Another day in Camp Gammy. We start out the day with Legos. What else? Yes, they have overtaken my dining room. Do we need a table? Heck no.
Good morning! We are up and out of the house. It is TRAIN time. After being picked up at home by the DART bus, we are now anxiously awaiting the arrival of our train. It's a ZOO day! Woohoo. I do so love the zoo. Here comes the train.
At lest one of us is pretty dang excited to be traveling this way. I let Raef head to the front of the car while we are in the tunnel so that he can watch out the front windows by the driver. At our exchange stop, we meet up with some missionaries and stop to visit while waiting for our train. They are off to the zoo as well so I help them out by taking them in on my membership so they get a discounted rate. As I am telling them about Telluride and the fact that the boys get to ski as part of their P.E. class, Raef is nodding like, "Yeah, it's pretty dang cool." A little head bobbing going on.
I get my BOYS today. I absolutely could not be happier. First things first, I am off to the airport for my flight to Denver, I have a little project packed along to keep my busy after the flight as I have a bit of a wait until Amanda and all her boys arrive. Once I arrive in Denver, I settle into an alcove and stitch away on my little snowman face block that will go into my Christmas quilt. All he needs now is his nose which will be appliqued on.
I get word that everyone is at the gate so I head that way (since I'm across the way - it takes me about 2 minutes). I find my boys eating lunch and playing while watching the planes. 
Woohoo --- hugs all around and the fun it about to begin.
Mister and I are off to the Dallas Arboretum for Dallas Blooms. It's a nice cool morning and a walk amongst flowers seems perfect. We pick up a couple cups of coffee and are on our way. Eye candy everywhere. This is pretty much a photo blog entry today.
Mister came home from work and we thought a cheese tray with a glass of beer seemed like a good dinner. Just as we finished it, our friend Jennie called and wanted to know if we would like to meet around 7 for dinner. That's two hours from now so we looked at each other and said sure. Let's go.
I am in the mood to cook again today. How odd, I know. Let's do Harvest Green Beans, Ham, and Penne. What can we make with that? Oh, and throw in some yellow summer squash too. I start by prepping everything: 8 oz fresh green beans, cut into 1 1/2" pieces (about 2 cups), 1 medium onion, cut into thin wedges, 2 small yellow summer squash, sliced, 1 cup bite-sized cooked ham strips, 1-2 teaspoons fresh oregano. Also gather some penne pasta, olive oil, and lemon-pepper seasoning.
