Birthday weekend...

We had a fantastic weekend as usual. Friday I was sick with a head cold and migraine. On Saturday and Sunday Chris and I had the stomach bug. We figured if Draven could make the best of his birthday weekend, then so could we. Chris was going to cancel our dinner plans on Saturday, but I talked him out of it. We went shopping most of the day on Saturday. I got some new clothes and we bought a few things for dinner at Nanny's and Poppy Jacques. It was such a relaxing time. Nanny Gwen wanted Draven and I to come over and celebrate our birthdays with her. We had fillets, baked potatoes (for Draven) and a gorgeous salad. For dessert we picked up a tiramisu from La Baguette. I am glad we stuck to spending the evening with family instead of spending a fortune and going out to eat. After dinner we opened presents. I told Gwen that I wanted clothes for my birthday. She is one of the few people that I trust to buy clothes for me. She and Jacques got me some of the cutest shirts and jewelry. Lots of fun things. Draven got an old knight to guard his bedroom door plus a wallet with some cash in it. Don't tell Chris, but if that was the only thing I did for my birthday I would be satisfied. His family knows how to treat a birthday girl!

Look how comfy Lillie looks.

Self portrait of the birthday boy and girl.




Sunday we made plans to go and get my eyes examined and get a new pair of glasses and sun glasses. I was so excited! I got my eyes checked and headed over to Eye Masters. I have gone there for years and every time I leave unhappy. They have "specials" that never turn out to be as advertised. This time it was two pairs of complete glasses for $99. From past experiences I knew to read the fine print, pretty standard stuff... frames had to be $69.95 or less and it had to be a single non complex prescription. I can always find frames I like there for the $69.95 price so that wasn't a problem. I asked them if I could do one pair as sunglasses for an additional cost. Of course! It was an extra $80 but, well worth it. A new pair of glasses plus a pair of sun glasses for $180! Not bad. Until they start figuring in all of these "extras." By the time they were through they had changed the price of my glasses about 4 times. They were $180, then $205, then $229, then $280! And... it was going to take two weeks! I got so mad (as I usual do at them) and walked out. Don't even get me started about the "insurance" that cost more than just buying new glasses. That was my last issue with eye masters. I have to say I am never going back. So we are trying a little place that one of Chris' friends goes to. Hopefully we will have better luck there.
Ok, enough of that. After the mall we headed to the Harn Homestead for a church picnic. It was so much fun. It is just good ol' fashioned family wholesomeness. We had a potluck, moon walk, kick ball, sack races, watermelon.... all the classics. We had a great time and now are done with are weekend. I am sad to see it go. Even though most of the weekend was spent with an upset stomach. My real birthday is on Tuesday. That is the same as my dad's surgery (lots of prayers.) So maybe I will get to do something special tomorrow. Hope so!

Lillie had to go to the little girls room.

Kick ball.

Everyone enjoying a picnic on a beautiful day.

I love this barn. I was tring to take a picture of it without anyone walking in front of my camera. Obviously, no luck. Chris and I would love to throw a private party here.

Lillie's first picnic.

First time on a moon walk. She cried when Chris took her out.

Lillie at the wishing well.

Lillie was asleep before we even got home.

Lillie at 7 months...

I know that green beans is not the best look for my sweet girl, but she fed herself and it was pretty cute.




Lillie loving play time.





She is such a big girl now. She loves toys! THanks to cousin Kate she has lots to choose from. She responds and interacts with us. She is eating everything we will let her. She recently discovered something called Mum-Mums. She loves these things. Belly time and just sitting on a blanket with toys are her favorite things to do. Of course, nothing beats having Mommy and Daddy play with her. Her favorite thing in the house would have to be her cat Charlie. He humors her well. I think that cat is going to inspire her to learn how to crawl. She still is not sleeping through the night. She gets up about 2 am every morning. Then back to sleep till about 6 am. I think we are used to the sleepless nights. She has changed so much. I feel like she is growing up way to fast. Luckily she still has no teeth or hair so she looks like a little baby still.

Dallas weekend...

Lillie in Dallas. Check out that shirt. I bought it at the Dallas airport on my way home from Austin.

We met the worlds tallest man.

Chris and Lillie ran into Patrick, weird.

Look Lillie... Tiger Woods.


Queso dipped rattle. The only way to teeth.

Isiah and Lillie after lunch.


Lillie's first tortilla. It made me nervous that she was going to choke, but she actually chewed with her gums.


Probally one of the weekend highlights. The hotel sent Draven milk, cookies, and a card.


Lillie ready for her first night in a hotel. She slept great.

This was over by our parking spot.

Lillie at lunch.

Lillie was such a good sport.





On our way to Dallas Lillie and I hung out while the boys shopped.

The boys at the hotel.

Waiting for the elevator.



I don't have a lot of good Draven pics. Since he felt so bad I tried not to push it.

Oh, it feels good to be home. After only three nights home from Austin, we headed out to Dallas. This time the trip was for Draven's 13th birthday! Since I was gone during his actual birthday we made it up with a special trip. Draven took his friend Isiah with us. The trip started out great. We hit the outlet mall (which sucks) but we still always stop. Lillie hung out with me while the boys shopped. Then we went to Denton so we could eat at my favorite diner Ruby's. IT sucked too. It was so bad that we got my dinner refunded. Draven wanted to stop in Denton to do some antiquing. He hit two awesome stores that carry knight stuff and army stuff... his favorites! We ended up at our hotel just in time to check in and leave for dinner. When we arrived I was shocked to see all of these freaks in costume. There was an anime fest going on at our hotel. I have never seen so many losers in one location. It was quite scary. Next we headed to Medieval Times for dinner. Draven has been wanting to go there for years! We finally did it and it was awesome! Draven started to complain that he had an upset stomach which lead to three days of vomiting, fever, cramps and the worse diarrhea I have ever seen. Poor kid. HE was such a good sport. After dinner we went swimming at the hotel. The freaks were out so we made it short. The next day we went to Fort Worth and stopped at the Ripley's museum. Our night out was short lived thanks to Draven's stomach issues. We decided to keep it simple for the evening so we ordered in pizza and had dessert at the hotel. The freaks had decided to start throwing stuff off the balconies from nine stories up and they were landing in the restaurant below. I am surprised no one got hurt. They through a huge glass vase down and it crashed on the marble floor. I am just glad no one was injured. They also through a cake that splattered all over the place making the floors slippery. At some point in time that night they did something to the pool too. I never heard what happened there but in the morning it was drained. We high tailed it home as Draven was struggling with his stomach. We were all glad to get home. I think Draven had a great time, but not as much fun as his pirate birthday with his bubba's.