Happy 30th Birthday Jane Anne!

We traveled to Austin last weekend to celebrate my cousin, Jane Anne's, 30th birthday. Some of her close friends threw the party for her at the Broken Spoke dance hall in Austin. It's one of the oldest dance halls in Texas...maybe not as old as Gruene, but its been around for a while. On Saturday, my Dad, Johnette, Chad, and Mamoo drove to Houston to pick Kurt and I up on their way. We were a tight squeeze, but made it there safely. Yes, Mamoo went along for the trip with us - what a trooper she is, and she even went to the Broken Spoke until nearly 11pm! Of course, I didn't get any pictures of the birthday girl, but there were quite a few of us there and she stayed busy making sure she was able to visit with everyone. We also got to see Chris & Amy who recently left the big metropolis of Beaumont and moved to Austin with their girls (who were the flower girls in our wedding). We hadn't seen them since our trip to LA in February, so it was great to visit.
On Sunday my aunt Margaret cooked breakfast for us before we got back on the road. We even had Mamoo's famous blueberry muffins, which are Jane Anne's favorite. It was great getting to see my family this weekend. Kurt and I have been so busy this summer and it seems we're off on another adventure every weekend. The pet boarding place knows us very well! I've missed getting to see them, so it was nice to catch up! Until the next time... I've never seen Kurt in a cowboy hat before...pretty handsome for a cowboy.

One of my favorite pictures EVER...with 2 of my favorite people EVER!

Corrie, Amy, Dad, Mamoo

Mamoo, Amy, Johnette

Aunt Margaret, Amy, Erin...great family I wish I could see more often!

Happy 4th of July

We celebrated the 4th of July with some of our friends in Corpus Christi. Dusty, one of Kurt's close friends from high school, invited us to come up as well as 3 other couple friends of ours. We arrived on Friday and hit the beach. That night we ate great, fresh seafood and called it a night. It's amazing how tired you are after staying in the sun all day.
On Saturday we decided to check out the Texas State Aquarium that was only blocks away from the condo we were staying in. It was lots of fun, but as you would know, the dolphin show (best part of the aquarium) was outside and just happened to be at 12pm, in the heat of the day! We were all sweating our butts off by the time the outdoor show was over and were ready to be in the pool. We decided to do the pool after being at the beach on Friday and having trouble finding a spot in the water to cool off without stepping on a jellyfish - they were everywhere. We hung at the pool on Saturday and then Kyle grilled some amazing hamburgers for us on Saturday night. We ate burgers and watched fireworks from the balcony of the condo. Lots of fun!

Just a side note for some of the pictures: While we were at the pool we discovered an owl (not real) just hanging out by the side of the pool. We decided it looked like he could use a dip in the pool, so we took the opportunity to take pictures with the owl while it was in the water.

The wives and girlfriends - Meggie, Daphanie, Leslie, and Corrie

The infamous owl...

Kyle decided to smother the owl.

I was the picture taker on this one.

Happy Birthday America....as Kurt was saying all weekend long.