SuRpRiSe DaTe SuNdAy

Ok, its been a while since my last post, but things have been pretty uneventful around the Sowards' house.

We had a great weekend however. We got to see Alec's parents Friday night. We went to Joe T. Garcia's in Ft. Worth. If you have never gone, definitely go, was it the best mexican food in the world.... not really. However, the atmosphere was awesome and they had great margaritas:) Saturday my wonderful layout partner Molly came over while Alec was in class. The great thing about living in an apartment is having the pool. This has come to be a normal Saturday activity for us, we get out there around 11:30, convince one of the guys to bring us Sonic drinks and that holds us over till about 3:30. I love summer! We had a dinner party to go to Saturday night at Russell's house. His parents were out of town so he and his girlfriend made dinner, it was delicious! We haven't seen Russell and Jordan in a while, so it was nice to get so spend some time with them... we live too far away I guess and miss out on a lot!

Now for the title of the post: Surprise Date Sunday. One day this week one of my co-workers told me about one of her friends and her boyfriend that have Wine Wednesdays... something special that they do every week together. Alec hates wine, so that really would never work for us. So... I started thinking of something fun for Alec and I to do once a week and ended up with Suprise Date Sunday's. Basically, I just planned a date day for the two of us and he didn't get to know what we were doing till we got there. I hate surprises, so I'm not real sure what I was thinking, but oh well, I think it will be fun. Either way, this Sunday was our first ever Surprise Date Sunday. I was in charge and I think Alec really liked it.

Our first stop was at Pappasito's. It is one of Alec's favorite places to eat and we haven't been since we've been living in Dallas. He loved it, I was happy. After that we went to see "Dark Knight". I will be honest, I knew Alec would be surprised by me taking him to see this because I told him I would not see it. I really had no interest in seeing it and I'm not real sure why? Knowing that, I LOVED IT! haha. (that is usually what happens). It was just a good movie, worth buying the tickets and waiting an hour in line. I don't want to ruin the movie for anyone so I won't say much, this is just for all of you (women most likely) that don't want to see it, it is good. Heath Ledger was awesome and not because he is dead... I heard so many say that everyone was saying how good he is in the movie just because he isn't alive... not true. He played the Joker great, I laughed, I cried.... it was great! Alec is in charge next Sunday....stay tuned :)

I have no pictures to post because my camera battery was dead, bummer. I need this week to fly by, not because I have anything great to do this coming up weekend, just because I don't enjoy Monday-Thursday.

I hope everyone had a GREAT weekend and makes the most out of the work week!

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!

I want to start by saying that this was by far the best 4th of July I have ever had. There is nothing like spending the long weekend with my family and friends. Alec and I are so blessed and I couldn't be more thankful for times like this past weekend.

It started out Thursday afternoon. I got off at 1:45 and Molly and Andy (and Boots and Baily) came and picked Alec and I up and we hit the road. I love road trips and this one was no different. We had SEVERAL hours to spend in the big burb and it was a lot of fun. Brandi, Andrew, and Allie were not too far behind us, and Ross was headed to Ballinger also. My parents had a house full. The "married couples" stayed out in the old house so it all worked out really well. 

Friday, my mom made everyone breakfast and the boys helped my dad plant some things around the house...I'm not sure if he planned on doing it while he had so many helping hands around, but I'm thankful that they were there to help. The guys then loaded up and went to San Angelo to play golf. I can't even begin to explain how excited my dad was. I think he has dreamed of the day that he could take his son-in-law (and soon to be) golfing. They had a lot of fun and I'm glad they went. My mom made her famous BBQ and homemade peach cobbler for dinner before the fireworks. It was sooo delicious and I think we all ate entirely too much. We had bought a lot of fireworks and Allie, Alec, Ross, Andew, and Andy put on a little show for everyone. It was actually really good. My favorite goes to Ross, he brought something called the "Screaming Coyote" It sounded like a dying animal.. horrible noise. Saturday we all just hung out. Some of us went to the pool and Alec and Andy went fishing. It was really relaxing and fun just spending time with everyone. My mom cooked again for dinner and made homemade icecream for dessert.... it was really good and everyone once again, ate entirely too much. We went to church in Winter's with the parents and then we headed back to Dallas. I was really sad to leave. I miss my family so much and it was really nice to have EVERYONE there at the same time. Saturday night everyone was just sitting outside, either playing with the dogs, or watching the sunset, and I looked around and thought to myself... God is amazing. I am so blessed with a wonderful family and wonderful friends and I can't believe this is my life. I have just imagined for so long what it would be like to have our family grow and I looked around and realized that it has happened, the Becker family is growing and I couldn't be happier. Time just flies by and you really have to take in every single minuet you get with the people you love.

We drove back to Dallas and Alec and I couldn't spend the holiday without seeing Chris and Ashley. I had heard a lot about a place called "Sherlocks". I pass it on the way to Dallas and one of my co-workers talks about it, so we tried it out. We had so much fun! It was karaoke Sunday. At first there was nobody there and I thought, who would come out for karaoke on a Sunday?? Wrong. There were a lot of people and Ashley and I were DANCING QUEENS! I know you are thinking to yourself... they have a dance floor? No... they don't, but there was dancing and we loved it! I was glad that we got to see them before the holiday weekend was over.

Here are a couple of pictures from the weekend:

My hubby and I at Sherlocks :)

Me and Ashley!

All the guys before they left to play golf

Me and my beautiful sisters, I LOVE THEM!

My mom with her new son-in-law and soon to be son-in-law

My precious parents

Best friends! I am so glad they came to Ballinger with us!

I hope that everyone had a WONDERFUL 4th of July! Now I have to get back into the swing of things at work... no more holidays for a while. 

One more thing, Alec takes the first part of the CPA exam on Monday!!! He has been studying so hard and I am so proud of him. Honestly, there is no way I could have sat at home all summer and studied, but he has done it. If everyone could just remember him in your prayers! He is so smart and has worked so hard, I know he'll do great!!! I love you babe! Just stay positive!!

Have a great week everyone... the weekend will be here before we know it!