"I wake up in the morning feeling like P. Diddy..."

First, I would like to say hello to blog world. I know I have become prone to neglect the Johnson blog these days, and I have no other excuse than that life has, and continues to happen. I'm sure you're wondering why I chose to entitle my returning post with the rather over played line from one of Kesha's always recognizable hit songs. I felt it was only appropriate, considering this line was repeated over and over by my husband the week prior to and the weekend of our return to Aggieland. Yes, I am married to an exceptionally cultured man, and I couldn't be more proud of his ability to keep up with the latest in viral pop music...even if he is a couple of years behind. Now back to the update...

We've been super busy with work and being fantastic puppy parents lately, so we were pretty excited for the chance to return to Aggieland and channel our young(er) college selves. Not only was it a long weekend, but it was also my sister's 20th birthday and the first football game, all providing more than enough reasons for extreme celebrating. I can't even begin to count how many times Cody yelled "Fightin' Texas Aggie Gameday" or my sister informed everyone that she was the birthday princess. Naturally, this made for one incredibly fun visit. Mom even made the trek from San Antonio to join in the festivities. We shopped, ate at our favorite College Station establishments, danced like there was no tomorrow, played a mean game of Cranium, ate chocolate cake, shopped some more, ate some more, and finally cheered the Aggies on to the first victory of the 2011 season. Whoop! Rio really enjoyed his first visit to Aggieland, and he told us that he's ready to go back and visit all of his new friends and his 20-and-fabulous aunt very soon. The fact that I survived two pretty much sleepless nights really impressed me (and everyone for that matter). Looks like this old lady can still hang!

Warning: this post may be slightly heavy on the pictures. I'm trying to make up for lost time!

The birthday princess in all her glory. I could really go for some cake right now... 

 Sister and her precious roomies. Thanks again for putting up with us!

 So glad Mom was there to celebrate with us! We missed you, Dad!

 Perfectly normal behavior for these two... (they're playing Cranium, trust me).

 Ready for a night out on the town!

 Happy birthday to the most gorgeous, smartest, fabulously accessorized and merchandized sister ever!

 Back to our old stompin' grounds...

 Can you tell he's excited?

 The Brown girls and some of their favorite boys

 Ready to watch the Aggies BTHO SMU!

 So happy Ali made the trip to CS! Love this girl so much and loved catching up!

 A little game-watching at the Corner with friends

PJ and Kirby...just carrying on the tradition and making brother and sister incredibly proud. :)

As always, the weekend flew by way too quickly. We're looking forward to another visit sometime soon, though we're not too sure about that 13 hour drive at the moment. Rio was very well behaved the entire trip (for the most part), and even got lots of compliments about how good he was for still being such a baby. We are such proud parents. I'll leave you with a couple of pictures of him...he's growing more everyday!

Just watching Cody take care of some fantasy football business...



Another update coming soon, I promise!