Happy Valentine's Day!!

We celebrated Valentine's with a Party with our MOPS group!! So fun!! :) 

So excited the weather is turning Spring like!! My girls need there outside time and so does mommy!!! :)
They loved their Valentine bubbles from Nana!! :)

We had a snow day Thursday!! 

Miss Rylee has become quite the Miss Independent...she will not let me feed her anything with a spoon, but has to do it herself. I have to give her the yogurt and spoon and then just leave the room for a bit and then return. (I can't stand to watch the mess!)  This is what I come back to..but I think she does get a lot down. :) Practice, Practice!

My Mom and Aunt Vanna took the train down on Saturday. Aunt Vanna came down last week to stay with my Mom. We had a nice time on her visit. Lots of Laughs and Some Tears remembering Uncle James. 

Betty Vann (Aunt Vanna) meets Rylee Vann:)

Crazy Times with Mimi!

Mimi and Vanna watched the girls Sunday morning so Greg and I could have a breakfast date! :)
And Greg watched the girls Saturday so Mom, Vanna, and I could go to dinner! :) Thanks Big Man!

Vanna hasn't been on Facebook much so she hasn't seen all the posts from James' students. So I pulled up this picture one of his students posted from a choir trip that he and Vanna had chaperoned a while back. She had never seen it before and was thrilled! What a handsome man! 

I have been reading posts the last couple days on my Uncle James' facebook page...it is amazing all the lives he touched...here is a posting from one of his former students..

I cannot do justice to what Dr. Glass meant to me, what he did for me, what I learned from him or what it means to know that I will never talk to him again. 

I struggle with a feeling that I never managed to live up to the promise he saw in me. I wanted to make him proud in that way, but it just wasn't meant to be. But then I realize that he taught me much more than music.

I look to him as a model that I am proud to say influences my way through the world. In that way, I believe I do him honor, and I will never forget everything he taught me, gave me, or did for me.

He was a giant among men, though many would not recognize it. He was the epitome of an open heart and a kind soul. He was intellectually brilliant. To understand that I spend as many years in his company as I did feels like a gift. For this reason, I cannot be sad. I rejoice in his life. He continues on in all of those he touched. I am a blessed man to count myself in that lucky number.

RIP Uncle James

My Uncle James lost his battle with Parkinson's this evening. He was a gentle man who took such wonderful care of my Aunt Vanna. And she took such WONDERFUL care of him the last years he was not well. He was a music professor and changed so many students lives. Just looking at his facebook page he was often referred by many former students as "my favorite professor." They were married over 50 years and never spent more then 25 days (TOTAL)  apart from each other. I remember at every Thanksgiving and Christmas growing up he was always singing Opera! Aunt Vanna and Uncle James were two people in love up till his last moments on earth. They were two peas in a pod...and soul mates.

We have been praying for Uncle James the last couple weeks every night...I told Rory he went to heaven...she responded.."He is Dancing!" He Sure is!!

We last saw him two summers ago when he was well enough to visit...Rory instantly took a liking to him and he to her.
We love you Uncle James! :)

Duck Hunting two weekends in a row! I don't know how Gregory convinced me of that...but thankfully Mimi came up to keep me company! We had a great time...Rory had a birthday party Saturday so she took care of Rylee while we went to that! :) Thank you so much Mimi!

Pedicures with Mimi! 

Mimi will be moving the weekend of Rory's birthday party so we celebrated a bit early...Mimi gave her a Doc McStuffins doll. She loves it!! So much that this morning she took it to Lauren's and we forgot it. When we got home she began crying. I thought she would get over it but she went to her room shut the door, pulled the covers over her head and began crying "Doc McStuffins! My Doc McStuffins!" I tried reasoning with her, "We will get it on Wednesday when we go back over to her house." Then a teaching moment..."when we take things to other people's homes we have to be responsible and remember to bring them back home." That didn't work and after an hr of her crying we were back in the car driving back to Trophy Club to retrieve Doc! 

Park Time! 

Throwing Rocks in the river!

 Juliet's birthday party! :) 

Greg got home early, so Mom and I had time to go to lunch and get a margarita before taking her to Train Station! It was lovely! 

Duck Hunters! :)

Happy MONDAY!

Lauren was off for MLK day so we went to her house this morning! :) 

And then the park for most of the afternoon! It was a beautiful day!!! :) 

update on my weight goal: It was under the 145lb mark today...I have an old school scale..so I am optimistic it was on the 143 mark but most likely the 144. The popcorn and large soda I drank at the movies on Sunday with Gregory was not in my favor. But it was delicious....Miss Sarah came over Sunday after church and Greg and I went to see Jack Ryan. It was good...a nail biter. I may of been covering my ears half the time. 

Great-Grandma and  Great-Grandpa came over for dinner last night! Love spending time with them! 

Grandma sugaring Rylee up with Ice cream and Cookies!  :)

Kisses for Grandpa! :)