A new chapter begins......

This past week, I've been working with my new principal and Instructional Leadership Team. We've been feverishly working on getting plans together for when all of the teachers return in the next two weeks and then for Howdy Night. Being new to this building, being new to the position of Assistant Principal, and knowing no one until two weeks ago, I was a little anxious but we finished out the week at South Fork and had a great day. This photo was taken by one of the tac houses behind the big, white house at South Fork. (We never saw J.R. Ewing though!)

So now I have WAY too many chores to attend to this weekend. However, I'll keep dreaming of earlier days this summer spent looking at the lake and eating ice cream treats that my dad made for us. Opa LOVES himself some ice cream!!

And so does Pippen!!

Hugs........

~Allie

Summertime.......

Finally, a real get-away! It has been the busiest of summers. Other than getting to sleep late and stay up late, it's almost felt like it wasn't summer vacation time. We headed to central Texas to visit my parents on the lake. This picture is from last year, but it sums up the relaxing time we had!

Another hot day, 103 degrees +.......a perfect time to have lunch on the house boat in the center of the lake! My husband LOVES being on the water as much as I do.

My dad has been an army tanker all of his life, but he sure mans his big housboat as if he was a "navy boy". He looks happy, doesn't he? He's the best host on land and on "sea"!

It was too hot to cook and we had a house full of people.....dinner at the Dead Fish Grill was an awesome idea! The frozen margaritas were DELICIOUS!!

And we ended the night playing Rock Band 2......lots of fun for ALL the ages. The youngsters got a good laugh when the adults gave it a try. You're never too old to play!!! Hope you're having a chance to play, too. :D

~Allie

Oma & Opa's Haus

It was another hot one here in Dallas today...103 degrees/105 with the heat index. No relief in site for at least another week. So I stay inside during the hot part of the day and dream of my recent visits to my Mom and Dad's house at the lake. The Cupcake Princess calls them Oma and Opa.

They live on one of the most beautiful lakes in Central Texas. The house sits on the top of a cliff in a cove, looking out onto the main channel.

This is the grande, Texas Taj Mahal that Oma designed. The fireplace was my idea, to the chagrin of Opa. However, I must say that he enjoys roasting marshmellows for s'mores in that fireplace on cool evenings.

Every morning, this is what we see looking through the breakfast nook window. The hummingbird feeder is very busy during the spring and summer months. Beautiful, yes? When it's not so hot outside, we have breakfast on the upper deck, read the morning paper, visit, and just admire the lake. Most relaxing! More tomorrow........

Heading to the lake....

Left the big city of Dallas yesterday and headed to my parent's house on the lake in Central Texas. It's the most peaceful place to be! We just love to sit on the deck and watch the ever changing scenary in front of us. Happy hour is ALWAYS spent on the lower deck counting boats on the lake and partaking of some cool drink and salty snack.

Mom and Dad are great hosts. Life is laid back and everyone sleeps when they want, eats when they're hungry, and swims when they're hot......no schedule, just relaxed fun.

And, of course, the dogs are NEVER too far away from us. Snacks are for EVERYONE!

More later........the pool is calling me!!!