Mom and Dad Visit

After years in exile my mom and dad have finally returned to the promised land, if only for a short visit.  They flew in from SLC to DFW and then drove to Austin for a few days of fun and excitement.  Like all of my dad's vacations, he immediately looked for a project to work on.  Since I hadn't put down the baseboards in the living room dad was ready to go.  With his and mom's help we had them cut and put on in no time, including the traditional 5 trips to the Home Depot.  With all the hard work getting us hungry it was time for a food trip... Lockhart, here we come!!!  Lockhart is home to many great BBQ joints and we decided to show them the greatness of Black's. Dad was so hungry he ordered one of just about everything on the menu including a rib that looked like it came off a dinosaur.  

Here's my dad with his ginormous beef rib. It lasted for days.

With all the extra weight we were carrying a walk around Lockhart town square was needed and the beautiful scenery was just a bonus. 

Right before we left for DFW (to spend the rest of the week with my brother's and their families) we headed out to bowl a few games. It was a lot of fun. When we got back to DFW the partying continued.  Adrienne brought her work computer so she could work from her parent's house, and I mostly hung out with my family. We went swimming, we ate out, and we shot skeet (my favorite thing to do).  We went with my brother Ben's girls to Cabelas to watch them feed the fish and shoot at the laser arcade. When it was all over I did not want it to end.  It was sad to see mom and dad go and we can't wait for them to visit again. 

-Heath

All my Exes live in Texas

Last weekend we drove to DFW to celebrate Heath's graduation from The University of Texas. Most of our friends and family live in that area so we decided to throw a party at my parent's house. It was so fun seeing everyone and just hanging out. We are very blessed with such fun and loving friends and family. Glad we have them to share these moments with. Heath now joins the ranks of my father and brother as a Texas Exe (hence the title :)). We're not sure what is in store for us now, but we are excited about the possibilities. Heath has quite a few applications in with cities throughout Texas so we are just waiting to hear back from one of them. We love Austin and would love to stay here, but are open to whatever is best for our family.

Now the fun-pictures from last weekend!

Happy 4th!

Heath and I both had the day off from school and work so we set out to have a fun day. Early in the morning we went to our church's annual Pancake Breakfast. We saw lots of friends and ate yummy food. After that we headed home to rest and let Heath complete a paper for school-you're never truly off right :) Then we ventured out to our favorite place to eat and play games-Dave and Busters-with my brother Matt! Matt and I truly become kids again when surrounded by arcade games. Of course, we had to end the day with some fireworks so we met a family friend downtown and enjoyed the show from a bridge over Lady Bird Lake. It was a perfect place. It was a really great day and nice to take a break together. Heath has been working hard to graduate this weekend and it will be nice when he is done with school. Then it's on to job hunting! He has lots of applications in, but city jobs are VERY slow to respond. Just keeping the faith and praying that an opportunity comes soon. So proud of him though.

We are grateful for those men and women who have or are currently serving our country in any capacity so we can continue to have the freedoms we have today. Happy Independence Day!

(Us waiting for the fireworks to start.)