David's Big Birthday

March 20th was David's 40th birthday. We celebrated by going to Laredo...yes, Laredo.

David had a job to do there and wouldn't be back until later that night, so he invited me to go along with him and stay in Laredo overnight. It is always good just to spend time with him, so I agreed to go along. I worked on homework while he worked during the day and that night we found a nice hotel on the Rio Grande, just a stone's throw from Mexico. It was a beautiful hotel with incredible flowers and landscaping.

That night we decided to go for a walk around the downtown area, but quickly realized that everything was closed and locked up and bars on the windows, so we headed back to the hotel. I think the hotel was hoping the area would turn around!!

We spent the next day driving back and looking around at home improvement stores for ideas for our patio. Then it was home to dinner and cake and ice cream. A quiet birthday celebration with family...just what Dave wanted!