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T Swift

May 2, 2023

I think it’s safe to say I’m officially a Swifty now! We made the trip to Atlanta to see Taylor Swift in concert and – wow! – what a show!! This was Samantha’s first concert and I’m not sure how anything is going to live up to it! We stayed at the Omni right next to the stadium and that was key. We just had a quick walk there and back after the show which was really nice. We were all ready to go nice and early!!

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It was thankfully a beautiful day and the Swiftys were out in full force and full costume! The people watching was top notch. We were definitely in the minority not having on sequins. But Samantha and I felt pretty darn cute in our matching tie-dye!

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GJ had on her Lavender Haze shirt…

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and Delaney looked fab too!

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We had our Lover heart eye too!

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Taylor Swift fans must truly be the nicest fans in the world. Everyone makes friendship bracelets that say song titles or lyrics and hands them out and trades them at the concert. Samantha came home with a stack of bracelets!

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We finally made our way down to the floor level where our seats were and I think Samantha was blown away! I was too!

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We got some food and sort of listened to the opening acts and then the countdown was on!!

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Samantha was so excited I thought she was going to cry. Sometimes with events like these, the anticipation is so great that the actual event can’t live up to the hype. That was not the case here!! The show more than lived up to the hype and was incredible!!! We’d been listening to the setlist in the car for weeks so she knew almost all of the songs and that made it so much more fun for her. I obviously loved seeing Taylor…but watching Samantha see Taylor? That was the VERY best!!

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She performed for over 3 hours and it was just so good. Samantha stood on her chair the whole time (except during the Evermore album when she sat!) and held on to me and GJ’s shoulders all night. The best! And thank you to whoever the sweet lady was behind Samantha that never complained once about her standing on her seat!

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Our seats were 15th row at the top of the T and when she came to the top of the T, she was so close to us! Samantha was waving and waving to her and I’m sure she saw us! 🙂

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We danced, we sang, we screamed, we lost our hearing…we LOVED it!!

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What a show, what a night, what a perfect memory!! Taylor Swift fans for life!

 

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Bunkin’ party

March 21, 2023

We have a “no sleepover before 10” rule but….rules are meant to be broken! ha! Samantha got invited to a sleepover birthday party and we decided to bend the rules just a little since it was a birthday party. She was pretty excited…

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and had the very best time!!

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Now let’s see if I can get the term “bunkin’ party” to be used around here!!

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First Day of School!

August 11, 2022

Back to school!!

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The kids headed out yesterday morning for 6th grade…

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4th grade…

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and 2nd grade! (in purple of course!)

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It’s their last first day all together at MBE. I’m going to soak up watching them all walk to school together one last year!

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Thankfully they all had a great day and were all smiles when they came home! Thumbs up from all (including Maxwell who was off with his friends at Gilchrist!)

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School days, school days!

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Back to school

August 10, 2022

Today is the day! Back to school! We loved summer and sure are sad to see it go but we all thrive on routine and schedule and I know it will be a great year. Yesterday was a fun and full day! Samantha was at the school early and got to see some friends…

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and be a mentor for a new girl in her grade.

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Maxwell held court with his minions all day on the corner selling lemonade and cookies! That boy takes advantage of an opportunity!

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Everyone got to meet their teacher. It’s totally not cool for a 6th grader to take a picture with his teacher but a 4th grader will still oblige (begrudgingly)….

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and a 2nd grader will do it happily!!

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As for me? I was PTOing really hard all day! From 7:30 to 2:30! Everything got done and everything went great. More to come on the PTO efforts but needless to say, it would not have gotten done nearly as well had my trusty assistant, GJ, not been in town to help!!

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A great day all around and I know today will be the same! Back to school!!

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The Big D

January 24, 2022

For Christmas, we gave the kids tickets to see the Mavericks play in Dallas and took our trip last weekend. What a great trip! I loved being back in Dallas and the kids had so much fun. We took a direct flight after school on Friday…

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and were sitting down to dinner by 8:00! We had dinner at Hudson House and Maxwell even tried an oyster! whoa!!

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Samantha turned her nose up at the oysters but ate plenty of chocolate pie!

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We stayed at the Highland Dallas right by SMU which worked out great.

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The weather was unusually cold and blustery on Saturday but that didn’t bother us. We grabbed breakfast…

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drove around Highland Park looking at houses and then headed to Northpark Mall! Shopping all day…just what the boys love! ha!

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In all seriousness, it was the best way to spend the day. Everyone did some shopping and came home with new stuff – well, everyone except me! who would have thought that?! We had lunch and an afternoon treat at Neiman Marcus, the boys got to do a VR experience at the movie theater, and Samantha got some cotton candy. It was a win all around!

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That night we had dinner at Mesero, a mexican restaurant close to the American Airlines Center. It worked out because we could park in the garage and leave our car there during the game.

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The game was really fun. Lots of action and entertainment! The kids loved seeing Luka Doncic play, I loved watching the ManiAACs and the “entertainment squad”, and we all loved seeing Boban!…even if he was injured and couldn’t play.

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We didn’t get back to the hotel until after 11 and had an early morning on Sunday because we had to get back to Birmingham for another, much more important, basketball game…

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Go MB Magic! Go Mavericks! Such a fun, easy weekend trip that I would love to do again!

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