Birthday...still playing catch up from December

December 28th I turned 38. I don’t get too hung up on getting older. I mean, it happens and I still feel like the same me on the inside.

We were off from work all that week and had a fun day. We decided to go to the zoo.  There is a whole new section – it is really neat. If you have been to Animal Kingdom at Disney  - it is a lot more like that than any other part of the zoo where the restaurants and paths and every part is themed. 

The next day we went to San Antonio with Will’s parents. We stayed down by the river walk.  It was special to take Jacob out on the River Walk boat during Christmas to see all the lights. I remember going when I was a kid.

(OK – I just have to say this – notice how when I am not in humid icky Houston weather that my hair actually looks nice!)

Bella was asleep back in the hotel room with Grandma.

The lights were so pretty but I had a hard time getting decent pictures.

The next morning Will and his parents had a meeting to go to, and I took the kids over to my Aunt and Uncle’s house to visit my grandparents.  Jacob and my Uncle played checkers.

Then we left San Antonio and went to Austin for a few days.  In Austin we rented a little house and had a little party to celebrate my birthday some more.

We had my parents, Will’s parents, Will’s brother and my sister in law and my sister in law’s sister, and their parents, oh and some cousins too.

Do I look snookered in this picture? I wasn’t really (no really) I just get mushy over making birthday wishes and was so pleased to have everyone come out and was thinking about making a wish.

The night after this one was New Year’s eve. I don’t have a single picture but Will and I went out with Robert and Leigh to a little house party and had a great time, the party had fire pits on the back deck and Will and I started 2011 with a toast, and a kiss by firelight under the stars.  A perfect beginning to a new year I think.