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Birthdays Everywhere!!

Gees - October certainly is the birthday month...and it seems mid-October is even crazier!

Monday was Jon's birthday. We went out to celebrate on Saturday. We saw Couples' Retreat and ate at Farrargo's - I'd call it a real date! Jon's present I am excited about still isn't here, but I also gave him a roundtrip Southwest flight voucher to fly wherever he wants (presumably somewhere with me, but maybe I shouldn't hold my breath).

Thursday was dad's birthday. He just isn't easy to shop for these days...at the ripe old age of 77 there just isn't much else he needs. Mom did, however, get him the gift of a lifetime yesterday in San Antonio. He went for a little ride in this:

The World War II-vintage Boeing B-17 bomber Liberty Belle

Mom had seen it in the San Antonio paper the day before while they were visiting and signed him right up. He just thought they were going to "look at it" and had no idea he was riding on it until they got there. Pretty neat!

My niece Molly's 12th birthday was Sunday. 12?!?!?! That is crazy! I got her a long sleeve under armour shirt to run in because apparently she has loved her first cross country season and wants to keep running and doing 5ks and triathlons during the year to stay in shape. I'm not sure she could make me any prouder!! We are all running the 5k/10k Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving in Beaumont - I cannot wait!

Finally, today is Shellie's bday. She is anti-birthday celebration so we always have to scheme a little bit to get her out. We did a good job doing so last night and had a fun night with good friends. I'm not sure how great some of them are feeling this morning though...no idea how many bottles of wine were consumed!

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Steph said…
Congrats on finishing your hard training. Enjoy your taper.

My niece started cross country this year too and, like Molly, is totally addicted. Isn't it cool?!?
October 19, 2009 at 1:19 PM
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