March 13, 2011 On a lazy Sunday evening, Ruben and I accompanied Liz, Vann, Elsa, and Travis to the Messina Hof Winery to take a tour and enjoy some wine tasting. Ruben and I have been to the winery before, but we have no problem going back to introduce others. This local enterprise has grown [...]
Eventually, Vann joined Liz, Elsa, Ruben and me in Austin. That evening, the five of us met up with some of Elsa’s friends on 6th street. We spent the rest of 2010 listening to live-music, laughing, dancing, and enjoying more than our fare share of countdown-libations. All-in-all, we had a blast! Here’s to 2011, may [...]
December 31, 2010 Ruben and I decided to spend the last day of the first decade of the 21st century with his sisters in Austin. When the idea of spending the day in Austin came up, I was surprised to learn that Liz, Elsa, or Ruben had never been to the capital before. We spent [...]
November 20, 2010 Ruben, Liz, Elsa and I met Vann at the 36th annual Texas Renaissance Festival. The 53-acre complex near Plantersville is the largest Renaissance theme park in the nation. We spent most of our day there admiring the elaborate costumes, watching live entertainment and eating plenty of great tasting (but not good for [...]
October 16, 2010 On a sunny Saturday, Ruben and I accompanied Liz, Elsa, and Vann to the local Habitat for Humanity pumpkin patch. For some reason, we were in the mood to carve pumpkins. As soon as everyone had selected their perfect-pumpkin, we headed back to our place and began the process of transforming them [...]
October 2, 2010 When I turned 40, I wanted to go skydiving to celebrate, but Ruben wouldn’t let me *wink*. This year, his sister Elsa turned 25 and decided to mark the occasion by skydiving. When she asked me if I wanted to jump with her, I said yes. Somehow she managed to convince Ruben [...]
July 10, 2010 Early Saturday morning (5:30AM), Ruben, Liz, and I made our way to Houston to meet Elsa. The purpose of our trip was to give Elsa, Ruben and Liz the opportunity to visit some of their family (who had been traveling from Florida to South Texas). Following their family rendezvous, the four of [...]
December 31, 2009 Ruben and I both enjoyed spending time with our families for Christmas, but it was good to be back home. The rest of our 2009 was very low-key. We spent most of it working around the house. When New Year’s Eve arrived, we invited Glenn, Elsa and Liz to the house for [...]
