a-town

So... We went to Austin for my 30th and kai's 1st birthday. I realize
I am over a month late in posting this, but I've been trying to go
through some 300 pictures that I took that weekend and edit some good
ones. I'm still learning how to use my new camera... So it's taken me
a while to sit down and play with them on photoshop. But you guys
aren't all that interested in all that, are you? Here's what we did...
With some pictures in case you are one of those "I don't read unless I
have pictures" kinds folk (shawn).


2.19.09

Started the trip off with a bang... stopping in pflugerville to visit cousin melissa! she was so gracious to let us stay with her and even slept on her sleeper sofa so we could have the comfy bed!


2.20.09 - suzy's 30th birthday!

melissa left early to head to oklahoma to be with her dad... so we didn't get to visit long... but we did stop by her store - which is the nicest wally world i've ever been in - and shawn picked up my cake while i got a really decent pedicure!


after the morning's errands, we met up with kari and rob to head down to lockhart, texas... home of the country's best bbq and filming local for one of my all time favorite movies, waiting for guffman!
the bbq places there are not typical restaurants... you enter through a soot-covered hallway and go through a smoky room where you buy your meat by the pound...




then you go into the actual restaurant and order your sides and drinks and dig in... no forks on premises!


we filled up on yummy meat, white bread and iced tea and walked around downtown for a bit... it's like most small-town downtown squares in texas... not much to see or do.

we headed back to a-town (about 15 minutes north) and checked into our home-away-from-home that we found on this awesome site... www.homeaway.com... we split the very reasonable rent with our friends, the anderson's and my buddy tyna who flew in on a whim from phoenix.... so it was great!






friday night, we went to the original chuy's on barton springs for my birthday dinner!





with full tummies, we headed back to the house to rest up for a busy day on saturday!

2.21.09 - kai's 1st birthday!

we woke up and headed up the street to juan in a million's... yummy cheap breakfast tacos!

and then headed out to visit catherine on the farm! they had six-day old piglets which kai thoroughly enjoyed with an excited "eeeee" the whole time we were here. we also visited the chicken coop and toured the veggies that were planted!







after the farm, we headed back to downtown and hit up so-co for some fun window-shopping and of course, more yummy food! we visited hey cupcake! to get kai's birthday "cake" and grubbed on some yummy pizza!


saturday night, we took it easy and lounged around the house with some wine and good
conversation (after the babes went to sleep!)


sunday morning we woke up and packed up and cleaned up... we stopped by zilker park for the mini-train ride before we ate our last austin meal at huts and headed back to the plex!






it was an awesome trip and i am so thankful for good friends that ventured out with us and made my thirtieth and kai's first so memorable!

our little monkey's birthday party coming soon!