Wizard of Oz

Friday Sept. 30th. Steve had gotten us some tickets to go see Wizard of Oz at the Bass Hall in Ft. Worth. Before we went to Ft. Worth we first ate some dinner at an Italian restaurant, Italianis. :)( food was so yummy) - we then went on to ft worth, we arrived, this was Steves first time at Bass hall, we got to our seats, and throughout the whole play they were having major technical difficulties, the sound was just awful, the acting was great, just there were lots of loud pops and microphones would go in and out.... something that i didn't feel was right, since Bass hall is a really nice place... we did end up getting two free tickets to see something else in the future :) - but still...

Retirement Party for Mr. Moncrief

Thurs. Sept. 29th My (Taylor) boss was having a retirement party... (kind of a big deal.) he was retiring from politics from being mayor and whatnot and just focusing on the investment portion. - he also would be traveling and whatnot. anyways... so there were well over 250 people there... and we had a blast... we had 2 or 3 tables reserveed for office statff and their guest. - it really was great. So we were one of the first people to arrive. and at the table at the time was : Us (Steve and Taylor) - then Diane (one of Taylors friends/ Co-Worker) and her Husband, Scott, then another Co-Worker of Taylors, Connie. So, Diane spotted a guy that looked like Nolen Ryan, now we know that Mr. Ryan is friends with mr. Moncrief, so we were half expecting him. and Diane was on the lookout. so there she saw a guy. and she said “is that Nolen ryan?” i had no idea... i’d seen him throughout the baseball season in the stands (on TV) ... but not all dressed up in a cowboy hat... anyways so this guy was literally about 50 feet from us, we were looking, and Scott and Diaen were looking to see how tall he is, and everything. bottom line, Scott goes over and gets a good look. yep was him... it was really funny how it happened. we had a great time, it was a really great party for him. lots of memories.

Saturday Sept 24. Round 2 for steve and his speech.. he had been rehearsing, and practicing for a few days, but so saturday he spent alot of time looking and rehearsing, and this time Taylor borrowed her parents camcorder, so she was able to get a better video. Steve did a fantastic job, but he did get 2nd place. the lady that got 1st, really deserved it, she did an excellent job.

Birdville HS Homecoming Game

Friday Sept 23. We went to My (Taylor’s) High School Homecoming.I was very excited... We Sat near the band (of course...) and then we just watched the game. It really was fun. (steve borrowed a shirt from Daniel, from when Dan was in HS.... didnt think Steve would want to wear one of mine. :) haha.) Steve couldnt believe the Homecoming mums that some of the girls had... i do ahve to admit many of them were WAAY too big. -- they've grown since i've been in hs....

TCU Game

Saturday Sept 17- We met up at TCU for a football game. Steve got some tickets for the game through his work, we had fun, I’d never been to a TCU game so I was happy... we only stayed until half time, or just after, It was hot sitting out there... so we went back to Steves house.

When one Event gets rained out, then do the next best thing.. eat at whataburger. :)

Friday Sept. 16. Balloon Festival. In frisco. --Steve came and picked Taylor up right after work that day, we went to frisco, for the balloon festival -- i its truly a cool event... so went up there, we got in, and walked around just a little, found a place to set out our blanket and such... there was bad weather coming. ....Taylors dad called to warn us... and we were watching on our phones... and then they came over the announcment said everyone go to your cars or this building, and we’ll see if this will pass over ... well i could have told them that it wasnt going to pass over, it was going to linger into the night... we were walking back to the car, when big drops started falling, we ran to the car, got it... and we went to Whataburger... we were hungry. Steve had never been to Whataburger so that's what we did. (Steve said he liked whataburger) :)

Steve's Parents come to Texas

(Written by Taylor)
Saturday Sept 10. The day that I met Steves Parents. I met Steve at his house that early that afternoon, after he had Toastmasters, then we hung out, ate lunch, think we watched a movie, and he and I talked... We both were so excited. I was really ecited to see them and meet them. :) I knew that this was definitely a big deal. Sure he had met my family, and been around my family quite a bit, like to the point where my folks pretty much already thought of him as part of our family. we were anxiously waiting for them to come, and I was getting a little nervous.. just hoping that they would like me, and to make sure I dont get shy, just act like myself... so we go into Steves office and we turn on “the office” and no sooner we turn it on, then his parents were walking up the front walk... so up we jumped up and we went to greet them, they gave their hugs to Steve, then we all officially met and then gave each other hugs. - then they wanted to look at the house and make sure everything is going well with it... so we did that, looked at the yard. We decided to go to the hotel with them, let them check in, and do whatever they needed to do, then we’d go out for dinner, and walk around downtown.
So we did that...We went to the Reata for dinner, I’d never eaten there, it was delicious. we were there for a long time, we all chatted and caught up. I really had a wonderful time with them there. - Then we walked around for a few minutes, and then they headed back to their hotel and we and we headed back to Steves car.
Sunday the next morning, We all met up at the church and I signed a song. Since dad had just come back from Rehab, he really wasnt up to getting to church and sitting in pews and whatnot..so they werent able to go to church to meet them.after church we went to Roots. Roots had become a favorite of Steves... and we tend to like to go there after church on sundays. - so we all ordered and we grabbed a table we ate and chatted, then they were discussing the day. - now the plan was for us to have lunch then we go our separate ways - they would spend the rest of the time with steve, and i’d just go home... so i was not prepared for this.. (otherwise I would have brought clothes to change into or worn something different, besides my church clothes. but it was fine) - so --- they said something to indicate that i’d be going with them... and told them I thought they’d be spdnding the rest of the day with Steve... and they said no, we went you to come with us... - so we did... we went to Justin boots (his mom wanted some boots) --- then we went to the stockyards and we hung out walked around down there, then we went back to their hotel room and we rested (I was so thankful, i was so ready to take off my shoes. haha) then we went back out and went and had dinner at H3 Ranch, it was good, but we all agreed we should have went to coopers. :) haha. - then we went back to their hotel, we said our goodbyes, since they’d be leaving the next morning, and Steve took me back to my car (which was at Roots). It was such a wonderful weekend with them, I really had wished we would have been able to spend more time with them, but was so thankful that they were able to come out :)

Labor Day Picnic

Some Cooler weather Came through and made the temperatures to be absolutely perfect, almost like fall had arrived early... So first thoughts on this gorgeous Labor day, that we have off : We have got to be outside.... doing SOMETHING... so first thoughts : Legacy River Park ... Picnic and frisbee. and we did just that. and we also walked quite abit. it really was alot of fun. the picnic was so yummy - Steve made a delicious picnic lunch, sandwich bananna, cookies.

When Plan A fails, sometimes you have to just wing it .

Saturday Aug. 3 we went to “Bedford Blues Festival” - I had heard that it was alot of fun, good music, good bbq and just fun to go to.... well was kinda dead - I think we figured it prob was better to go in the evening, rather than in the morning/early afternoon.
So we stood there trying to figure out what to do, we had already seen everything... and we had our tastebuds set on bbq, so Steve had the brilliant Idea of going to Coopers... (I”d nver been there, never heard of it before I met Steve) - but so that's what we did. we pretty much didn't have a plan of course... but we went. and LOVED Coopers... SO good!! So after that we decided to go ahead and walk around the stockyards... it wasnt time to go home yet. we still wanted to hang out, it was early in the day, so we headed to downtown, where we went and walked around Barnes and Noble and we had icecream at a place that we saw when we had went down there for the comedy club. It was a nice day... even though our original plans had fallen through. :)