Steven celebrated another birthday in December, yay!!! #37 to be exact. I think it was a pretty good day for him...it began with the rare privilege of not having to work that day. We even took the whole family out for mexican food at an actual sit-down restaurant! And would you believe that it went well? No one fussed and everyone stayed in their seats. AND, Steven & I even got to enjoy a margarita. Success!
Not that he requested a cake, but I went ahead and made him one for the love and joy that is cake. White cake with chocolate buttercream and a fudge filling. Rich! Tasty treats. Pam watched the kids for us the next night and we went to see the Hobbit. It was like old times---back when the first Lord of the Rings movies came out when we were first married we'd always go see them for his birthday. Aaaww.
Dec. 23rd, the very last day it was open, we went to the Trail of Lights. With all the rest of humanity. We parked by Austin High, so we had quite a long trek to get to the park. There's nothing dangerous about running with sticks, right?
We started with sandwiches at Schlotzsky's. Delightful as always.
The Trail of Lights took a couple years off so we hadn't been since Will was a wee little baby.
We finally caught up to the Rener family, but ended up seeing them for maybe a few minutes before losing each other in the mass of people.
Seeing the lights was fun, but for all the short people, a.k.a. myself and the kids, we couldn't see a thing there were so many people. Wall to wall bodies. We were inching along at a snail's pace, and I was thanking God that I wasn't claustrophobic because wow...it was nuts. The littlest two got fussy. And poor Matt's feet hurt.
I'm thinking we'll sit out next year. I've heard great things about the Trail of Lights in Wimberley. Might be worth the trek!
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