Excellent Weekend - Part 2

So now, it's Saturday morning. We've had breakfast with Atticus and Mom and now, we're headed down to Houston. It's my sister-in-law's 40th birthday party and it's a surprise.

We've driven down to Houston several times and we always pass this huge statue of Sam Houston right outside of Huntsville. This time we made a point to stop.
It was a very nice little state park.
So we're walking out to the statue and off to the side, we see this. I guess this is an extra in case...what?
So this is the actual statue. When you are driving TO Houston, you don't really see it until you are upon it but driving home FROM Houston, you can see it along way off. It's right off I-45. We've driven by at night and it's very cool because it's all lit up. It was a nice side trip.

Now, on to the good part. That night, the families and some of Dave & Tanya's friends all gathered at this restaurant to celebrate her birthday. We're all up in a private room upstairs away from the dining room. As soon as she comes in - we all shout surprise! And she is surprised. (see the video below).

David has set this whole thing up and began planning months ago. He did a great job!
Tanya - enjoying herself.
Mia, stopping by to say hello before she goes back out to play with her cousin.
Me and my two sisters-in-law, Michele and Tanya.
The traditional singing of Happy Birthday.
Tanya & Mia. Mia's all hot because she's been out playing with her cousin, Silver.
Tracy and Silver.
Tanya with her family - Mom, Tanya, Mia, Dad, Tracy and Silver.
Tracy & her boyfriend came up from Austin so they had to leave a little early to get back. Here's Tanya with her sister.
The Moms. Brenda and Judy.
The Dads. Dan and Pete.
The view from our hotel room. Houston at night.
The same view the next morning. (Which came way to early for me!)
John with a little pick me up from Starbucks.
We went back to Dave & Tanya's for lunch. Here's Miss Mia walking around in Gransy's shoes. She loves the heels.
One of all of us: David, Tanya, Mia, Michele, me and John.
A family photo. (with a little bit of Dad's elbow...).

It was a great party and fun weekend. Below is a video of the "surprise" and another quick one of Mia walking around in Gransy's shoes. Enjoy.