Me and my niece Addie
My birthday is officially tomorrow. Because I have such wonderful friends and family, I was able to start celebrating early.
Last Thursday at the monthly book club meeting we had our usual dinner followed by delicious chocolate mousse cake from Panini Cakes in Dallas and hilarious greeting cards! Myself and two other ladies were the honorees but we all felt very special. I knew we were having cake, but I didn’t know I would be the recipient of funny cards.
Anwyn and Nick did some coloring
On Saturday, Nick and I traveled down to Austin, where we met my mom and my sister and her family. I got to pick the location, even though my B-I-L was also a birthday boy and I chose The Hula Hut on Lake Austin. Upon arriving and being told we’d probably have to wait an hour and a half, we went next door to Abel’s on the Lake. Our buzzer for Abel’s went off about 30 minutes later and just as we sat down, I received a text from the Hula Hut saying our table over there was also ready (oops, forgot to remove our name from the list). Our dinner was tasty though somewhat slow getting to us and we chatted and enjoyed ourselves while we waited. Of course we also had a nice view of Lake Austin and the boaters tying up to come into the restaurants. I could have stayed longer, had another beverage and just watched the boats and would have been happy.
My bff’s son Graham
After leaving the restaurant, Nick and I headed to San Antonio to make a quick stop to see my college bestie Hillary and her family. I love seeing how her kids have grown and of course catching up on all that’s going on in their lives. Best of all, I got a soccer pic of her oldest son to adorn our fridge!
Sunday morning my mom and I got up and met another bff (one I’ve known since 6th grade) for breakfast. She actually lives in Utah but was visiting her parents for the weekend in San Antonio. I wish I had remembered to snap a quick pic of us but I didn’t. Her 3 boys are bundles of energy! Her oldest, Liam, drew me this shark pic… more art to adorn my fridge.
Can’t wait to see what tomorrow brings with it, but even if it’s nothing, I feel very blessed to know I’m surrounded by
Shark by Liam
people who love me thissssssss much!
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