Road Trip

On June 16th we left to go on a road trip to Texas with Hillari and her three kids to visit Holli, John, and Rhys while they were still in Austin. We drove to Phoenix on the morning of the 16th, spent the night there and left at 5:00 a.m. the next morning to head for Austin. I knew going into it that this was not going to be a scenic drive. Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas are just miles of flat desert. I also knew it was going to be long (16 hours) but, my heck, Texas is huge!!! It takes forever to drive across it. For the most part, the kids were pretty good, considering how long they were in their car seats. We only stopped for short periods of time to eat and go potty. It seemed like Isaac was either saying "Mommy, I want to be on your lap" or this classic: (ME)"Isaac, why are you crying?" (ISAAC) "I'm tired" for much of the trip. No amount of reasoning with him that all he had to do was close his eyes and sleep and he wouldn't be tired anymore,worked. He didn't believe us.

It was so fun to see Holli, John, and Rhys, and see some of Austin. It is a really cool town, with lots to see and do. Here are some of the fun things we did there:

This is us up on the stage singing our hearts out at Austin City Limits.

Rhys just wants his turn!

Sareny really got into it, as anyone who knows her well would imagine.

And here we have Sonny and Cher singing "I Got You Babe."

We went to this huge park with this river (the Colorado River, maybe) but not the one we are familiar with, this is a different one, where they have it all fixed up for swimming. The water was cold and a little slimy, but we were hot and it was actually kind of fun. The kids loved it. Then we rode on a little train, but alas I have no pictures of it because it came right after the scare of losing Isaac and I guess we were too crazy by then. Yes, we lost him, or rather, left him behind. We headed up to the train area not realizing that he was not following along. It was pretty scary. We split up to search all the areas and were all praying our hearts out. We were very happy to see Jeff walking back with him.

Sareny in all her glory!

Austin is the state capitol of Texas, and the captiol building is awesome. We did a self guided tour of the place and it was very impressive.

The woodwork and attention to detail was beautiful.

Cute Little Rhysie with his Mom.

The ride home was the worst part of the whole trip. At least on the way there, you have a fun stay to look forward to. This is how we entertained ourselves on the way home. Billy Bob teeth.

We did lots of other fun things, and ate at some great restaurants, but half of the time I didn't have my camera with. Like when we went to the Innerspace Caverns, and to watch the millions of bats come out of the bridge at dusk. Consequently, I don't have all that many pictures.............But we had a great time! Thanks Holli and John for inviting us. It was so good to see you all. And thanks Hillari for inviting us to come with you.