Everybody is here!

Today was even hotter than any other day that I've been here. Bamma, Aunt Heidi, Jayden, Anika and I all went into Houston to go to the Zoo and I am not joking - it was about 104 degrees!! You know, just a little hot, nothing we can't handle ... NOT! I was sweating up a storm, but I made it through the day. The heat meant my camera stayed packed away for most of the day. It was just too hot to keep that straped around my neck the whole day long. It's a pretty neat Zoo, if I do say so. It's so much different from the Zoo in San Francisco though, but with some beautiful landscaping. Too bad the heat meant that a lot of the animals were M.I.A. and fast asleep, trying to beat the heat.






The flamingos are Anika's favorites!



But the bigger fun today happened later! Uncle Brian arrived with Denise, Travis, Mikala, and little Austin (what a cutie) just a few hours ago. I can't even tell you how long it's been since I've seen Brian, and I think the last time that I saw Denise and the kids (minus Austin) was right after I graduated in 2004. Back then Mikala was repeating everything I could get her to say and Travis was still scooting around on his back. My, oh my! Things have really changed in the past 5 years. They're both so big. And then there's little Austin. He's 8 months old. How wierd is it to think that I have a little brother who's only 8 months old! But that's alright. He's just a cutie and it just melts your heart to see his big baby-grins! Oh, and he's just the spitting image of Denise!






Travis and Jayden have been inseperable since Denise pulled up and everyone got out of the van so it's been pretty impossible to get a photo of him. I can't wait to have a full day of fun tomorrow. Mikala and Ana had some fun putting on some little dance shows that remind me of when I was a little girl. Any moment I could get another cousin or even my sister to go along with it we would put on a little dance show or game show for the family to watch. There's nothing like being the center of everyone's attention when you're little!