The Life of Amycita: It's my party...

Today marks the end of a fun birthday week. I have survived to a ripe old age of 33... wow. In celebrating my 33rd year, I was again reminded how blessed I am with all my friends, family and co-workers.

On my birthday (Wednesday), I arrived to work to find my office COVERED in decorations. It was great fun. I literally had to wade my way through streamers, confetti and balloons to even get to my chair and computer.

There was also a huge balloon... um, thing? It was taller than me and super cool. Once Cheyenne figured out it wasn't some weird alien being that would harm her, all was well. As you can see, the dogs really could care less that it was Mom's birthday- they went about the day as usual.

We enjoyed a group lunch at RO's, a local BBQ joint down the road from our office. I enjoyed phone calls and emails from friends all day. Then that night Jason bought us dinner from Luby's (one of my favs- I am easy) and took me to Academy to buy some new (much needed) athletic shoes. Thanks honey!!

Fast forward to Saturday....

Even though I live here, there was a tour of Austin that I have always wanted to do... a Duck Tour!! For those of you that aren't familiar with Duck Tours (they have them all over the nation), a "duck" is an amphibious vessel from WWII that can move from land to sea very easily. It has been adapted to be a tour vehicle and took us around downtown Austin and splashed into Lake Austin. It was a fun tour- even with the cheesy tour guide- and I actually learned a few things about my hometown.

Jason and I were joined by our good friends, Lisa, Sally, Krissie and Colleen. It was a fun crew. We were given duck "bills" so that we could quack to people we passed and even to some music provided by our tour guide. Check out the funny video I took...

We realized during the tour that our original group from the cruise we took last year were together again. Cabin E243!!! So, below is our favorite picture from that cruise. We had rented a buggy in Cozumel and explored the island. Lisa snapped this as we barreled down the road.

So, we decided to try and re-enact that day!

After the tour, we headed over to my favorite Austin hang-out, The Hula Hut. Its a great Hawaiian/Tex-Mex restaurant that sits on Lake Austin. Super fun. We were joined by my co-workers, Mathews, Marcus and Matt, our great neighbors Heidi and Liz and our friends Joel & Cathy. We enjoyed a LOT of laughs... an Mojitos. :o)