Austin/Lakeway Trip

This past weekend we visited Austin with Adam's Dad, brother Shawn and his girlfriend Rachel. In a city that we know, but not THAT well, I think we made the most of it (thank you GoogleMaps on Adam's IPhone!), and had a good time for the most part. We visited the Texas History Museum, went to Shultz's Beer Garden, ate at Hut's Hamburgers and had a drink on 6th street. It was hot, but we made the best of it! Later that evening when Adam's Dad, brother and gf went back to Houston we drove out to Lakeway (Lake Travis) to stay at the home of a good friend of mine from church. She and her husband were very gracious in welcoming us. We stayed at their second home where they had spent many years with their kids and various church youth groups over the years. They built a new house a few miles away (which was gorgeous also), but for the time being this house is empty except for the occasional visitor. We took in the view, enjoyed the quiet nature and relaxed. They have a lot of deer there, so we scattered deer corn at night, and then watched as a few deer arrived to eat the next morning. Before we left, we taught Garrett about leaving a house better than you found it :) After our friends took us out to breakfast, we drove back to the city and found a great parking spot on the drag. We looked at some of the street vendors art, went to the co-op to get Garrett a UT shirt for school, and had pizza and yogurt before heading home. I thought I was literally going to melt from the heat, so I was glad to get back in the air conditioned car... ha! We look forward to returning in the future... when it's not so boiling outside!


The Texas State History Museum


Under the star!


Old Texas money replicas (that's what he could buy with $2)


The gang (minus me)


Shultz's Beer Garden


Goofing around on 6th street


Cool Garrett (dad's sunglasses) :)


Mommy and son enjoying nature!


So realxing...


Spreading deer corn and checking out the view


A deer!


Relaxing some more


What a view! (their new house)