birthday, week and weekend... let's just keep celebrating :)

this little stinker...

has been hard at work.  and rather mischievous at getting me a birthday gift.

he kept telling me he just wanted to take me to dinner.  i gladly accepted the treat at lupe tortillas knowing i really didn't want any gifts.   i'd rather save the money up for a new camera.  because well let's be honest it's all i've been rambling to him about since i think.... last summer?!? 

but most recently our camera that has been doing a pretty decent job has decided to lose some of it's functions. : /

after a nice birthday dinner thursday evening, he went on to tell me his creative gift (which was nothing big...he added)  was going to be coming in a day late.  

after coming home from my sister's pool friday i found a camera sitting on our bed with a yellow sticky note.

"happy birthday"

i was speechless.  well actually i squealed.  

and since then i haven't stopped clicking.  

here is some fun i've been having with the new toy.

after a full day of swimming and a full nights sleep ...

this is how i found buddy saturday morning.

saturday afternoon we went out to brazos country to celebrate my birthday with my parents, before my mom goes back up to missouri for grand-baby number sixteen :)

my sister and i can bother each other about our new toys.

dana and i decided, since one sister is currently on vacation on  a  beautiful beach and the other sister is stuck in missouri feeling huge and about to have a baby ...

it was only right that we toast a drink  to them at sunset.

brazos country style.

we thought this was pretty post card material.

photos courtesy of my awesome, and always surprising hubby