Our trip to Austin!

We just got back tonight from our trip to Austin. We had an incredible time! What is better than shopping, good food, and dancing?!? Haha! Maybe I should back up for those that don't know, or for those who don't remember! Bryan surprised me with tickets to the So You Think You Can Dance 2008 Tour! This is one of my all time favorite shows with incredible music and dancing! The four of us, plus my mom headed down there to do some shopping, hanging out, and then my mom watched the kiddos so we could have our big date night! She is such a blessing to us, and we were so thankful to have her with us. I was scared that it was going to be miserable when I developed a 102 fever with chills Friday afternoon, but thankfully it went away and only left a few aches and allergies! I'm guessing it was related to whatever is going on with my gall bladder or other insides...Anyways, we left Saturday morning for Austin, and we got to take my friend Kristie with us. Her sister was getting married today, and we thought it would be easier for us to take her so her husband wouldn't have to make two trips down there and back with her sweet son, Evan! It was nice to have someone else to visit with on the trip down. The kids were nice and whiney for her! (Sorry Kristie!)

We ate lunch at the Hula Hut when we got to Austin and then went to our hotel to check in. We had a great room that had an attached living area where my mom could shut the door for some privacy at night! We put the kids down for a nap, and then, my amazing husband stayed with them so my mom and I could go to my FAVORITE mall, Barton Creek! Seriously, I was so excited just to be there, that I didn't even have to buy anything..I did though, hehe! We spent the evening eating and just hanging out. The next day we woke up and went to San Marcos where we ate lunch with my brother at our FAVORITE restaurant, Mamacitas! Mmm! They have the best green sauce and tortilla soup. We then spent the afternoon at the Outlet Malls shopping away. I forgot how much I love shopping! ;o) When we were done there, we went back to our hotel where Bryan and I got cleaned up to go on our date! The show was amazing and I had a great time. I will make a separate post for that later! My mom said the kids were good for her, so that was great too. We got in pretty late. Stayed up visiting a little bit, and then went to bed so we could get up bright and early this morning. After we got ready to go, Bryan's boss called and said that he didn't need to come in this afternoon, so we spent some more time shopping in Round Rock, before heading home. About halfway through the trip it started raining, and we saw some amazing rain clouds. Apparently, it rained cats and dogs in San Angelo right before we got there, and we returned to some flash flooding! Overall, it was a great trip, and I am so thankful for everything we got to do. I made a slide show for those of you that want to see some pics. I noticed that we were eating or at a food place in most of the pictures. Thought that was funny! I also wanted to share that MK is getting really close to crawling. She has been up on hands and knees rocking, and has even made a few practice lunges and movements. I can't believe she and Kade are getting so big. They were very good this weekend, and did really well traveling and being out of their element. I love traveling, but it is always great to be home again! I'm looking forward to the overcast and cool weather we are supposed to have this week! Thanks for reading all of that if you got through it!

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