October 11-14th, we took the kids on a surprise trip to Texas!
Andrew's 8th birthday was on the 14th and he has always wanted to go back to Austin to see where he was born.
Between my flight benefits at Southwest and lots of frequent flier miles turned into hotel points ~we were able to to take the whole family on a little mini-vacation for super cheap! :)
Between my flight benefits at Southwest and lots of frequent flier miles turned into hotel points ~we were able to to take the whole family on a little mini-vacation for super cheap! :)
As soon as we landed, we headed straight to the campus of UT to walk around
we hit the stadium store and the girls found exactly what they were looking for. :)
after UT and lunch, we headed to the TX State Capitol to walk around.the grounds as well as the capitol itself is just beautiful!
John went all the way up to the top of the rotunda to take a picture.
John went all the way up to the top of the rotunda to take a picture. It made me SO nervous just seeing him up there!
do you see us?
After seeing the sights in downtown Austin, we headed to our hotel for some rest and then off to dinner at our all-time favorite BBQ joint.
us at The Salt Lick in Driftwood, TX!
DAY 2
day 2 had us heading up north to Round Rock, the suburb of Austin that we used to live in.We took Andrew by the hospital he was born in and by our old house. Seeing our old house was quite disappointing....the new owners have trashed the yard and clearly not maintained the home. :(
In the afternoon we headed to the Inner Space Caverns ~under ground caves!
the caves have pipistrelle bats in them.
the obligatory family photo in the cave
at night we headed back into downtown Austin to watch the Congress Bridge bats take off at dusk!
millions of Mexican free-tail bats make Austin their home in the warmer months -and many of them hang under the Congress Bridge....and at dusk, they take off in a huge cloud of bats searching for bugs to eat!
waiting for dusk
c'mon bats!
hard to see -we were on the wrong side of the lake/river...but you can see the long stream of bats in the distance
after the bats, we HAD to take the kids to our favorite ice cream joint ~Amy's Ice Cream!
Day 3
we left Austin on Day 3 and headed up to Dallas/Ft.Worth to visit with one of John's sisters, Donna.
Since it was the night before Andrew's birthday, Donna and her boyfriend took us out to a fabulous fried chicken restaurant that does birthdays up right!
They brought a cake out to Andrew and had him dres up like a chicken!
this is the most priceless photo I have of the 2 of them!!!
after dinner the kids all found "beaks" and ran around like crazy chickens
our family at Donna's house right before leaving for the airport on Andrew's 8th birthday
We are SO glad we finally made it back out to TX for Andrew.
We packed alot into our 3 days ~but had a ton of fun as a family!
do you see us?
After seeing the sights in downtown Austin, we headed to our hotel for some rest and then off to dinner at our all-time favorite BBQ joint.
us at The Salt Lick in Driftwood, TX!
DAY 2
day 2 had us heading up north to Round Rock, the suburb of Austin that we used to live in.We took Andrew by the hospital he was born in and by our old house. Seeing our old house was quite disappointing....the new owners have trashed the yard and clearly not maintained the home. :(
In the afternoon we headed to the Inner Space Caverns ~under ground caves!
the caves have pipistrelle bats in them.we were lucky enough to get to see 2 of them!
They're SO tiny!!!
the obligatory family photo in the cave
at night we headed back into downtown Austin to watch the Congress Bridge bats take off at dusk!
millions of Mexican free-tail bats make Austin their home in the warmer months -and many of them hang under the Congress Bridge....and at dusk, they take off in a huge cloud of bats searching for bugs to eat!
waiting for dusk
c'mon bats!
hard to see -we were on the wrong side of the lake/river...but you can see the long stream of bats in the distance
after the bats, we HAD to take the kids to our favorite ice cream joint ~Amy's Ice Cream!
Day 3
we left Austin on Day 3 and headed up to Dallas/Ft.Worth to visit with one of John's sisters, Donna.
Since it was the night before Andrew's birthday, Donna and her boyfriend took us out to a fabulous fried chicken restaurant that does birthdays up right!
They brought a cake out to Andrew and had him dres up like a chicken!
Then when we started to sing, he had to "flap his wings" and "cluck" like a chicken.
OH.MY.HECK!
OH.MY.HECK!
it all happened so fast Andrew didn't have a chance to back out or throw a fit. I think he was more stunned than anything!
But Becca sure did get a good laugh out of the whole ordeal!
this is the most priceless photo I have of the 2 of them!!!
after dinner the kids all found "beaks" and ran around like crazy chickens
our family at Donna's house right before leaving for the airport on Andrew's 8th birthdayWe are SO glad we finally made it back out to TX for Andrew.
We packed alot into our 3 days ~but had a ton of fun as a family!
1 comment:
Wow! Great job posting all those pics, I know it takes time to do that. What a FUN family trip you went on. Love seeing your precious family's smiling faces. Love you!
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