We did so many fun things while in Texas that it's going to be hard to get it all down...
Morgan, Brady and I flew in early on Saturday, November 14th. Our flight going down, Matt's flight going down, and our flight coming back were all 15 minutes early. Isn't that unheard of???
As soon as we got there we headed for a mexican restaurant! Most of the first weekend we just hung out with family. We celebrated Mimi's birthday on Saturday night! Morgan had so much fun with her cousins! She will miss them tons! They played in the hot tub, and at the ponds! Playing there new game...shoe boat. Floating there shoes over the overflow from one pond to the other. I love the imagination of kids! I totally remember making games up as a kid!
Monday Brady started running a fever and was down sick for three days. It was pretty miserable. So, we just hung out at Mimi and Grandy's waiting for him to feel better. We got stir crazy Monday night and went out and did some shopping and then to one of our favorite mexican restaurants... Verde's.
Tuesday we needed out of the house again, so we all headed to Texas Hill's Vineyard. What a neat beautiful winery! Then, on the way home we stopped at Perdenales State Park and hiked. These places are all over the hill country, and they will just take your breathe away. I'm glad most of the world doesn't know about the hill country, or they would want to move there!
Wednesday afternoon we headed for Houston!!! My Dad and Tresa dropped us off at Wes and Jen's. It was fun to catch up, but too short. We just love them. Morgan just played her little heart out with Watson, Bailey, Kathleen and Wesley. Hopefully we'll see them soon in Colorado...hint, hint.
Thursday my Dad picked me up and we went to visit my Grandma. She's doing awesome for 97, almost 98. She plays dominoes with all her friends and likes her assisted living place. She loved seeing the kids. Then lunch was at my favorite mexican restaurant in H-town...Lupe Tortillas! On our way home through Austin, we stopped to visit another cousin, Mary Lee and Johnny, in their assisted living place. It was great to see them too.







Friday we had a busy day of errands. Brady stayed home with Grandy and the girls went out. Friday night we hung out with cousins again. Sam, Morgan, Kat, and Mimi played musical chairs, hot potato, and had a dance party!
Saturday was huge for us! Morgan's first Longhorn game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My Dad, Morgan, John, Hollie, Jordan and I went. First we headed to a beer garden, Shultz's. One thing to note. Only in Texas can you meet the nicest people in the bathroom line, and probably get their number and call them friends! Everyone is so friendly! I really miss that about Texas! Then, we walked around the Texas campus. Grandy showed us all the neat buildings. Then it was off to the game. We sat in the nose bleed section, but it was tons of fun. It was the biggest crowd to date at a Texas game... 101,000 people. It was also senior day and Colt McCoy's last game at Darrel Royal Stadium. Morgan's favorite part was seeing Bevo live! It was a 7 PM start time...late night for Miss Morgan. She did awesome! Thanks Dad for such a fun time! Mimi was so nice to stay home with the babies :( We wish she was there too! Longhorn games are such a great childhood memory for me!



















Sunday the kids and I headed to Georgetown to see my Mom, Taylor and my Grandma. It was a good visit. Brady loved riding with Taylor on my Grandma's electric chair. My Mom got Morgan all kinds of things to color, so she spent most of her time coloring.
Monday we ran errands again, grocery shopping and such. Morgan played with Baby Kiwi, Mimi's bird. She loved Baby! Probably a little too much. We put Brady to work sweeping. And, then Hollie and John and crew came over for dinner. After dinner we made smores! We had so much fun just hanging out, eating, visiting, and of course, drinking a little wine.
It was full on fall. It was beautiful weather! I know many people don't like Texas, but I love it! And, I'm glad everyone doesn't want to move there, but I would love to buy some property there, and maybe retire. I'm still trying to convince Mimi and Grandy to start a winery, and I'll move back and run it! Hint, hint. Ryan Volk was so sweet to pick us up from the airport, and he said to me, "You couldn't pay me to move back to Texas!" How sad! Texas is so pretty, it's a little warm in the summer, but it's beautiful! It's still so green, and the leaves are changing red. I would totally move back! These fall pictures are of Mimi and Grandy's house/retreat in the hill country of Texas! Several days, I set up shop with Morgan by the pool and took naps outside! It was heaven! By the way...as soon as we landed in Colorado, all I could think is...it's so brown right now in Colorado! :))) I'll forgive you, Ryan, for ripping on Texas! :)
Tuesday afternoon the kids and I headed into Austin to pick up our Turkey Trot packets, visit with my friend, Audrey and her kids, and pick up Daddy!!! Audrey was my manager at Hallmark in high school. We ordered Mr. Gatti's pizza (all who know me know this is one of my favorite meals!), and just caught up, and drank a little wine. She also gave us tons of hand-me-downs from her boys! Thanks Audrey! I miss you and hope to see you in Colorado this summer! Then it was off to pick up Matt! Oh, were we all ecstatic to see him! Morgan said everyday, "I miss my Daddy!" It was the sweetest! Also worthy to note, we were going to take Morgan and Brady to the Austin Zoo on Tuesday morning, and Morgan didn't want to go! She wanted to stay and play at Mimi and Grandy's! They have the ultimate grandkid house! There is so much for them to do they don't want to leave!
Wednesday, we again just hung out during the day and played with cousins. Wednesday afternoon Mimi and Grandy watched Morgan and Brady so Matt and I could go on a date! We headed to the Oasis on Lake Travis! Beautiful place, gorgeous sunset, perfect margaritas, and my favorite... Matt! It was fun, and relaxing! We also stopped by to see the place where we got married, Vintage Villas. It's still gorgeous, and I would do it all over again! It was fun to reminisce.
Thursday was Thanksgiving and Turkey Trot day!!!! 16 of us went down, 14 participated, and GMommy and GDaddy watched! We all had a lot of fun. We even saw Forrest Gump! It reminded me of the Bolder Boulder, with all the people dressed up. After that we headed home to make dinner, but we really weren't celebrating Thanksgiving with the whole fam until Saturday. So, we made a meal of ham, potatoes, carrots and pie. Thursday night Glen and Monica came to stay!!!! Yippee! Monica is beautiful preggers!
Friday we hung out and watched football most of the day. Monica and I got to head to Austin by ourselves!!! We walked around Zilker Park (my all time favorite park), and then ate at Chuy's (another one of my favorites!). It was just like old times! I miss living close to her! It will be even harder living far away from their baby! They are so sweet to our kids, and we just love you guys for that. Thanks for coming down! Friday night Micah and Jen came in from H-town, but really from Colorado.
Saturday we were up cooking away. Steve, Sandy, Eric, Krystal, and CJ all came in for Thanksgiving. It was ciaos with 23 people! Fun, though. We ate a lot, had a sweet little family baby shower for Jen and Micah, and then visited the rest of the day away with family drinking a little wine. That seems to be the common thing in this post. But it was fun and everyone had such a fun time.
Sunday we left at 5 AM for the airport. I'm not sure what I was thinking booking flights that early with kids, after a fun day of food and a lot of drinking, but nonetheless, it all worked out, and we made it back to Colorado by 8:30 AM. We had an awesome trip! Thanks Dad and Tresa for everything! We love you guys BIG! We will miss you so much! But, we are glad to be home and working on getting back in the grove of the daily grind. We'll see you guys in three weeks!
I think I got most of our trip!
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