campin'

This past weekend we went camping with the Brewers and Clays to celebrate Whitney's birthday. We had a wonderful time! The sun, lake and good friends, it doesn't get much better than that...

four years

Ryan and I celebrated our 4 year anniversary last week. It is funny, because part of me can't believe it's been 4 years already (it does not seem like our wedding was that long ago) but then at the same time it sort of just feels like we've always been together. Strange how that works. 

Anyway, we kicked off the evening with a nice bottle of wine in our crystal (that we hardly ever use). We had late dinner reservations so we wrapped up Fringe, a series that we've been into lately, and then sat out on the front porch and listened to records. We had dinner at Urbano Cafe, a fun little BYOB place near Jimmy's Food Store in Lakewood. The food was amazing! We had rizotto balls and caprese s'mores for appetizers with a stuffed beef tenderloin for the main course. It was all delicious!

Ryan, through the ups and downs, it has been a wonderful 4 years. Thank you for being a wonderful and supporting husband. I am truly blessed. I love you very much!

twenty six

This year the birthday festivities extended over several weekends of fun. First, we headed down to Austin for Memorial Day weekend to celebrate and swim in the new pool!!

On Saturday, we headed out to the McDonald's lake house on LBJ. There was a very competitive corn hole tournament, Brent and Sammy came out victorious.

After that, we mostly just hung out around the pool. The water was still pretty chilly and the weather wasn't great, but we spent as much time as we could out there and lots of time in the new hot tub. The puppies loved the sun deck, but were skeptical to actually get in and swim. With a little encouragement (I pushed them) they all got in at some point. I think once it is warmer, we'll have a hard time keeping them out.

For birthday dinner on Sunday night we had the below delicious (and huge) steaks.

The next weekend was my birthday weekend and I wasn't feeling great, so we took it easy. I got a record player from Mommy and Daddy for my birthday and records from The Garrity's, Kyle and Ryan. So Saturday, we had a lazy morning listening to records, got a few errands done, had a delicious lunch at Latin Deli, took a nap and then met up with some wonderful friends for dinner at Grimaldi's and drinks at People's Last Stand (of course I didn't remember to take any pictures). Sunday, we went to church had another relaxing day and then had a delicious dinner (really just wine and cheese) with the Kochs at Cru.

Monday was the actual day and my sweet co-workers decorated my desk and took me to lunch at Mi Cocina (again, I totally forgot to take pictures - shucks). We had community group that night and Chrissy was kind enough to make cupcakes (yellow with chocolate icing - my favorite!) Ryan had also purchased some Sprinkles cupcakes that we enjoyed for the rest of the week.

The weekend after my birthday, we celebrated by floating down the Brazos river again (will post those pictures at a later date, but here's one of the group). 

Then on Sunday, Ryan took me to the Rangers/Indians game and we sat out in right field to see David play. It was a beautiful sunny summer day and we ended up getting burned, but had a blast anyway. It was a wonderful birthday 2.5 weeks!