Happy Father's Day & Happy Birthday!

Happy Father's Day to All You Fathers, Grandfathers, 

Great-Grandfathers and Stand-In Fathers!

Photo Courtesy of: http://tinyurl.com/cuwah63

Happy Father's Day, a day late! Fathers, please know you are appreciated ALL year long! My family and I were so busy from Friday, June 15th through Father's Day, that I didn't go near a computer, hence the late well-wishes. We spent the day in San Antonio, taking my newly 14-year-old child and my 84-year-old father out on the town to celebrate the amazing young lady she is and the wonderful man that is he. Rin couldn't wait to do what teenage girls love best...SHOP! And shop we did. We hit North Star Mall like two whirling dervishes, heading straight for the shops that teenage girls love...Forever 21, Love Culture, Hot Topic and Journeys. My father loves history and can remember more at 84 years old than I've already forgotten. We went to the Alamo, Riverwalk, San Antonio Zoo, Tower of the Americas and several of the beautiful old missions. We ate some great food, saw some lovely sights and enjoyed the weekend as a family.

San Antonio is the seventh largest city in the United States. It contains so much culture and history and has so much fantastic food and so many fun things to do, you could visit every week for a year and never experience it all. We can't wait to go back because a weekend isn't nearly long enough to take in such a fabulous city!

Tower of the Americas 

Observation Deck View at Night...Beautiful!

Riverwalk 

View From Our Boat

San Antonio Zoo

Newborn Baby Warthog and Its Mother

Remember the Alamo!

Love the Two People (in foreground)

in "Mourning" Costumes

Mission Nuestra Señora 

de la Purisima Concepción de Acuña 

Founded in 1731, Mission Concepción
 is the oldest church in the United States 
that hasn't fallen to ruin.

 It is an active Parish, 
part of the Archdiocese of San Antonio, TX

Sashimi at Kai Japanese & Asian Cuisine

Delectable Art!

Taco Cabana

Steak Bowl & Margarita

Yes...Everything IS Bigger in Texas!

Cowboy Boots in Front of

North Star Mall...Great Shopping

Rin's 14th Birthday Green Tea Ice Cream

(Yes, She Wanted This Instead of Cake!)

Happy Father's Day to My Two Guys!

Happy 14th Birthday, Beautiful Corinne!

Happy Birthday, Southern Belle

Happy 30th Birthday to my lovely daughter, Kristin, born on June 1, 1982. She is a beautiful Southern Belle who epitomizes all charming and lovely things found in genteel Southern women. What a joy and a blessing she is to me, and I'm tremendously proud of her hard work, success, sense of duty to those in need and precious heart. She worked full-time while getting her Master's Degree and planning a wedding and was rewarded with a fat promotion and a handsome husband. Now she uses her talents as a former cheerleader to cheer on her wonderful husband, Jamie, as he completes his Law Degree. Yes, she works hard, volunteers, organizes people for good causes, is an avid runner, gets mani/pedis, is a connoisseur of fine wines, hangs out with "ladies who lunch," has exquisite taste in clothes and decor, is a boisterous sports fanatic, loves the Lord, and is involved in so many worthy causes, I could write another blog about her alone. She is memorable everywhere she goes. Yes, friends, you have met a modern Southern Belle with a love and appreciation for tradition, family, God and country...and every other little thing that is Southern. Happy Birthday, Baby Girl.

♥ 30 Looks Good on You, Kristin ♥

A Southern Belle, Through and Through

She and Jamie were featured in Premier Bride Nashville Magazine...Yes, I'm One Proud Mom.