Brianne, Randy, and Donna in GalvestonSorry its been a while since we have posted an update, you’d think maybe we were up to nothing, but we have been pretty busy lately. Brianne’s parents flew down just before the Memorial Day weekend and spent 6 days with us here and we took them on a tour of Texas. Their past trips have kept them in the Houston area so we figured a road trip would be fun to see some other great Texas cities. Our adventures took us to an Astros Game, Dallas, The Sixth Floor Museum, Texas Stadium, the Cowboys new stadium, Austin, my parents home in Elgin, the Oasis on Lake Travis, San Antonio, the Riverwalk and River Center Mall, the Alamo, and Galveston. If you know where all those places are, you know that we put a few miles on the Escape. It was a great trip and we had a lot of fun to have them here.

Garett's BirthdayYesterday was my birthday (you can figure out which one on your own) and we had friends over to the house to enjoy some pizza, drinks, and a baseball game. Last week we attended an engagement party of one of our friends and then with my birthday this week, it was the first time in a very long time that we have had everyone gathered together in such a short time frame. Being that we are spread across the greater Houston area and some even further, its difficult to get more then 3 or 4 people together.

I made out pretty well this year on gifts. Brianne got me a Canon Digital Rebel XS with lens kit (she shouldn’t have spent so much on me), some cycling gear, and some snack treats to enjoy. My parents and brother got me another lens to go with my camera. Brianne folks got me the latest Simpsons season on DVD and a FM modulator for my car that works with my iPhone and Karlee got me a T-shirt and the upcoming soon to be released Simpsons season on DVD (figured out any TV shows I like?). I also received some assorted gift cards from friends which will be put to good use.

Thank you to everyone for the gifts and the birthday wishes, it helped to forget the milestone that I reached this year. Well all I can say about entering a new decade is that I came into this one in better shape and a little less weight then I entered the last one and a whole lot less then I was at just last year. Once again thanks everybody for everything!