Hello from Houston!

It's a new year. 

I love how fresh it feels at the beginning of the year and how sick of it I am by the end of it.

Just here to share some of the things happening with us the past week.  Our house has been busy with having the company here.

We began Paul's birthday with a family field trip to the Escape Room.

Waiting outside in the lobby waiting to see if we could escape in time!

Success......with only 31 seconds to spare.  We can't tell you what it was like because we don't want to spoil the fun.  The group we worked with was from England and we really enjoyed playing with them.  Each person in our group contributed to the solving of all the puzzles to escape.

The courtyard where the escape room was so beautiful and decorated for Christmas. 

We asked out team mates to take a family picture of us.

Actually, we asked them to take a couple of them!  It was fun being all together and spending the day.  We enjoyed the rest of the afternoon having lunch, opening our Christmas presents and celebrating our Christmas, and taking a nap.  Then it was off to the Winter Lights at the horse track.

We had no idea what to expect, but when we got there......this was the entrance!

Had to stop and document the evening with the birthday boy.  It sure was cold that evening!

It truly was a spectacular place to walk around

Paul and Shay were "walking like Egyptians" in front of the Egypt display

Here are Paul and Shay getting hatched from dinosaur eggs

Here is me and my best friend making out in front of the sunflowers

I look drunk.  Trust me I'm not.  I didn't even have a drink that day.

After walking around the lights and the carnival for a couple of hours....we headed out to get a quick bite to eat for dinner and then off to bed.

I made a LOT of chimichangas for the family the night after Paul's birthday.  These were supposed to have been enjoyed on his birthday, but due to a late lunch and a late night enjoying the lights.....we postponed it.  Doesn't matter when we eat them......just as long as we eat them when we're all together.

Stocked up on an awesome online sale for my lotions and potions.  Also scored a 20% off discount with the help from my sister.  This ought to take care of us for awhile.

Getting to use one of my Christmas gift from Aaron & Shay.....they know my current obsession with license plate items.  Luckily, we had just taken a wonderful family picture to put in it.

I now got to hang up the calendar I made for Paul and I with pictures from all our exciting adventures in 2015.  I also made one for Aaron and Shay with their pictures to enjoy in their home.  It will be so much fun each month to look at the pictures and remember the memories that made them happen.

And last but not least, I got out the travel pouch that I'll be using next

weekend to hold all the $$$ I hope to be winning!

Tomorrow we will celebrate the last day of Aaron's visit with all of us going to the Texans game (except for Paul).  Our plan is to have dinner together.  I'm looking forward to it.

2015 was a wonderful year for us......cheers to an even greater 2016!