18th birthday celebration - Houston style

so last weekend, my not-so-little-anymore little brother came to see us for the weekend. this was his birthday present from us as we knew he had really been wanting to come back since the whole family's visit last spring break.

my parents were cool enough to let him miss a day of school so we took friday off as well and made the most of our time with tyler. we began with breakfast (well, i guess it is considered brunch when you do not arrive until 10:30) at le peep. seriously, those of you who live in houston, if you have never experienced breakfast at le peep...you are missing out! they have several houston locations so find a time to go. you can thank me later.back to the weekend with tyler. after le peep, we ventured over to the galleria. if only had more opportunities to visit the galleria during the week...no crowds! we went into a minor sugar-induced coma in dylan's candy bar, watched tyler flirt with a girl in border's (you're welcome, tyler), and became little kids again while browsing through the lego store.

after hearing me rave about and tweet about crave cupcakes, tyler wanted to try them out for himself so we went to the location near rice village. (sidenote: i like this location because it has more room to sit inside...also, another place houston residents should try if you haven't!) we thought tyler was going to be disappointed with his crave experience because his espresso cupcake was way too bitter. luckily, lee was kind enough to share his white chocolate macadamia nut cupcake and redeem the entire experience. i must add that i tried their ice-cold bottle of chocolate milk for the first time...yum!we made our way into rice village to shop at their awesome gap & gap body stores. from there, we took the scenic route over to hermann park to let tyler see the japanese garden...one of our favorite places in the entire city as you may remember from this post. being the artsy photog that my brother is, he got some pretty cool shots in the park...and i got a couple on my phone because i forgot my camera battery that day.if you're still with me, we capped off friday with dinner at pappasito's and the boys beginning their harry potter lego saga.

saturday was all about college station. we drove to town in time for some breakfast tacos at rudy's, and then we gave tyler a tour of a&m's campus. we got to witness an aggie victory in basketball and enjoy some birthday celebrations with katy and the two youngest garrett kids before heading back to kingwood. major props to katy for thinking of and including tyler in the birthday celebrations.tyler, we had an awesome time hanging out with you & showing you a little more of what we love. we cannot wait for you and the rest of the fam to visit again!