Today is Scott’s Birthday. We spent the weekend before last celebrating the birthday of my Dad, Scott, and Matt in Shiner and also celebrated Scott’s birthday this past weekend and today. That’s a lot of birthday celebrating 
Happy Birthday Scott! You are amazing!
Shooting Skeet:
I’m a little behind because Avie’s first day was last week. She loves to play with her new friends and brings home all kinds of fun arts and crafts.
Ready to Go:
Being Silly:
My mom (Lovey) ordered her a little piano for her trip but unfortunately UPS didn’t deliver it before she left. This is Avery’s first time playing and she really enjoys tickling the ivories.
Posted by hibnerfamily | 4 commentsThis week has been like a tornado. Scott and I had a huge business opportunity pop up at the last minute…one of those opportunites that is life changing. It is something I have been working for for years and everything was going perfectly. Our timing was spot on and everything else was what it needed to be. We booked a very expensive last-minute flight up to Salt Lake City and everything went awry from there. I have to say that one of the worst feelings is when you do everything in your power to make something happen and it doesn’t. Often, I am disheartened by the corporate world where more money is power and nothing else matters. We just got back and we are still a little shocked by this whole ordeal. However, on the flight back home I got reacquainted with something I already knew. Life truly does have its own agenda for somethings. We often can make things happen but there are certain paths that are unchangeable. I’m not defeated but ready to move on to get what needs to be done, done. I don’t live my life by coulda, shoulda, woulda. I give whatever is in front of me my all and if it doesn’t happen, I am forced to move on. Life happens. It is what we make of it that really matters! I’m constantly reminded of this and it is so true.
Posted by hibnerfamily | 2 commentsFriday, Scott’s mom came to town to spend the weekend with us. Her grandchildren call her Lovey. Unfortunately, the weather this past week has been gloomy and rainy so we didn’t get to do very much but we did stay at home and play! On Saturday, Lovey wanted to go find something fabric-related so we trekked out in the rain and went hunting. I didn’t realize we have so many great fabric stores and warehouses here in Houston. I’m glad we went because that should help me a lot when decorating the next house. The one down the road from us is humongous and has every type of fabric, indoor and outdoor fabric, etc you could ever want. After our fabric search, we met up with Mariam for lunch at Grotto. On Saturday evening, Scott and I met up with our friends Elizabeth and Brian for ballroom dance lessons. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do and I absolutely loved it. We actually learned a ballroom dance routine in 2 hours if you can believe it. Next time we want to do the swing dance lessons. After all that activity, we were starving so we headed to a very late dinner at Trulucks’s with Brian, E and Mariam. Sunday, the weather was no different…still gloomy but we decided to go to lunch at Chuy’s with Lovey and we took her to our new town to show her where we were going to live. Avery had a ball with her Lovey this weekend and hopes she comes to visit again soon!
Avery loves to go through all the drawers in our bathroom and pull things out. She found these winter crocs in a drawer in her room and put them on herself. She then proceeded to go through Daddy’s travel bag to pull things out of it:
Notice that she has a miniature travel shampoo bottle in her hand. She pretends to put it in her hands and then rubs her head like she is washing her hair.
Avery’s Daddy giving her a manicure:
Lovey and Avery being silly:
Trying to get her to keep her bow in. She actually did end up leaving it in. Yay!
Check out the bed head. I couldn’t get her hair to stay down. She’s eating breakfast and someone is waiting behind her for a snack. Bentley is like the doggie vacuum cleaner. I rarely have to wipe up food from under Avery because Bentley will clean it all up for me. Ha!
I just love the color green on Avery. She looks so bright!
She has a nice bruise on her cheek, too, from running into a dresser. She doesn’t believe in walking anywhere. It’s always at full speed ahead.
So silly:
Determined to get the shoe back on:
Lounging with Papa:
What didn’t we do this weekend? On Friday, Hillary came up so she could spend the weekend with us. On Saturday, Mom and Dad joined us as well so we went out to lunch at La Madeleine’s and then did a little shopping in Rice Village. Mom and Dad left to go back home around 5pm and Scott and I were off to Elizabeth and Brian’s couple shower. It was a lot of fun but I don’t have any pictures of the festivities. I was pooped around 9:30 so I had Scott bring me home and Hillary replaced me and they went out with the crew. On Sunday, we headed to the beach at Galveston where we spent the afternoon just hanging out. Avery was so tired and went right to sleep as soon as we put her in the car for our ride home. She slept all the way from Galveston to Houston which was about 45 minutes 3:30 to about 4:15. She woke up when we got home and was so grouchy. She wanted to go back to bed. We put her back down at 5:00pm and she slept right on through the night! Talk about a tired little girl. I wonder why? LOL! She was so funny at the beach running and yelling. She would waddle from side to side kind of like a dance. She was hilarious. She really wore herself out. Scott and I both took Monday off so we walked to Hermann Park with Avery in tow and took her on the cute train they have that rides around the park. I have to say that they did some wonderful renovations and the park looks amazing! It’s a very large park so the train ride was about 15 minutes long. We spent the rest of the day relaxing around the house. As Scott mentioned, there is no moss growing under our feet. Ha!
Aunt Hill and Avery looking into the water:
As Avery would say “Whatsat?”
She was not a fan of wearing a hat:
I am not one that likes to sit at home on the weekends. I stay at home all week so I like to get out and do fun things. Maybe this is a product of working from home. We decided on a whim to drive to Austin to the Hyatt Lost Pines Resort. It was an amazing weekend! Avery watched Dora on the way and then ended up falling asleep for most of the trip. They have a man-made beach area and lazy river and she was all about it. Did I mention she loves the water? It’s such a family-friendly place and they have so many fun activities for adults and kids alike. When we arrived we headed straight to the beach area and soaked up some sun. Since Avery goes to bed at 7pm and was wiped out from all the splashing fun, we decided to have dinner in the room so she could sleep. It was quite nice just to be able to hang out and relax. Saturday we went down to one of their restaurants for breakfast and after we took turns giving Avery rides on the tricycle. Ha! That was a workout but lots of fun. We walked through the Butterfly Meadow and she saw lots of pretty and colorful butterflies. We then spent the day at the beach area or on the lawn lounging. We went to dinner and then had s’mores at the firepit. We kept Avery up a little late so we could enjoy the evening outside of our room and boy was she zonked out the minute we layed her down. Sunday we got more water time in at the beach and then headed to Shiner to stop by Nana and Papa’s house. What a fun-filled weekend! I so enjoyed every minute of it. I look forward to going back. 
Here are just a few of the hundred or so pics we took. Ha!
Avery kept climbing into her stroller for a place to sit while she put on her hat and fed her dolly:
This little girl has absolutely no fear of the water:
Dancing around the speakers that look like mushrooms:
Maybe that music is too loud (which is wasn’t):
Running on the lawn:
My little track runner going 90 miles per hour:
Riding the Tricycle:
I’m not done. More Please! And this was after what seemed like40 minutes of riding. My legs were on fire and Scott said his were too. Who knew a Trike could be such a workout?:
Walking Into Butterfly Meadow:
Sit still for a pretty picture? I don’t think so. I would rather crawl or stand on this bench:
And she’s off to running again but not before she waves to us:
Looking at her shadow:
Check out that face:
Getting Sleepy:
Feeding baby dolly:
After dinner:
Very Friendly Ducks That Started Following Us (they were so cute!):
Taking an evening stroll while sipping on Mai Tai’s:
Making S’Mores:
Eating a Graham Cracker:
Breakfast on Sunday Morning:
