Austin Trip

Rich and I took a quick trip to Austin, Texas this weekend. It was a fun getaway without the girls (thanks for all who helped us out!!) and we had fun visiting some friends who moved their last year. 

I had no preconceived notions about Austin, but Rich imagined tumble weeds, desert, hot, and a lot of Texas accents. He was very mistaken and happily surprised when we got there. There were hills and rivers and lakes and trees. LOTS of GREEN! We drove around a lot to look at things, but basically our trip consisted of food, more food, and even more food. I do believe I ate my weight in food and boy it was delicious!

We ate at a restaurant called Uchiko, a Japanese restaurant. My very favorite part was the "hot rock", the raw beef was put in front of us, then we set it on a hot rock and it cooked it!  You could cook it rare or even well done, whatever your preference. So tasty.

Austin Weekend

 Rich is of course my favorite photography subject when my girls are not around. How could he not be with gems like this??

 

I promise I didn't tell him to pose underneath the horse. He told me to take a picture because Ryann would love it. 

 Here are some $450 pair of boots that Rich was definitely NOT considering buying.

 However, he did want to buy this $70 wolverine arm thing. SERIOUSLY?

Even though he may be a little crazy,  I sure love him.

Thanks for the vacation hun! I love you, every part of the crazy you.

Training Wheels

Ryann asked if we could get her training wheels. Turns out this means she wants them taken off of her bike. Every kid she sees now she says, "look mom, they are riding their bike with training wheels" if they don't have training wheels. It is silly but I don't really want to correct her yet, it just makes her seem so sweet and innocent. 

 So daddy took them off yesterday. We had a few practice runs back and forth in the driveway, then today I took her running down the hill a few times, still holding on every time. 

Hopefully we will be able to get some more practice in at a parking lot sometime next week.

This girl is going to be 6 next week!  She is so excited and can't wait for the day and then for her big birthday party. 

Facetime

We went for a couple months without an ipad. It was seriously depressing for me because it meant the girls and I couldn't Facetime my family. 

Thankfully we have one again. Just this week we have talked to Devyn, Hazel, Jason, Grandma and Grandpa.  We are hoping that we will finally get in touch with Pete and Erin soon. Also we need to catch up with Dean... Talk to you guys soon!

My Little 49er

One of my favorite pictures of Cara Kay. 

SuperBowl Food!

We had a little party at the house to celebrate the 49ers in the superbowl. I delivered a baby right before it started, but I did have time to put all the food together. 

 6 layer dip above, guac, cheese, salsa, and crackers below. 

 Ryann hiding behind our flag. 

 Specialty (grocery store made) 49er cupcakes. 

We also had homemade chili in homemade whole wheat bread bowls. Delicious. Also some spinach and artichoke dip that was fabulous as well. 

So sad they didn't win though. At least we had good food. 

Birthday Presents

2 of my birthday presents... a nice new shoe rack for my closet! Wahoo!

I seriously have been complaining about how messy it is, and now it is clean!

 And Zumba for the wii!  I am excited, especially since I have slacked sooo much on exercising this pregnancy. Hopefully without the public humiliation of zumba I will be able to do it more often in the privacy of my own home.

My Helper

Ryann has a new job of taking the big trash and recycle bin back to the house after it is empty. She loves it. 

She also looks cute doing it!

Oh So Cute

I forgot about these pictures that we took at Hazel's birthday party.  Look at how cozy we are? I didn't realize this was a 6 person couch. Love you all!  Thanks so much for the birthday phone calls and love!

Girls Day

So I did have to work today (on my golden birthday!), but I got out at 3, so I rushed home, hurried to pick up my girls and we headed over to the nail salon. 

They each got to pick out their nail color, and they each got decorations on their nails. 

 Thrilled as usual. However, by night time Ryann had already bitten off one of her finger nail polishes. I gave her a stern warning, so we will see how things go tomorrow.  :)

 We were able to do fun girl stuff today because Daddy had to be in Nebraska for a work trip. Boo for us, but yeah that Auntie Devyn was able to pick him up and see him a little bit. I am jealous of that!

 Love my pretty nails!

Happy Birthday to me. What a fun day and I was blessed to have my family call all day long and sing me happy birthday over and over again. It doesn't get much better than that.