Happy Birthday Brooklyn (on Thursday)

I can't believe that Brooklyn is 6 years old. Boy does time fly when you are having fun. I sure wish these nieces and nephews would stop getting older. I am so glad that I have had the chance, the last few years to live near by and watch this sweet little girl grow up. I love getting the chance to have her come over, especially on Sunday's, when I know she is just trying to avoid taking a nap...but still we have fun. I love when my phone rings and the voice on the other line says, "Aunt Emily are you busy?" I love the way she loves her cousins Kate and Clair - even though they live far away and don't get to see each other often. She's always planning and trying to figure out how to get together with them.

Although Thursday was Brooklyn's official birthday, she is having her party today. Already her mom and Grammy are getting ready for 6- 5/6 year old girls to come over for a spa party. (Clair had one of these and Brooklyn has wanted one ever since.) Mimi and I will be in charge of doing facials. Cucumbers were requested for their eyes by the b-day girl. Hair will be done and nails too. It will be a great time and I'll try to remember to take pictures and post them too.

Happy Birthday Brooklyn!

Bringing in 2011

This year I decided to do something different and new for New Years Eve and New Years. I went with a group of friends and made some new friends. Twelve people from the Austin and San Antonio area rented a house on the beach of Port Aransas. It was tons of fun. I didn't know everyone at first, but I had a great time. We toasted in the new year with NYC and then we went out on the beach, made a bonfire, had smores, played with sparklers, and watched fireworks.




New Year's Day we spent at the beach flying kites. Scott was very patient with me and let's just say that I can mark professional kite flying off my list of things to be when I grow up. I was terrible at it. I was pretty sure that I was going to break Scott's kite. I didn't break it, but I didn't exactly fly it every good either.


We also went to this shop and took a picture with this humongous shark. You walked through the mouth and out the tail into the shop. It was cool.


All in all it was a great weekend. I had a really nice time.