21.2

For those of you who don't know, I turned 21 again yesterday. People asked me all day how old I turned, and I just felt like 21 was probably a good answer. So here we go again! Bring it on 21! Bring it on!

I really did have a great birthday! Here is what I did, just in case you were dying to know (I'm guessing not, haha). I woke up. Cleaned my apartment (it was seriously nasty). I went and got a pedicure. Fabulous! I went and picked up The Man. We ran a few errands. Then he took me to On The Border to eat. After seeing the kind of humiliation they inflicted on someone else with a birthday yesterday (with loud singing and clapping and yelling) we decided it was best to not tell them it was my bday. Then we went back to my apartment and chilled out for a bit. Let our overly full bellies rest.

We then headed over to Main Event (it is a place where you can bowl, play pool, shuffle board, play acarde games, eat, watch sports, etc) where a bunch of my friends had gathered to hang out and wish me a happy birthday. Ab and I bowled four games, i think. He beat me every time. One of the games he only beat me by one point. But he told me beforehand that his goal was to at least beat me. He didnt care if everyone else beat us, but he wasn't coming in last. haha. and he did. Other people played pool. It was a really good night and we had fun. I got to finally show off my man, which i was seriously stoked about. To every person i introduced him to, I announced him as, "this is my BOYFRIEND, Abdoul." Haha. i am silly. i know, but at least i embrace it, right? One of my friends/church buddy, came up to me after she met him, and was like... "Alllllllison....okay, but really. He is. He is just...(pause)" I was like, "I know. He is sexy!" and she was like, "Yeeeeeeeeah!" lol. Love it! But anyways, we had fun. Ab said that he had fun. He fell asleep in the car when i was driving him home. I guess I wore him out.

Either way, it ranks up there with my top few birthdays even though it was pretty low key. Holla'!

Alex

Dewey

Brandon, Suzanne, Lori, Lynette

Lori

Virgil and Justin in the back, Natalie and Alex in the middle, and Keith in the front!

And finally!!!! A good pic of me and the man! I am a little sweaty, but still a great photo! Looooove this kid! :)

Stock Yards

I went to the Fort Worth Stock Yards. I have been once before, but this time it was really busy. And super humid. I didn't stay long. But at the stock yards they have cattle that they move from place to place so you can see them, and cowboys and cowgirls on horses. Everyone is decked out. You can ride a horse drawn carriage. There are lots of shops where you can buy anything with the word "Texas" on it. You can also buy cowboy hats and little trinkets. There are places to eat and bars. It is all around pretty fun. I took a few pictures. Everything is all the stereotypes that you think of for Texas! :)

This guy is by far my favorite!! I mean check out that stance he has. He knows he's got this (whatever "this" is). Cigarette is hanging out of his mouth. Soooooo Texas! HAHA! loved him!