Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Texas Trip Part 1: Austin

The day after Brad finished finals, we took off to Texas to see the Schaack family. This trip was so perfect. We hadn't seen my siblings since our wedding, so i had been looking forward to this trip for a long time. This also was Brad's first Texas experience. :) We flew into Austin early Thursday morning, and spent time with Russ, Megan and the girls. We were in Austin for Thursday and Friday. 

Megan picked us up, and we went to their new house, which was so beautiful! They just moved in a few months ago, and they really have a perfect house in the most beautiful neighborhood ever. So played 'Ariel' on the trampoline with Brinley while we waited for Kenzie to get home from school. (Videos of the Ariel game to come. We had never laughed so hard.) 
Russ got home from work, and Kenz got home from school, so we decided to go downtown Austin. We went to Lake Austin and rented the stand up paddle boards and a canoe and went down the river. It was so beautiful. 

 I started out on my knees
 Then went to my feet...
 The girls in the canoe
 Brad came over to bug me
 Made me lose my balance, and we both fell in the water.
 Kenz and Brad had a good little groove goin here...
I obviously didn't.  I ran into a tree...
 So i traded Russ the paddle board for the canoe...
 Brin and Brad swam around for a while...
 Kenzie just loved hangin out on the paddle board
 Megan even rocked the paddle board the whole way back with the pregnant belly...
 Hangin out on the dock....
 
After the lake, we went to this yummy pizza place. I want that Mediterranean pizza right now! We had a great time walking downtown. We went to this cool old fashion candy shop, and let the girls go crazy. However, my little sweet tooth was also in heaven also!
Friday morning, we went over to see Russ' office. He really has an amazing practice, and it was fun to see him in his element. He gave us all some good body adjustments, which felt oh so good. It was also fun to meet his staff and just see what he does every day!

After our expedition at Integrative Sports and Wellness, Brad and Russ went road biking. They said they would only be gone for an hour, which ended up being a little over 2 hours. I had never seen 2 sweatier boys in my life. They sure had fun though! Us girls all went a did a little shopping in the meantime. 

While we were packing up to head to Dallas, we watched Kenzie ride her 2 wheeler bike out on the street! We had some good laughs watching her, and showing off for us! We couldn't love that Kenzie girl any more!

Megan made a yummy dinner Friday night, and then we all got in the car to head to Dallas! We had a 4 hour drive, and had a great time talking with Russ and Megan, spitting seeds, and listening to music! We love them!
*funny story: Brinley slept the whole way from Austin to Dallas that night. However, she kept on having bad dreams cause she would randomly start crying and yell ' No! stop hurting me!' and then get mad at random people. It was pretty sad and funny at the same time.
We love Austin, and the Jepson family! 

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