cousin fun

whenever allana and tavish come to visit diana's mom and david we are always invited too.  not wanting ledger to miss out on a chance to play with his cousin, he and diana headed down to spend some time with them.  i had to work, so i stayed home.
the boys had a blast together, as always!  barbara even stopped by for some of the weekend to spoil her favorite nephews too. 
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family hibachi

just for fun, my parents invited all of us to go out for dinner at a hibachi grill.  the plan was to leave the kids at home, so we dropped of ledger at jill and tim's place and he got to play with jaidey and aves.  jack was old enough that he was able to come with us.
we actually brought ledge a little early so diana and i could have a little free time before meeting up for dinner- which we loved!  we didn't really do anything that special, we just wandered around rivertown mall, but the fact that we got to do it just the two of us made it that much more special.
we all met up at the restaurant and had a really fun time.  it was one of those places where there is a chef who makes the food right in front of you and chats and plays the whole time.  i had only been to one of those places once about 10 years ago, so i was excited to do it again! 
the chef was hilarious, partly because he clearly couldn't really understand english and was just reciting the sounds he had memorized, but that only made it funnier!  the food was amazing and everyone ended up eating way too much.  we took home a couple boxes of leftovers and got to enjoy it the next day too!
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happy birthday to me!

for my birthday i only asked for one thing.  now, this is going to take some explaining...  so, last fall we went down to nashville as a whole gang and had a great time.  on one of the nights we were down there we stopped in one of the bars called Tin Roof.  we didn't actually get any drinks, but aaron and i asked for waters.  they gave us the waters on huge disposable cups.  we ended up carrying those cups with us for the rest of the night, sipping the water.  we took them back to the place we were staying and used them for the rest of the week we were there.  as we were packing up to head home from the nash, i grabbed those two cups and brought them home.  ever since then i have used those two cups exclusively at home- putting them in the dishwasher and everything.  well, over the past 10 months they have started to show a lot of wear and tear.  the logos faded, the top ring has become cracked in a few places, etc.  the wife asked what i wanted for my birthday so, on a whim, i said 'i want new tin roof cups!'
low and behold, she had contacted tin roof and got me a whole sleeve of new cups!  i now have 25 new tin roof cups and i'm the happiest boy in all of whoville!
thank you, my dove- you are the best!