SURPRISE!!

I had an incredible weekend! 

Friday night Zac and I didn't do much; a little cleaning, cooking and watching a movie. I knew that Saturday was going to be a REALLY busy day.

Sat. morning I went up to the museum early to volunteer for the annual Easter Celebration! The event went smoothly, the weather cooperated (even if it was a little chilly and windy) and there were soooo many people in attendance. I went straight from there to the Physics and Engineering Festival to take pictures for work. After being there for an hour, I left to meet my cousin Emily, her husband Jonathan and Zac for lunch at Layne's! I was so excited that Emily and Jonathan were coming to hang out in College Station with us for the day/night. They got to see our house, the dogs and a lot of what has changed here since we were students. We gave them a tour of our house, CS and the Bonfire Memorial. (Emily and Jonathan were freshmen here when Bonfire fell in '99.) After the tours we came home and changed because Zac said that we had dinner reservations. I kept trying to guess where, but he would not tell me (typical). We ended up driving in to Bryan, to Mr. G's Pizza. We walked in the door and a bunch of people yelled "SURPRISE!!" really loudly. It took me a few seconds to process what was going on before I realized the fun surprise was for ME! WOW! I was surprised, indeed! Mandy, Beth and Zac had been plotting against me, with the help of everyone, to get me - and it worked! Mandy, Meranda, Beth, Mai, Teal, April and Becky all came in from the metroplex - Mary Alice, Jonathan and Emily were here from Austin - Jesse, his friend and Kevin came in from San Antonio/Houston - Amy and Austin came in from Houston, and Kelsey, Mack, Spike and John (and Zac of course) were here in town. :) Am I blessed or what? I have the most thoughtful/caring/fun family and friends in the whole world. Thank you, friends!! We had pizza, cake and opened presents at Mr. G's, then everyone came to our house to hang out for a while. Afterwards we headed up to Northgate. What an incredibly fun birthday celebration that I wasn't expecting AT ALL! 

Sunday morning some of us went to breakfast at Coco Loco before heading back in a million directions. That afternoon, Zac, Mary Alice and I installed my birthday present from Zac, fireplace glass! It is absolutely beautiful, and I love how it looks installed. I wanted something that wouldn't ash and stain the rock or make a mess. Mary Alice saw this done on HGTV, and luckily I had a birthday coming up so I asked for it. :) We love it! 

CLICK HERE to see a few pictures from the surprise party, and the installation of the fireplace glass! For more birthday celebration pictures, see Facebook!

Me ke aloha,

RAWE