Liam and Lisa!

 

This was Liam's first visit to Players in Austin. He dined on chicken nuggets, fries, chicken quesedilla mosals from Lisa and lots of ketchup! We defintaly have to make another trip soon (when Liam is not teething, gassy, etc)

Scout and Logan at Players

 

Every time in the past that we visited, we always end the day at Players. In college, we all would hang out here and eat the best burgers in the world, best milkshakes, and occasional pitchers of beer. Now that we have kiddos, we meet here before we drive back to Houston. This is the first time ever that the milkshake machine was being worked on and we could not order our shake. I will let it go because the burgers were just that good!

We have a picture of Logan and Scout in 2004 (before Liam was here) I need to put the pictures online so everyone can see how much they have both grown! Here they are at Players (without milkshakes)

Liam distracting me from Matthew McConaughey biking by!

 

Not kidding! If I took the photo seconds earlier, he would have been in the picture. I took a photo of Liam and Matthew McConaughey biked right behind us and over the bridge. He's a fast biking guy! Philip pointed him out after the picture was taken. I was really hoping I took it fast enough to capture him in the background....drat! Apparently, he is at Zilker all the time and everyone leaves him alone. I need a camera that takes faster pictures :) (FYI...he was actually wearing a shirt on Sunday- Booooooo!)

Our buddies at Zilker Park

 

This is Scout, Lisa, and Philip. We walked all over Zilker park and the weather was perfect! I swear, you could walk for hours on those trails! I could do that every day, it is the coolest! Thankfully we brought the jogging stroller with the shocks and all terraine tires!

Liam selecting a beverage!

 

Liam and I chilling on the deck.

 

(Again with the real estate facsination...) I loved the hill country because in our frinds' house you walk upstairs to get into the house, you walk downstairs into the garage, and walk outside in the backyard to a patio and downstairs to get to the backyard. It is hard to visualize, but I loved it. You can also sit out back and see hills everywhere! Houses built on hills are really unique but I love it!

Liam wanted to party in the game room!

 

William trying to get Liam out of the game room.

 

Ok, I was a real estate agent for eleven years so I have to acknowledge cool floor plans. You walk up stairs and stairs go to the right for the game room, and walk upstairs to the left for the guest room, library, bathroom, and Scout's room. I think it is so cool whenever I see floor plans that completely separate the game room. It makes so much sense! FYI, Logan slept in the game room and did not hear Liam's break down at all. He also slept peacefully because of it!

The boys in Austin hanging out in the game room.

 

I always love photos of the three of them. The little ones look like mini-Williams!

William driving!

 

We always loved road trips. We need to do this more. We really missed the beautiful drive to Austin. We went to school there a million years ago and it felt good to go back. The last time we went to Austin to visit our friends was in 2004. Since I have been prego and had Liam, they would come to visit us. We really loved venturing to the hill country again!

Road trip again...

 

Logan had no problem with the road trip. We are getting him excited about the new Indiana Jones movie, so William bought him the trilogy. Logan watched the first movie before we left. He watched the 2nd one on the way in the truck, and we watched the 3rd when we arrived at our friends' house. He (and us) can not wait to see the new one.

Road trip!

 

We have become pros at making road trips! We visited our very good friends (from highschool and college at UT) in Austin this weekend. We left shortly after Liam's nap time and he fell asleep for the majority of the trip. He arrived in Austin well rested and very happy! (ok, that night he had gas, teething, and cried all night!) Poor William had to get out of bed to venture out and buy tylenol and mylecon at 1:00am. We had no other options. We all went to bed early except Liam and we managed to forget to bring the most important items! Liam finally dozed off at around 3:00am and woke us up at 6:00am. Ouch! We were able to calm him, and sleep until 9:00am. Next time we will not forget a thing! (I hope!) Other than that, we had a wonderful visit and remembered how much we love and miss Austin!

Chef Logan!

 

Logan loves to help William grill. Logan especially enjoys grilling the onions and mushrooms to place over the steaks. So far, his toppings have been fantastic!

Liam checking to see if the bubble toy needs a refill!

 

Notice how big the garden is in the background! Way to go Logan, we are very excited about all the veggies getting ready to be picked!

Liam protecting his bubble toy!

 

More bubbles!

 

Liam with his electronic bubble toy

 

Our friends Eric and Heather (and kiddos) gave this toy to Liam recently. He loves it! He has figured out how to make it blow bubbles by holding the trigger down. This thing is too cool!

Mother's Day 2008

 

We had everyone over for fajitas! The weather was perfect and we had a great visit. Here is my mom (Nana) with her kids, in-laws and neice and nephews. (Liam was distracted and not facing the camera)

How cute (and yummy!)

 

Time for eating!

 

Logan with his second harvest!

 

Logan's second harvest

 

This is what welcomed him when he came home on Sunday! This tiny tomato grew and waited so Logan could eat it! The best little tomato ever!!!

Daddy had to help pack as well!

 

The busy boys...still packing!

 

Liam and Logan packing

 

William and Logan had another Boyscout camping trip this weekend. This time they cannoed (alot!) Liam tried to help Logan pack. We missed the big guys so much! We were very happy to see them when they came home :)