The Cahill's

Today Lance and I were able to celebrate some beautiful weater by going on an outing with our friends to the Dallas Botanical Gardens. Despite the fact that it is fall, the gardens were beautiful with seasonal flowers and pumpkins lined some of the paths.

On arrival we found a grassy spot and ate lunch – joined by a very friendly butterfly! Lance wanted to “hold” it.

 

Next we toured through some historical home replicas where Lance tried out backwoods living.

We tried posing by a lovely pool and waterfall…but Lance was too interested in the water to look at the camera. Some of the gardens reminded me of what we saw at the castles in England.

 

On our way out we stopped by the pumpkin house – landscaped with every kind of gourd imaginable! There was also a “Tom Thumb” hale bale maze but both boys were asleep by this time so we headed home – very much the better for a breath of beauty and fresh air!

 

Sorry for the lack of update. After a busy weekend and guests on Sunday and Monday, I fell sick and spent all of Tuesday mostly in bed! My incredible husband came home from work early to take charge of Lance after his afternoon nap so I could continue to rest. By Wednesday I felt better and spent that whole day catching up everything I missed doing on Tuesday. So that brings me to today – a good time to post!

Since we’re on the subject of health, I thought I would post on Lance’s recent Dr. visit – documented with the help of Brian’s phone.

Even though we’re just “going to see Grandpa,” Lance seems to have forebodings about the visit.

On the growth chart Lance stretches to make 2 ft. – guess we don’t have any “weeds” in our garden patch!

Lance weighed in at 15 lbs. 1 oz! (minus 1 oz. for the pacifier)

Now for the official measuring….stop moving, I can’t get an accurate read….ah, 24 in. As Grandpa put it, Lance is getting shorter – he’s now off the charts! (or below the charts that is)

Grandpa and Lance have a bonding moment – all seems fine so far! Until Grandpa sneaks out of the room, that is….

To be replaced by the mean nurses! Way to take a guy by surprise – all smiles one minute and whamo! they get you the next.

Lance is a tough guy though and only cried a little bit. Dad tells him it’s okay while grandpa comes back, now that the worst is over – don’t want to risk future relationships over a few shots, do we? 🙂

So Lance is pronounced healthy and good to go until next time.  “It’s so nice to have family taking care of me.”

Today is Brian’s birthday!

We were at his parent’s house this weekend and as part of a family tradition, Benj. and I prepared a treasure hunt to lead Brian to his presents.

Some clues involved brain work; math or scrambled letters or word puns.

Hearkening back to old times I prepared a short “movie” with a little Hollywood program they used to use. I recreated an event from our married life that led Brian to the next clue.

Some clues were hard to get…and even Lance had a clue!

The final event combined all the clues and led Brian through the house to find…

The “buried treasure”! I drew this picture for Brian’s office and Benj. provided the frame from an old monitor he took apart.

It was fun creating something for my man and even more fun watching him unravel what I had put together. I’m glad we could celebrate with his family where he could once again immerse himself in the same loving atmosphere that shaped his younger years. Praise God for this wonderful testimony of parental love, investment and training. Now that Brian has taken on his own family, I’m confident that he will provide a similar training ground for our own little ones. God has truly given me my heart’s desire in Brian.

I love you my man!