Birthdays, games and the holidays

So now my birthday has come and gone. It was fun, small family party with a super yummy cake which I don't have a pic of but am trying to get one from someone that took a photo of it. I can't believe that I'm closer to 30. I remember when I was much younger and thought about what my life would be when I was out of high school for 10 years...probably married, with kids, not sure what else. Well guess what? My 10 yr reunion is this year - wow! I've been married for over 5 yrs and no kids at this point in time. And no I'm not going to my reunion because....it's the same night as Jason's 30th b-day party!!!!! I am so excited about that. My friend, Renee, is helping me make the coolest invites ever, seriously these things are awesome! They will be worthy of a picture post when I have one done, well one that is done right.

Other than that the only other thing going on besides the usual work and house work...college football has started!!!!!! Woohoo!!!!! The first UT game was this past weekend where they won against Florida Atlantic 52-10, go Horns! The game was fun, hot but not as bad as in years past. However, the traffic leaving the game was horrible! They have something like 8 events scheduled in downtown Austin this weekend and already had streeets closed for The Human Race on Sunday. It was bad. Seriously took us an hour to get out of that area. Ugh. Anyway, I'm excited, on to the next game. Hopefully they'll play better than they did tonight. The score may not reflect it but this team has a lot of needed improvement to make in the coming weeks. GO HORNS!!!

And, the holidays are coming up. Do you realize it is less than 4 months until Christmas? Yep, it is. I have already had family party planning convos regarding Christmas. On one hand I'm super excited, on the other, well, geez, how is it that time already???? Time seems to be flying by these days. Anyway, I am convinced that this year will be the year that I have a lot of shopping done WAY ahead of time. That is my goal and I'm going to work really hard to achieve it. I'm thinking it will help with the stress level and plus I'll be able to put pretty gifts under my tree sooner and enjoy the deco they'll provide! Halloween is first though, I hope we have some great trick-or-treates this year!

Catching Up

Yes I have a lot of catching up to do... In a nutshell I have been working, working, working over the last few months!
In June I went to Denver once and Houston twice, in July, Denver twice and Houston once. I think I have a clear schedule for the next month.

Other than that we're not up to a whole lot. We're getting close to starting construction on our new covered patio in the back, getting a sprinkler system and stone planters! Yeah, I can't wait!!! Oh and we have a new addition to our extended family...a new neice who is absolutely adorable! We are looking forward to seeing her grow up and develop her own little personality.

Not much else, my b-day is coming up next week and I'm excited!!! I ordered the yummiest cake ever for my party, mexican vanilla cake with buttercream icing. I had this cake before for Whitney's baby shower and it was soooo good! I can't wait to eat a piece this Saturday when I celebrate with a small group of family and friends.

The other BIG thing coming up...UT Season Tickets!!! They should arrive any day now in the mail!!!!! Best part of the year made even better since they always come around my b-day!!!! I am so excited for college football to start. It's the only time of year that I am 100% willing to clear my entire weekend schedule to be sure I don't miss a game! GO HORNS!!!

I'll make it a goal to update my blog soon after my b-day, more yummy cake reporting to come....

Later