Happy Birthday Austin!!!

Well, here it is - Monday again! I just can't believe how quickly the weekends go. Hopefully the week will go by quickly as well! Today is Austin's birthday - he is 24 years old! I feel bad for him because he is starting to realize how meaningless birthdays can be after a certain age and how much it takes the fun out of your birthday when you have to work on it. But I tried to make it a birthday weekend for him so that it would be fun all weekend long! :)

Friday night, I got off work a little early (I swear everyone else left at like 3:30 or 4 and didn't tell me - I left at 4:45 because everyone else was already gone!), so I ran by CVS and Target to pick up a few things. I gave Austin a small gift (the OC 4 soundtrack CD), and we went to Mi Cocina's for dinner. We didn't really do much that night except lay in bed and watch TV because Austin was really tired.

Saturday, we got up, and Austin went to mow the shop yard. I lounged around a bit and then fought the madness trying to get playoff tickets for the Mavs. After my Internet connection leaving me once in the midst of the process, I luckily got two seats for the first round home game A, so that should be fun. I gave that present to Austin Sunday morning, and he was really surprised! When he got home, we headed to Old Navy real quick to grab a dog collar for Maddie and a few shirts for Austin. Then we went and picked up Brad & Jocelyn and all headed to downtown Fort Worth for the Main Street Arts Festival. The weather was BEAUTIFUL on Saturday, which made the arts festival VERY crowded! But it was still a really good time. We went to the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens after that and just relaxed outside in the beautiful weather, and then went out to eat at Joe's Crab Shack (one of Austin's favorite restaurants). When we got home, we watched "Sideways," which was actually pretty good but I was a little disappointed in the ending and overall it was just one of those movies you see to see but I don't really think I need to watch again.

Sunday morning, we got up and went to this new diner that opened by our apartment and had a yummy breakfast. Then we came back and watched "Spanglish" - I was quite surprised by this movie, I was a little afraid that it would be like "Punch Drunk Love" and be utterly annoying and boring, but we both really liked this movie a lot. We went and picked up Austin's birthday cake from Baskin Robbins (chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream with white cake and Incredibles design!) and headed to his parents' house for the family lunch. We had great baked ziti, Austin got some cool gifts, and then we went to see "Fever Pitch" with his brother at an early matinee. It was SO CUTE - a great romantic comedy! Then we went home, watched "The Contender" and "Desperate Housewives" and headed to bed. It was a great weekend overall!

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend as well! I just hope the day goes by quickly so I can head home and surprise Austin with a few last things! :)