See ya later Alligator

After while Crocodile.

Let the Count Down BEGIN!

T minus 7 days.

ONE WEEK!

Clark is Clean

This weekend James and I spent the weekend at the hospital in Tyler helping Kathy (and the nurses) take care of Clark. (James' dad) He had a good portion of his colon removed, as well as his appendix and a hernia. It was a pretty major surgery, but so far SO GOOD! All test came back benign and he is scheduled to go home today.
It was a little stressful for the family, but he's recovering well.

Thanks for all the positive vibes... we're sending them on the fast track to Tyler.

Lonesome Dove Bistro

This weekend, we had the pleasure of going to the Lonesome Dove Bistro in Fort Worth with my parents. You may be wondering why the restaurant sounds so familiar (or not). The chef/owner; Tim Love, was recently a contestant on Top Chef Masters (a favorite TV show for the Lynn family)
Mom and Dad were in town for a car show for the weekend, so James and I made the short trip over to spend the evening with them. James of course picked the restaurant... he still hasn't quit talking about it. Besides the noisiness, the dinner was superb. Mom and I went "lite" with an acorn squash chile rellano and stuffed halibut; while Dad and James conquered the 32 oz. Kobe beef with lobster mac and cheese. Afterwards, mom and I made up for our "lack" of calories with a stop at a gourmet chocolate shop. :)
There was an actual breeze, which made a normal stifling August night quite enjoyable. So we wandered our way over to a local bar with a great cover band and had margaritas to cap off the night.

Slice of Heaven

I know many of you have been curious as to what my place of work looks like.... well, I happened to have my camera today, so I thought I'd let you all in on my little paradise. This is where I let my creative juices flow, plant the seeds of artistry, push the envelop!

Behind me.

To the right.
To the left.

Don't be jealous.

It's getting closer.....

Since it's almost three weeks away from our fabulous vacation... James and I thought maybe we should start planning it. We went on a couple of blog sites and realized many people on our cruise started planning MONTHS ago, uhhh I guess we're a little behind the ball. (What else would you expect from the Lynns, but a little procrastination.) So we are hitting the pavement hard and getting all our reservations in order this week. Since this is my first (well second if you count the Caribbean) international vacation, I'm a little clueless. There are so many things to do and the prices vary so much! Do we go on an excursion with the cruise ship, an independent company, by ourselves or do we just wing it and hope we meet some people on the cruise that want to tour with us? There's a lot of decisions to be made!

Besides the cruise, we are spending two extra days in Barcelona. We've actually already got a hotel for that (pat on the back). And it's really cool.

Now if we can just figure out the other 7 days.....

Any suggestions, great car companies, excursion tours? Here are the cities we are still trying to figure out our best options....

Naples, Rome, Cannes, Florence

my boys are crazy.

House Guest

On Friday night, we had many guest in our tiny little home.... Uncle Levi, Cousin Ollie, as well as Sister Bailey. It was quite the circus....

After about the second dog, I quickly adopted the motto... "The more the merrier?"