Living in Munchkinland

My birthday weekend at Hyatt Lost Pines was absolutely amazing. I loved it so much. I was with the people I love most in a beautiful place during the most beautiful time of year. My favorite moments were sitting by the campfire having s'mores and red wine, leisurely breakfasts at the buffet, watching my children reconnect with their best friends, playing tennis with my friends and sitting by the pool watching more and more people I love arrive. I had so much joy. It was everything I hoped it would be.

Spring Break in Texas was amazing. It was perfect. It was epic. I was so happy. The weather was warm and sunny. Being with my mama was everything. All the sadness and fear I had when I went in October was gone and I was able to just enjoy the moment, every moment until the next one arrived. Monday was a quiet day. We took a long walk around the ranch and down to the dam to skip rocks. We had lunch at Casa Maria and took a trip to Target. That afternoon we visited Grandma and then in the evening, we cooked a beautiful pasta dinner, opened an AMAZING bottle of wine and ate dinner and played Tokaido outside on the patio. It was a wonderful evening. Tuesday I went to the hair salon and got my chopped off and died peacock blue and royal purple. The transition to gray has been bumpy and my hair is still pretty damaged. I decided to chop off the dead hair, dye the remaining damaged hair a fun color and keep my natural roots natural. I'll keep chopping until it's all my own natural...

We arrived in San Marcos for our spring break on Saturday around noon. Mom picked us up and we headed into a glorious Texas Spring day. The bluebonnets waved at us from the side of the road and we were so happy to be here. My aunt Char and uncle Mike were on the ranch for one day only and so my mom had arranged a birthday pool party/happy hour for me that afternoon. So we dropped off our luggage in our rooms and began to party! I was still feeling pretty sick from the stomach bug that has plagued me since my birthday, but I powered through and enjoyed being with my amazing family in this amazing place. It was great. Sunday was the big pool party I had planned for to celebrate Davis's birthday. We had about 50 people including kids and adults and we grilled and swam and drank and played bocce. It was perfect. Utterly perfect. The day was splendid and warm and sunny. Mom had heated the pool. We bought three dozen donuts and stacked them on a cake plate and called it a birthday ca...