To say my 25th snuck up on me would be an understatement. I had been thinking about it for several months, and I even started a blog post back in July
especially for my 25th birthday. I kept telling myself,
Oh, you still have a few months to work on it.
Those months have now come and gone, and the blog post was never finished. I've decided to blame it on the fact that I'm still wearing my summer clothes. It
still doesn't feel like fall down here, and as badly as I want to be wearing my favorite scarves and boots I'm forced to slip a pair of sandals on every time I leave the house; therefore, it hasn't felt like my birthday.
Anyway...
This weekend turned out even better than I had hoped! Brandon was supposed to be out of town for work, which I was
really disappointed about, but his schedule ended up changing at the last minute.
Yay for crazy/uncertain/very unpredictable oil field schedules! {Probably the
only time I'll
ever say that..Ha!} On Friday evening he gave me my birthday gifts and we went out for dinner and ice cream. It was a very relaxing evening!
On Saturday Mom, Dad, and PaPaw came down. PaPaw had never been to our house, and I'm
so glad he was able to make the trip! After resting his back for just a few minutes {riding in the car is kind of hard on him} he was ready to go see my garden.
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| {Look at my hair. That's how windy it is here!} |
Let me tell you... He got a kick out of it! He started laughing right away. He said, "I think you need to talk to your daddy! His are taller than you!" Then he asked, "Have you watered 'em often?" I told him that I had, and he just kept saying, "I don't know what to tell you, baby. I've never seen anything like it." He said it might be the soil that caused them not to grow, and he told me not to give up. I guess I'll be trying again in the spring!
After laughing about my miniature tomato plants we went inside, and mom and I cooked lunch. We had
MaMaw's pork chops, and while we were eating Brandon said, "PaPaw, is Emily a good cook?" PaPaw answered, "Yeah, she's a real good cook. You better keep her around!" Then he said, "There's just one problem...
She can't grow a tomato!" We all laughed! {My PaPaw still likes to joke with us, even at ninety years old!}
After lunch we listened to the second half of the Texas football game. At one point PaPaw said, "Texas didn't play Oklahoma this year." I said, "Yes they did, PaPaw. They just just lost really bad." He said, "Oh, Texas went to Dallas... But they didn't play!"
I told you he likes to joke around!
That afternoon we continued to visit and watch football. I showed PaPaw around our house, and I took my parents to see the hospital where I work. I just loved having all of them here!
That evening we said our goodbyes, and Mom, Dad, and PaPaw headed back to Yoakum. Mom texted me as they were driving away and said that PaPaw was still talking about my tomato plants. He told them, "They've got a real nice place, just no tomatoes." {Lol} We've decided he'll be talking about them for the next year! I was
so thankful that he was able to come down and visit us. It was definitely a day I'll never forget.
After my family left I told Brandon that I wished
every day was my birthday. I got to see my parents and my PaPaw, Brandon didn't have to work, and I got to talk to
all of my friends...
Exactly what I needed!
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| {Yes, we all wear burnt orange every Saturday.} |
I can't wait to see what year twenty-six brings!
**My sister would have been here if she didn't have so much homework. We missed you, Shell!!
