Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

Sam recently competed in a piano competition.  She was just judged versus doing her best.  She worked so hard!  She played 2 solos that she had to memorize and got a 5 on those.  She also played 2 hymns, for which she had the music.  On those she got a 5+ the highest score possible.  The competition works that if she gets a 5 for 3 years, she gets a gold cup.  Not sure if she will stick with piano that long, but her teacher says she is really good for her age and if she continues will be amazing.  She got great feedback from her judges too.

One thing about Texas is that they have a LOT of state pride.  There is a Texan day.  Zoey's school had several rodeo related events, include a song performance with buckles, hats and bolos.

It is our Spring Break.  We have a lot of work to catch up on and lots of house related stuff, but we are squeezing in some fun.  We went to San Jacinto monument.  It is the tallest monument in the country, even taller than the Washington Monument.  It was neat to see, but not worth the price to go up in the elevator for the mediocre view.

The girls on the steps.

The view of our next stop, the USS Texas.

The ship tour was neat.  We had a great guide and really enjoyed it.

We are in the final stages of planning an addition to our house.  The engineer came today to check measurements and that will finalize the designs.  It should go for permitting this week and then get approval in about 3 weeks.  HOA will be overlapping.  We are super excited to get it started, but it will be crazy because the estimate is 8 weeks, which will be right around my due date.  We will spend a lot of time at my parents, but have not figured all that out yet.  One part of the prep was moving a tree.  Nick worked so hard to get it moved, hopefully it will survive.  We originally thought we would move two, but decided one was enough.

We went to a playdate at a park in downtown Houston.  It was on a recent top 10 list.  The girls had a blast.

I love Saint Patrick's day.  This year is my first one being pregnant, luckily a friend loaned me a green shirt recently.  Corned beef is in the slow cooker and we are going to a playdate to make St. Patty's art and eat green stuff this afternoon!  I am getting bigger.  I will be at 30 weeks on Friday.

It was hard to convince Zoey to wear any green, but she did and is now on her second green outfit because she spilled bubbles all over this dress.

Have a great St. Patty's!  Enjoy a beer for me!  

Here's to a long life and a merry one

A quick death and an easy one

A pretty girl and an honest one

A cold beer and another one!

Slainte!

And a joke:

Why should you never iron a 4 leaf clover?

You don't want to press your luck.