Birthday dinner for Chase

Last night my family and Ben and I celebrated my youngest brother, Chase's birthday. His actual birthday was Aug. 13. We are a couple of weeks off of celebrating, because Chase went out of town for his birthday and then the following week my Mom could not get a reservation because of restaurants week. So, we were finally able to celebrate. We went to a restaurant called five sixty. This is the big reunion ball in downtown. It was so much fun to look out and see different views of the city and places far away, since it is pretty high up there. The elevator ride up is cool cause you can see all the buildings as you go up get smaller. Ben and my Dad were not big fans of the elevator, but enjoyed the view once we were seated. This restaurant is different because as you are sitting at your table it is very slowly moving, so you get a great view of all over.



Chase had a great time celebrating and taking pictures of each other and the views. The restaurant is very different then where we normally go. It had an asian fusion type of food. Ben and my Mom had the Quale which is very spicy to me. I tried some and had a funny look on my face. I AM NOT into much of anything that is spicy! i had the chicken and Bill and a huge steak I think it was 18 ounces. Then Chase had lamb chops I think, they came in the biggest plate that I have ever seen. My Dad had a steak of corse, he always gets a steak no matter where we go. In the end we got deserts and went home and had a great celebration

MOVIE REVIEWS

I am someone who LOVES movies, as anyone who knows me knows this fact. I thought every now and then I would hi-light some of my favorite movies I have seen recently. I will tell you what I think about them and kinda have a rating scale for you to go by. I am rating a 1-5. One being not good and miss and five being a great you must see it.

1. Date Nite- This movie is funny and one everyone would like. It is about this couple who has been married for a few years and has two children. They go on with their lives with their children waking them up in the middle of the night for breakfast and go to work and repeat. One night they go to a weekly book club and find out that a couple they know are splitting up. This gets them thinking about their lives and complacency. So they decide to go out and do something out of the ordinary. This is where they learn a lot about themselves and their relationship with one another. I enjoyed this movie. It has a lot of funny lines and a great date movie or just when you feel like a laugh. I give this movie a 5. It stars Tina Fey and Steve Correll.

2. The Back Up Plan- This movie is another romantic comedy, which is one of my favorite genres. It is about a woman who decides she wants to have a baby. Now, she is not married, and has not found a guy that she feels is "the one". So, she decides to take matters into her own hands. She goes to the doctor to get artificially inseminated. After the procedure is done she walks out in the poring rain and hails a cab. As she gets in another person gets in with her. They start to argue and then both exit the cab. After that chance meeting they keep running into each other. The hard thing for the main character Jennifer Lopez is to figure out how to tell him that she is pregnant. I highly recommend this one if you are in the mood for a good laugh. In my book I would give it 4 stars.

3. Charlie St. Cloud- This movie is a different kind of movie that is interesting. I enjoyed it. It starts out with Zac Eferon's character and his relationship with his younger brother. Zac's character loves to sail and shares that love with his brother. They are very talented and Zac's character has a scholarship to sail at Stanford. However, things change when he is taking his brother to a friends house. They are both in a deadly car accident. The younger brother passes away in the car accident. The interesting part is that after he passes on his spirit stays on earth. It is an interesting tale of a character who has the ability to see the spirits of people he is close to after they have passed on. Zac's character uses this talent to help save people and help them to move on to the light. I give this movie a 4. It is very different than other movies.

So these are some of the most recent movies I have seen and my take on them. Feel free to rent them or go and see them. I hope you enjoy them

Ranger's game

Last night I went with my family to the Texas Ranger's baseball game. We go every year to celebrate a distant cousin's birthday. It was fun to see family and meet some distant cousins. Got me thinking, how many people really know there second let alone their third cousins. Well, I can tell you that I do, sorta know them. Just not sure of how they are related, that part gets a bit confusing.





However, the game was so much fun and to top it off the Ranger's won the game! I saw several home runs and good playing. Also, before the game started they had people in the Army parachuting down before the game. In all there were about 3 or 4. The interesting part is one of the guys got stuck on the flag poll and was hanging there until they could climb up to get him down. That was pretty crazy. It was good times catching up with family.

catching up with friends

Today I had the opportunity to catch up with an old friend and meet her newest addition to her family. I enjoyed talking with her and getting some good ideas from her. So, thanks Rogan. Looking forward to another visit soon!

Kids birthday party

Today, Ben and I went to his nephew's birthday party. His actual birthday was in july and so he had a birthday party today for his friends to come to. Which when you are a kid can be hard to have a birthday and have your friends be out of town. I should know I too have a July birthday. So, today was his party so his friends could come. At his parents house they had an awesome water slide! It was the kind that is above ground by several feet, at least as tall as a 1 story house. It looked like so much fun and all the kids went up and down over and over. I really wanted to go, but alas did not get to. Maybe I will get to go another time, cause it looked like fun!