We had three special ladies from AZ spend the weekend with us. After a few days in the 90's things cooled down a bit and we had some great weather for the weekend. A few raindrops here and there to keep it cool. After a delicious dinner of sweet potato burritos, we started the adventure at the Congress Street Bridge which is always a favorite. The bats were very cooperative and decided to come out just as we arrived, we then headed downtown and checked on the setup for the art festival and did some urban hiking.

Saturday we found ourselves at the Indian fair and saw traditional Indian dancing, ate Indian food and saw the beautiful Hindu temple. T and I have always been fans of the culture and it was such a treat to spend the day submerged in color, music and laughter. Dinner was at a friend's birthday party. His pop came in from Indiana and made a mean friend chicken and his mom's potato salad was TDF. It is always such a treat to meet with friends and have a wonderful meal. Later we tied on our saris and had our own dance party.

Thinking of heading to Big Stacy for swimming before the day is over and our guests head home.

Have a great week!

Big Bend

We had a great time celebrating Easter in Big Bend. We hit the highway on Friday for the 492 mile drive to Terlingua where we rented a cute house in the middle of nowhere. We sure felt small under all the amazing stars. Big Bend is an amazing site and constantly reminded us that we were visitors and could easily find ourselves in bind, 98 degree heat and no shade, over four different types of rattlesnakes...you get the idea. But truly a beautiful place and worth the drive and time to get there.

As always good to be back home in our own space. Another exciting bit of news as that A is officially a graduate student at UT Austin. The ink on her student id card is still drying, but that doesn't mean she hasn't already scoped out all the student deals she can take advantage of. Free bus rides!

Have a great week!

Yodel-a-he-who or whatever

The other day as I was leaving the Whole Foods parking garage I heard a pretty amazing and interesting sound. I kept trying to see where it was coming from but could only see cars and fellow shoppers. Finally as I made it around a corner I saw a guy who was positioning himself exactly where the up ramp met the down ramp and yodeling. By being in exactly the right spot he could get a double echo and it was fantastic. It made me think that sometimes you just have to stop and listen as well as the many interesting ways people spend their lunch breaks.

The past few weeks have held many new and exciting promises and T and I are really looking forward to the upcoming year. We started our garage and have already framed three sides. T is wrapping up his first in Austin metal job, which is proving to be a great success as he has pretty much lined up three more custom jobs to follow.

We are heading to Big Bend National Park this weekend and hope to be able to share some great stories and pictures with you soon.

Have a great week!