Mom, Dad, my sister Summer, nephew Felix *ahem*, I mean Carter, niece Kendra, sister Kelly, and her boyfriend Blain all made the trip to Dallas to celebrate a few birthdays in the family. Carter, Austin, and I all have birthdays within a week of each other. We usually pick an Embassy Suites somewhere in Texas to meet up and celebrate. This year it just made sense to stay close to Dallas since we now have quite the crew. We stayed at the Embassy Suites by the Galleria which was quite nice thanks to Mom & Dad!

Austin wanted his "own" party at home before we went to the hotel, so he got his own cake and opened presents here at home when everyone arrived. I was amazed by how many people were so thoughtful to send Austin cards and presents. He loved them all! Another special treat was talking to baby sister Charlotte, Aunt Jessica, Matt, cousins Gracie & Mari on Skype.

Ginny, Dad, Summer, Kendra

Mom and her cuddlebug

Austin "hugging" Charlotte

Austin got the little turtle, I got the big one.

Then we headed to the hotel where we were met by two beautiful swans! We enjoyed family time at the hotel, swimming, and we had another round of yummy birthday cake made especially by Kelly and Mom.

The girls all received matching Easter dresses from Mom. We just HAD to try them on!

A for Austin, K for Kim, C for Carter

Sisters-How could you tell?

Plenty of clown noses to go around...

The birthday people-Wow, I convinced a 14 year old to wear a clown nose!

My actual birthday was yesterday. It was actually kind of stressful because I spent 3 1/2 hours at the doctors office with all three kids. But I came home to find flowers had been delivered to the house, thanks to my sweet and wonderful husband! Thanks David!