In December I got to spend Alicia's birthday with her (finally!). A December 7th birthday was rather inconvenient for college visits since it always fell during finals... and I guess I don't really have an excuse for the 3 years after graduation. Regardless, I booked the flight for 2013! Well, upon waking up Friday morning (Dec 6) it seemed nature had other plans. Dallas had gotten several inches of snow, and worse, lots of ice. These pictures looks bad (you can see how low the branches of our red oak in the front are drooping) ....
but I think this picture depicts it best. This is at the end of our street, near the Ridgehaven and Aldwick intersection. So much ice formed so quickly over night that many of the trees couldn't handle the weight. Luckily, there is another exit from our street and we braved the roads to make it to Love.
A few flight delays and a salted runway later I was off and away. When we arrived, the temperature was 68 and I felt silly walking out of the airport with a long coat, gloves, a hat and scarf on. All that to say, it was an interesting start to the trip, but I made it.
After that, the weekend is quite a blur (I attribute this to champagne and the fact that I am writing this post 8 months late, but mostly champagne). I was also terrible at taking pictures all weekend. Here is one from the first night I was there, outside waiting for a cab.
On Saturday night, Charlotte and Michele hosted a birthday dinner for Alicia. It was a beautiful night of friends, family, wonderful food and lots of laughter.
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