40th Birthday Celebration (day2)
Picking up the Crawfish
April 25, 2009
Saturday morning, Esteban, Glenn, Ruben and I headed to a local supplier to pickup the crawfish for my annual birthday boil.
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Wine and Roses Fest
Eating at the Rose and Wine Fest
We'll have a Barrel of Fun
Our Tour Guide
Wine and Roses Fest
Eating at the Rose and Wine Fest
We'll have a Barrel of Fun
Our Tour Guide
Wine and Roses
The next thing we did was head to Messina Hof Winery & Resort to attend their Wine and Roses Festival. We ate some overpriced food, sampled the wine, and enjoyed a tour of the winery.
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stereo image of Ruben at the Wine and Roses Fest
stereo image of the vineyard
stereo images of Esteban at the Wine and Roses Fest
stereo image of grape stompers at the Wine and Roses Fest
stereo image of Ruben at the Wine and Roses Fest
stereo image of the vineyard
stereo images of Esteban at the Wine and Roses Fest
stereo image of grape stompers at the Wine and Roses Fest
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While we were at the fest, I took some stereo photos
Cooking the Corn and Taters
Cooking Crawfish
Seeing Double
Seeing Double
When Ruben and Glenn met the breeder in Corsicana, they left with two dogs. Ruben brought Tucker home and Glenn got Milo. I knew Glenn wouldn’t be able to resist getting a doggie of his own. Anyway, Milo and Tucker played in the backyard while I cooked the crawfish and Glenn cooked burgers for those who weren’t in the mood for crawfish or just wanted something more than just mudbugs.
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Tom and Me
Awesome Gift!
The Rails of Texas
Crew photo autographed by Fred W. Haise, Jr.
Tom and Me
Awesome Gift!
The Rails of Texas
Crew photo autographed by Fred W. Haise, Jr.
Gifts!!!
A birthday wouldn’t’ be complete without gifts! GRIN. In addition to some really cool iTunes gift cards I got a couple of unique gifts to hang on the wall. Ruben gave me an autographed print of a stylized Texas map chronicling the history of the railways that connected every part of the Lone Star State, including the railway line (MKT) my great-great-grandfather worked on.
The other cool print was a personally autographed photo of the Apollo XIII crew. Brian recently met Astronaut, Fred Haise and asked him to sign this photograph for me. BTW: When the crew of Apollo XIII were in the middle of their heroic journey back to earth, I was celebrating my first birthday.
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Ready to Eat
Come and Get It
Ahhh, my QT
Mike and me peeling the rest of the crawfish
Crawfish
Everyone enjoyed the mudbugs. I tried to make “just enough” this year, but once again I cooked too much. Mike was kind enough to help me peel the remaining crawfish.
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Cake #3
Cake #3
Cake #3
Before the evening ended, we had chocolate!
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Sorry we missed you this year. We always had so much fun on your birthdays. Hopefully being over the hill won’t change that in the future!
Sorry I couldn’t stick around for the Boil…looked like a great time!
I will have to make a road trip and come for a visit! Don’t be scared! I promise to leave my West Texas roots behind.