Happy 23rd Birthday Eric!

My brother Eric's birthday was on Friday and my parents and sister came in town to celebrate. It was a lot of fun! Saturday afternoon we went to St. Arnold's Brewery (http://www.saintarnold.com/) for their tour and beer tasting. Evan and I have been numerous times with friends and have even taken my in-laws but we had not yet taken my family. One of the first times Evan and I went we knew we would eventually have to take my Dad and brother because they would get a big kick out of it. We picked up lunch at Antone's (http://www.antoneshouston.com/menu.htm) which is one of our favorite sandwich shops and met my family there. Here is a picture of us all tasting their different beers and their excellent, but really sweet, root-beer. 

(From front left to back left: Evan, Kim (my brother's fiancee), and Eric (my brother). From back right to front right: Dad, Mom, and Lisa (my sister))

That night, we went to Murder by Chocolate for dinner down in Kemah. It is a comedy/murder mystery that takes place in a dinner theatre atmosphere. None of us had ever been but Eric and Kim have been wanting to go for some time now and we figured it would be a good time if we all went. It was A LOT of fun! Going as a big group is definitely what made it. All the roles were assigned at random by the emcee of the show and I thought he did an excellent job with the casting. You didn't have to memorize any lines but it was still a lot of reading and "acting" in-front of complete strangers. My Dad, brother, and sister all had major roles in the play and they all did a great job! Here are some pictures:



Dad as Mo Jo the Medicine Man



Dad rehearsing his lines as Mo Jo the Medicine Man



Mo Jo the Medicine Man is shot by another character!



Eric, the birthday boy, as Sting Key the rock star



Lisa as Ivonna Tip, the head waitress describing a clue she found.