pauper or prince

Have I mentioned lately that I often feel like I am on vacation in my own city?

Our weekend couldn't have been more perfect. On Thursday, we found out that our best friends will be moving to Austin. We have always lived at least 3 hours from them and visits are too few and too fast. When we were in San Antonio, T's mom lived down the street so we were able to see them for short visits when they came in but not the same since we moved to Austin. T will be staying with us this week to start work and they will move in to their new place (only about 20 minutes away) next Monday. 

Boo-yah!

On Friday, we stayed in a watched the spectacular opening ceremonies of the Olympics. It was breathtaking! Please tell me you weren't completely moved by the Chinese team's entrance with Yao Ming and the little hero?

Our two favorite little ones (our nieces) were heading up to Dallas to visit their cousins for the week so Candice called and asked if we would like to join them for lunch so they could take a break from driving. We enjoyed them for about an hour and like always, it was difficult say goodbye.

After our fun lunch, Joseph and I went out on Lake Travis one of our friend's boat. There is a DJ on one of the radio stations here who always says "It's a great day to be alive in Austin Texas" and yesterday was definitely one of those days!

This is what I did...

This is what the guys did...

Can you believe this is Texas?

We stopped at Johnny Finns where we enjoyed some local live music and the best burgers in Austin (in my opinion). Of course, it wouldn't be a full day without a little drama. So the "band" was a man and his guitar. His girlfriend had been sitting at a table in front of the stage, doing something on a laptop (not quite sure what that was about but anyhoo). A guy walks up and sits down next to her and starts asking her questions, maybe something along the lines of "can I buy a CD?" or maybe "Wanna blow this joint and ride off into the sunset"? Who knows... but evidently the boyfriend thought it was the latter and proceeded to throw his guitar over his shoulder, jump off the stage mid-song and attack the guy sitting next to his girlfriend. The manager came and "broke it up" and then the dude just jumped back on the stage and continued his song. It was interesting and random but it provided great entertainment...almost like live RealityTV.

Goodnight Johnny Fins, you're the best in town. See you sooner than later and we promise to bring along the brand new Austinites next time we visit.

Carly

sneak peek: money man's birthday bash

I'm working on the rest and momma's gotta see them first...

Carly

3 cousins + kiddie pool = fun!

Here are the pics I took of my best friend's "ladies" (as she calls them). 

We had scheduled a more formal session with T and the girls together but sometimes things just happen when you have a two and half and three and a half year old. All that aside, I don't think these could have turned out any better if we had been trying.

I feel these photographs speak strongly for themselves, so I will keep my words few...

T said K cracked up hysterically laughing when she saw this picture of herself "mowing" the landscaping in Grams' backyard.

What's back there? Who knows but it was entertaining!

Look at T's beautiful eyes, even in black and white you can tell how blue they are.

These little ones mean the world to me, not only because they are so precious but because they are their mom's and she means the world to me...

Carly

christian the lion

If you haven't seen this video already, you must watch!  Get the tissues ready.

Make sure to turn put CherryTunes on pause so you can hear the music that goes with the video.

Carly

water baby

Lots of pics today...

The weekend started off a little rocky. We only had one pack-n-play for the two girls so it was decided that P would have to sleep all weekend on a pallet on the guest room floor. The first time Candice put her in there, she kind of freaked out that she was on the floor in the dark room. Jason was attending an alumni golf tourney all weekend (he was MIA) so Joe and I went upstairs to help Candice settled her down. When P saw her Uncle Joe she clung to him for dear life and would not let go. He ended up laying with her on the bed and she fell asleep like a champ.  The rest of the weekend was a breeze she loved her fluffy pallet on the floor. 

This pic isn't the best because I didn't dare use a flash and the only light in the room was the lamp but it's the sweetest pic so its makes it beautiful to me.

The squidster "chillin' like a villain" which is what she does the best. She just hung out all weekend and watched all the crazy action around her.

We went to the pool on Saturday morning, then naps then Uncle Joe was going to BBQ for everyone so we headed outside...

I asked P to help me water the flowers and it turned into a great time. She loves the water and just stood their under the hose, raising her arms and yelling "raining, raining, raining".

It's hilarious when she gets water in her face... 

First, funny face...

Then losing her balance....

and plop!

By the end of weekend Pepper was getting used to having munchkins around and was venturing out only to run away again when P saw her and started calling out "Peppurr? Peppurr?"

Carly