I know I've been famli-izing with these people for 20+ years now, but sometimes I'm still in shock that I get to call them mine. How'd I get so lucky to have the coolest people I know stuck by my side for life? 

And thennnn they decide to live in sweet cities, which gives me a quick and easy excuse to visit them. 

The only thing better would be if we all lived in the same place!

Le sigh. 

But until then...

More trippies. :) 

This weekend I made my first visit to Houston, where Court and Ry are living this year. I had no idea what to expect of city, and yet it was not at all what I expected. At 80 and sunny, it stole my heart for the weekend - of course, the host family helped a whole lot. 

Lily is, impossibly, turning six. Which blows my mind in a major way. I decided it was the perfect excuse to make the trip. We had such a wonderful weekend and my only complaint is, as usual, that it went too quickly.

From Thursday to Sunday, it was a total whirlwind.

Friday Court and I had lots of boy time while Lil was at school. We kickstarted the morning with what is easily a Biber favorite and staple of every weekend we spend together: a workout, coffee and a walk. We explored beautiful Rice, which reminded me how fun it is to live in a college town - even if it is a major city. 

After that, we played all afternoon until we picked Lily up from school. 

Somewhere along the line, Finn - maybe unintentionally - bamboozled me into saying we should go to Rain Forest Cafe for dinner.

You see, while I was on the phone, he said, "Mama, I have a great idea! Let's go to Rain Forest Cafe for dinner tonight!"

And Court said, "That is a great idea, but we already have a lot of special things this weekend. So let's save it for another one."

However, I then got off the phone and Finn said, "Whit! Do you want to go to Rain Forest Cafe tonight?"

Thinking Court had already agreed to it, I said, "Yeah! That's a great idea!"

And the rest was history.

So we picked Lil up from school and went for a lovely, classy dinner at the old RFC. Court and I opted to wait to eat dinner with Ry when he got off work, but the kids liked it a lot. :)

Saturday was a full-on Lil fest in the morning, which included her Birdie bash, planned and executed exceptionally by Court.

Court and I decided some mani/pedis were in order. 

After that, we left the kids with a babysitter and went out to dinner just the three of us. It was so fun having time with Court and Ry. Such a great couple, those two.