Sunday, May 13, 2012

Austin, Texas

Ricky and the kiddos took me to Austin for Mother's Day and the kids first vacation! It was so fun! We ordered room service for dessert and a movie.
Friday we took the long way there going through Magnolia. I wanted to have a pretty drive the entire way up and boy was it! 
Our hotel was located on the same property as a park and there was nice shopping walking distance as well. The Texas Hill Country is GORGEOUS! We had wonderful views from our hotel room. 
We were up bright and early on Saturday morning and went to the Capitol before the crowd. We also went to Lake Travis and to see the bats.
We will go back to Lake Travis and stay when the lake is back up. It's down 30 feet from all the droughts Texas had from last year. Even with it being down, it's so pretty. We couldn't believe the color of the water. It looks so much like our favorite beaches in Florida! 
The kids did very well with everything except when we were eating. Not sure what the problem was every. single. time but we still managed through it. 
We are really excited about tomorrow because our nanny starts in the morning. I've got so much going at work so I'm really happy to have time to work a couple 10-12 hour days. 
I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day. I'm so thankful these beautiful babies are mine and have forever changed my world. These sweetest thing I've ever been called is Momma out of my babies' mouths :) 

XOXO,

Krista


Look what adorable tourist Ricky and I found! 
Tourist 
Beauty Queen waiting for the BATS! 
My Man waiting for the BATS! 
Mini waiting for the BATS! 
Our view from hotel room 
The trees were beautiful 
outside Capitol 
Capitol building 
Don't wake Madi
Squeakers! 
My MAN! 
Brody was beyond exhausted 
park outside hotel 
It's hard to hold all my babies now that they are so big! 
park
park at hotel
This park was outside our hotel
This looks like a tropical island but it's really "just" a lake, Lake Travis. We are 480 feet above the lake in this photo.