ShannonAlbert.com - June 2009

Blake had his weekly soccer game Saturday and played most of the time. He let 2 goals pass by him when playing goalie and he decided to walk part of the game instead of running but some play is better than no play! :-)

Payton went to an appointment to get contacts and was able to put them in while at the office but hasn't had good luck since coming home. It took me forever when I first got contacts but I'm sure she'll get the hang of it soon.

Then it was girls night out for sushi for dinner. Me, Marcy, Payton and Aubry all went to Pirahna's in downtown Fort Worth. This is a new location that is always packed and I see why now. Best. Sushi. Ever. I never eat all of my sushi and ate every last piece on my plate. Aubry had never eaten sushi so she tried some different things and liked what she had. They also have great martinis and would be a cool place to go for drinks after work. Oh....and Kelly Clarkson was sitting with her group 10 feet away from us. Only problem is that our waitress didn't tell us until she'd already left and we couldn't believe we didn't notice! The bartender kept saying that line from Forty Year Old Virgin where he says "OHHHH...KELLY CLARKSON!" and it was hilarious.


Marcy and Me at the restaurant

Payton and Aubry

All of us

Then the 4 of us walked around Main Street Fort Worth Arts Festival and had a great time.

Friday was the first of three days in a row that I would be attending the Main Street Fort Worth Arts Festival (MSFWAF). It was our date night and we decided to eat at PF Chang's and then walk around MSFWAF listening to live music, looking at art, etc.

This was our first time eating at PF Chang's and the food was really fantastic. I don't normally like Chinese food that much anymore but the food here is really awesome. The service was also great - we'll definitely be back!

At the restaurant


In front of the main stage


View from where we parked - Pier 1 building is to the right of me

Amanda had been talking about sharing wedding pictures for awhile since she got married less than a year ago and none of us had seen them before. I got the idea of inviting a few ladies over for lunch (I live 3 miles from work) and all of us bringing our pics to share - our pics range in age from 27 years ago to less than 1 year ago. Food was good and fun to see everybody's pics!


Menu: Chicken salad on croissants, tuna ball (made like a cheese ball), fruit kabobs, pico de gallo w/tortilla chips, cucumbers with a salmon cream cheese filling (courtesy of Amanda) and English Trifle for dessert.



Cindy brought these silly hats for us to wear for the occasion.





Looking at wedding pics

We were all tired today so it was a very low key (lazy!) day. The kids woke up early despite going to bed late because they were excited to look what the Easter Bunny brought.


Payton's easter "basket" was actually a purse stuffed with flip flops, CDs, etc.



Blake's easter "basket" was a backpack with a DVD, video game, candy, etc. He also got a new bike.

Then they looked for plastic eggs hidden in the house....



Funny eggs Payton had made....

Kasey and Steven got married Saturday at the Dallas Arboretum and the reception was at The Empire Room. My camera ran out of batteries part of the way through the reception so hopefully I'll be adding more pics that will be emailed to me from other people. Kasey looked beautiful (as usual) and the venues were both fantastic. It was great catching up with co-workers that I hadn't seen in awhile! Payton was my date for the evening.
Wedding:

Reception:




Hayley and Scott


Bethany and Dylan

more pics to be posted.....

Second week in a row that Blake actually played in the soccer game and I remembered my camera this time!

Attended the Race for the Cure on Saturday morning w/some people from work - we walked the 5k and it was a beautiful morning. 18,000 people were predicted to attend.



Amanda, me and Amy