more fun in Abilene ...

We were back in Abilene this past weekend to attend our adorable nephew Mason's 2nd birthday party ... at the Abilene Zoo! (Mason's birthday is December 4th but my sister decided to have his party a little earlier this year so more of his little friends could come celebrate ... and come celebrate they did!)

It was a great party ... all about the animals, this year! Everyone had a fun time ... eating pizza & cake, visiting with each other, making the animal crafts, opening presents and then checking out all the animals! (At the Abilene Zoo you can feed the giraffes, which is an experience we had never done until Saturday ... they were up close and personal!)

Aunt Rach with Kendall

The birthday boy enjoying his pizza ... he was being shy and didn't want his picture taken, so this is the best shot that I got, with a smile.

"the Grandparents table" ... Leroy & Lois (Michael's parents) and my parents, Glenn "Pops" and Cindy "Grams"

Mason's cake

Grams & Kendall

Happy Birthday, Mason!

After Mason's party, we got to visit with some old friends from college. We were able to catch up with Ryan and Holly Morris and their 2 sons. We had a great time hanging out with the boys and were sad we didn't get to see Holly, as she was working. Kendall made a new friend with Ryan who got her laughing while we were there (you'll have to check out the next post, if you wanna hear her laugh!) The boys are full of personality and were very entertaining ... Boston (age 7) said he was happy baby Kendall was coming to visit, but he wished she was a boy and was 6 ... ha! Boone (age 4) gave me a tour of the house (he's hilarious ... I do LOVE the age of 4!) and said that Kendall was a pretty cute baby. They are sweet boys and we enjoyed getting to see them again!

We also got to meet up with Becky ... she's another friend from college and she owns Relics (in downtown Abilene ... fantastic store if you get a chance to go by there!) It had been a while since we had seen her so it was really nice getting to hang out with her and catch up!

We had a great weekend in Abilene and we are getting pretty good with all the traveling we've done over the past month! Kendall has been quite the sport!