Look at what else has bloomed!

Reagan Elizabeth Jones has arrived, our newest little St. Philip Girl Blossom. Lauren, Kenny and Nolan welcomed Reagan last week into the world. She's an absolute doll and I cant wait to meet this little angel.

Reagan, your Auntie Lindsey loves you already!

First Bloomers

Spring is beginning to Spring.... My lorepetalums have bloomed and that is always the sign that Spring is around the corner. These are some of my favorite plants we have. Its the best color pink to bring in Spring. Hope you enjoy.

Arent they just the happiest plants?!

They look like little pink pom-poms! Just love them!

A Shout Out to the Man in Overalls

And No, i'm not referring to Ben.

Dan, Liz and his Chainsaw came over to help Ben take off a few more bad tree limbs. Liz and I had a martini while the boys got some work done. When Dan comes over to work, he means business... and he's got the work overalls to prove it.

Thank you to Dan for helping us!!

Just another day in Paradise

Ben asking Dan to cut down a neighbors tree, just bc he didnt like it. Dan obliged and got it down the old fashioned way- just kick the darn thing.

The caption for this picture should be something along the lines of the old "Shakin' Bake" commercials.... you know, when the little girl says "Its Shakin' Bake, and I HELPED". Thats what i see Ben saying... and I HELPED! (Ok, probably one of those family inside jokes, but you get the gist)

Oh yea, and we broke out the smoker for a Winner Winner Chicken Dinner. I love this thing.

Ready for Spring... cant wait to take pictures of my plants coming in.

Broken Arms and Tree Heaven

I almost titled this blog post "What the Brewers have been spending their money on lately" as it is very applicable. The Largest Snowstorm in Dallas history made historical marks on the Brewer house as well. We lost a large limb off our gorgeous Live Oak in our front yard. Luckily, our Tree Man was able to save the tree and salvage the poor thing. I felt like i was watching a child have a broken arm or something... i was very upset watching this happen. Here's a few pix of our Live Oak's repair and after the "broken arm".

While our Tree Guy was fixing our lost limbs, he warned us of our "not so pretty" tree in the backyard that needed to be taken down. It was beginning to die from the inside out, and he said anyday we'd loose it along with our garage and fence! So, We said get rid of it! Here's a few pics, its amazing to me how these guys cut these trees down.

He got the Limbs Down. (I didnt get a good "Before" shot, so he're it is Halfway through)

Then went the Trunk

The Pile Up

Look how sick this tree was.... really sad. I guess it really was its time.

Off into Tree Heaven.... where all Hackberry Trees belong anyway!!

ATX with the Feiglesons and Zolfos

This past weekend we were invited to the Beautiful Brown family home in Austin, TX. We stayed at their gorgeous home right on Lake Travis. We had the best time having a slumber party with two couples who have under 5 month olds... and the best news, is that we all slept all night! ha. The little boys, Walker Zolfo and Dean Feigleson were angels. We shopped, boys golfed, ate, enjoyed their beautiful outdoor room/ spa, and had a great time catchin up with our good friends. Here are a few pictures from our fabulous weekend.

The Group, there was lots of baby gear!

Here are the kings of the weekend, Dean and Walker.... most precious lil guys!

The view from the beautiful home of the Browns.... overlooking Lake Travis

Steiner Ranch's Outdoor fitpit at their bar... i'd like to be there right now!

The Girls! Sarah and the Lindseys

Ben and Darling Dean Feigleson

Ben and Linds

Baby its Cold Outside

Snow in Dallas... Yes, I said it. Snow. 12 inches in fact. Here's a few pics from our Snow day in Dallas.

My Beautiful Tree lost a large limb due to the snow/ ice on Friday. This is the view from my door, it just split from all the weight of the snow and ice overnight. Hopefully we'll be able to get this fixed by our tree guy.

This is the view of my house from my front door friday morning. It looks like Narnia...

This is the view from my house at 4am when we woke up from the huge crack sound of our tree breaking in front of our eyes. At least i got a good pic.

What i love about the whole thing is that the weatherman predicted maybe 1 inch of snow. Gotta love those trusty Weathermen.

This is the most snow that Dallas has ever seen...The closest day to compare to was in 1917 with 7.8 inches. So, this city absolutely shut down on Friday. Mostly bc everyone lost power. We lost power on and off on Friday but regained power in time to have our friends the Watkins retreat to our house to escape their cold house Friday night.

What a crazy past two days, it was so fun to enjoy the snow at our house. Other than our large live oak loosing a limb, we had a ball.

Still have probably 2 inches of snow on the ground... will enjoy the snow and make a snow angel or two while we can. After that, ready for Spring planting, warm weather, flip flops, and a tan.

What we've been up to the past 6 weeks... Celebrating our Saints!

So anyone who knows my family know that we are crazy Saints fans... i mean, its practically our namesake. The St. Philips have been Saints fans through the good (though, there wasnt much of this), the bad and the ugly (there was a lot of this).

Superbowl Sunday 2010 is a day that will live in infamy for the "Saint"Philips. We were absolutely over the moon that our beloved team won the Superbowl. We've been through so much heartache for this team, that it was hard to believe we'd ever be a winning team, much less Superbowl Champs.

We were so Jaded that we even contemplated not letting my husband on the Saints bandwagon during the playoffs bc of his sports team's bad luck. Lets face it, his teams (The Texans and Baylor) dont have a good track record. My grandpa asked him to take a walk for 3 hours during the first playoff game bc he was worried about his karma. True story... Sounds like a true Saints fan doesnt it?!

But Ben proved his "New Dat" status and made great company in the St. Philip branch of the Who Dat Nation. The past month was filled with email wars, nola.com daily visits, lots of gumbo, and of course screaming our heads off at our TVs. Here's a few pics of our Who Dat Parties this past month.

Disclaimer: Saints Fans Fashion Rules are that there are No Rules. BeDazzels are Stylish, Cheatah and Saints Snuggies are acceptable, and Tacky Shirts are Good Luck!

GEAUX SAINTS!

Hayley and Mom show off the Saints Snuggies and Blankets!

The Three (soon to be four) girls Saints Fans... dont have a pic, but you should see Hayley's Gold Toms Shoes... amazing!

At Baylor, we called it Double-Greeking... when one wears more than one Sorority logo... Double Greek Equals Fashion Faux-paux. Double-Saints Gearing is absolutely acceptable in our Fam!

Lil Deuce and Nana and Paw. Nolan learned the Who Dat Song and Pants on the Ground in one day! He's so lucky to have Aunties that teach him so much!

BeDazzeling is coveted when it comes to Saints Gear

Singing the "Get Crunk" song with your entire family led by your Dad is totally normal. Dancing with Portable speaker is recommended to help get in the game.... or get crunk.

Notice the Shirt with Fleur D Lis and my Maiden Name written across my husbands chest. Yes, my family reunion made shirts with the Saints Logo. And Yes, Ben wore it with pride!

Can you believe they had these in Dallas! Definately a New Dat city!

The infamous, now good-luck wings. It will become a tradition to make wings for big games, it just worked.

Even Walker wanted in on the Game. This is right before he asked his dad to pass him his bottle. ha!

My partner in crime... Dillow is very helpful when it comes to the deep fryer.

Our Superbowl Mascot! Walker was such a good Saints Fan! He only cried once when I started screaming during the onside kick! Sorry Walker, couldn't Help it!