The weather is going to kill me this year. December and it’s 80 degrees outside. At least some of the leaves were changing to fall colors otherwise my brain might have exploded right there at the Dallas Arboretum.  We did get the most beautiful day: perfectly soft, golden sunlight, a great blue sky and lush green grass … in December. Only in Dallas.

Laura explained via email that  their holiday cards have a theme every year and this year’s theme was going to focus on Kevin’s PhD completion. Now, I’m as serious about education as the next person but you cannot give me something that looks like a cape and not let me have you run around with it trailing behind you in the wind. Kevin was awesome and didn’t think twice about  running around with his cape – even up and down the stairs.