar bills stuffed into a small piece of fabric?
Wait, some of you probably shouldn't answer that. You know who you are.

After the Home & Garden Show, we headed home and rallied in time to go to the Dallas Stars game with Tommy and Jennifer. Tommy got us great seats and we had an awesome time watching the Stars win in overtime.

Brian, a Southerner, doesn't actually appreciate hockey enough to watch the games on TV but likes to go watch in person. I, on the other hand, have parents from Canada and Buffalo, so hockey was always on at my house. My dad actually played goalie throughout high school and college and lost his four front teeth in 1962 when goalies weren't required to wear masks (or, as he puts it, "When men were men!").

Anyways, after the game we met up with Daylon for a drink before calling it a night and heading home. Sunday we had lunch with Brian's family and got to hang out for a bit with our niece, Piper, who is almost 15 months old, so cute, and into EVERYTHING! And for those of you who thought there wouldn't be any cute baby pictures on my blog, behold!

It's an old picture, but I like it because it also includes
our nephew Laird in the background.

Lots of people think Piper looks like her Uncle Brian, and she definitely has his eyes! She is a pretty, happy girl and it was great to get to see her on Sunday.

Earlier today I picked up Bubba from the vet's office, so we have begun his period of rest and relaxation--so far, so good! Hope everyone has a great week.