27

I turned 27 back in February (and am just not getting around to posting - oops).  I find that each year I get older, I seem to forget more frequently how old I am.  I remember the big milestones, like 21, 25, but the inbetween year just all seem to mesh together.  Somebody I work with was asking how old I was turning and I said "28", and then had to think about it for a minute until I realized, oh no, I'm only turning 27. 
Anyways, for my birthday, we went to a cute little italian restaurant, Mia Bella & then went bowling at a new bowling alley downtown called "Lucky Strikes".   We had a great time & even managed to bowl pretty well!

Radio Lollipop

As many may already know, I have been volunteering at Texas Children's Hospital with an organization called Radio Lollipop for about 4 years now.  I go every Tuesday night & absolutely LOVE it!  Radio Lollipop is an international organization that has been at TCH for 10 years.    Even when I'm exausted & am having a stressful work week & think I just want to go home and get in bed, I get to TCH and Radio Lollipop, have a blast & it really puts life in perspective for me.  Anyways, Fox Houston came to Radio Lollipop a few weeks ago and did a special that aired this week on the 9PM news.  So here it is!  And, if you want to learn more about Radio Lollipop, you can go to http://www.radiolollipop.org/.

Utah Trip

So thanks to Southwest Airlines' fantastic sale, we were able to hop over to Utah after our Ski trip to visit Alan's oldest sister Teresa, her husband, Jack, & their 4 kids.  They live just outside Salt Lake in Logan in an old farm house that they are in the process of updating.  Their house has so much character & they have done an amazing job updating everything so far.  And the views from their house are to die for!  We didn't know how fabulous the views were until our last day when we were leaving for the airport because it was cloudy and snowing the entire time we were there.  Alan even got to experience real farm life when he, along with Jack & his nephews, used the tractor to try and dig us out of the crazy amount of snow so we could get to the airport!
Here's some of our pictures from our trip!

Driving in downtown Logan - No, these weren't in black & white - it was just snowing that hard!

@ Mick's basketball game

Brett & Ana playing in the snow (right before they destroyed Alan in a snowball fight!)

me & Ana watching Mick's basketball game

Brett, Ana, & Mick wrestling with their Uncle Al

Logan catching some air on his snowboard

Logan & Alan snowboarding at Beaver Mountain

view from the house on a cloudy day...you can almost see the mountains!

Niece & nephews with Uncle Al

from L to R (Ana, Alan, Mick, Brett, Logan)

the barn

view from the driveway as we were leaving for the airport....we don't have views like this in Texas!

Alan & his sister Teresa

Alan & Kelly 2010 

Colorado Ski Trip

Alan & I went skiing for a week in January with some good friends, Kristin & Chad, Erin & Rickey, and Ashley & Lynton. We stayed in Breckenridge at Kristin's company's condo (free lodging is awesome!) right at the base of the slopes. We also were able to go to Vail for a day of skiing and went to Keystone one night, where we took the Gondola to the very top and had an authentic Swiss Fondue dinner! We had a fabulous time & have so many great memories from this trip! Needless to say, I felt like I needed a vacation after a week of skiing - my body was physically exhausted (goes to show how out of shape I really am right now!). Thanks to Kristin & Chad for putting together such a fun trip!

Ashley & Lynton, Me & Alan, Rickey & Erin, Chad & Kristin

(at the top of Vail)

Alan & I walking around Breckenridge

Gondola ride to the top of Keystone - there is no heat in Gondolas - it was FREEZING!!

Chad & Kristin at the Fondue Chessel

Erin & Rickey in Vail

the boys

Me & Alan at dinner

Me & Alan skiing in Breckenridge

Love this one of Ashley!

Chad & Kristin taking the Gondola in Vail

Erin & Rickey

Lynton & Ashley

The view from our condo in Breckenridge

Ashley & Lynton trying out the oxygen machine in our condo - no altitude sickness or hangovers in this group!!

Alan thinks he's a rockstar....I don't have the heart to tell him he's not ;)

Alan's photography skills

Lynton & Alan - ready to tear up the mountain

Camera Trials!

Here's a few pictures I took playing around with my new camera (Thanks, Alan!)! Yes, all of the cats, but what can I say, they are extremely photogenic!!

Check out those claws!

big yawn!

Deligintly cleaning himself

whiskers

wrestling action

just a cool picture

sunset from our balcony tonight

San Antonio Trip 2009

We went to San Antonio with our good friends Nick & Tracy back in November. We had such a fabulous time and even squeezed in a trip to the Shiner Brewery and a day trip to the Fredericksburg/Hill Country for some wine tasting!

Check out all our fun below!

San Antonio 2009

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