My Birthday

I have been slacking this past week in my blogging! So much has been happening in the present and so it seem that God may also be working for things to happen in our future. It has been a week of celebrations, big decisions and good company and most inportantly a test in faith. Beware I have a lot of picture to update with! First, last Saturday was my birthday! It was a great day overall. We started off the day right by participating in the Fort Worth Zoo Run with our good friends, Lisa and David. It was a bit chilly outside when we started out, but the more we walked along the warmer we got. Nico and Dawson had a great time racing on foot and by stroller throughout the race course and seemed quite proud when they crossed over the finish line.

After the race our two went to the zoo and then for great lunch. One surprise we had at the zoo was when Nico and Dawson ran up to the window to look into the monkey area some of the monkeys came right up to the window and started banging and "communicating" to the boys! This noise scared Nico enough that when one of th emonkeys banged on the window and screamed, Nico screamed right back, turned out and came running back to us! Although, he was scared at first, it was very intriguing experience to see the monkeys up that close. Of course Nico loved seeing his favorites, the elephants and the giraffes as well!

After a long morning of walking and walking some more, this family came home and hit the sack for a little while...all except Natalee who slept throughout most of the morning's outing. That evening Ed and I were blessed enough to have Lisa and David offer to watch the kids while we went out for a nice evening filled with a girly movie and delicious dinner consisting of wine and sushi!