Father's Day

Father's day was a big day this year, because it was also my Mom's 25th-ish birthday!! (Don't tell her I told you, but it was really her 50th!) We had a wonderful weekend celebrating with my family! And to top it off, we didn't have to drive far because everyone was in New Braunfels! (my 11 month old car with 14,000 miles thanks those of you who made the trek in.)

{Saturday Afternoon} Gruene then Gram and Champa's house:

Hanging out in Gruene

Happy Father's Day Champa!!

Yeah, we were all about the fishin' shirts this year! (And this is the only picture Gram got in! :( )

The Lampley family original: just grab a picture of the person that's missing!

{Saturday Evening} Jackie and Stephanie's house:

"Playing" in Bond's studio/bedroom

Showing off her birthday present - Jojo's registration papers!

{Sunday * Father's Day * Mom's Birthday} Birkner Family Reunion:

The train ride is a tradition! And the conductor (an Aggie) has been driving this since back when Gram & Champa used to bring us girls to ride when were all under the age of 10!

Cousins with Mimi & Poppy

Mimi & Poppy and kids

Birthday girl with Father's Day boy

Happy Father's day to the best Daddy in the world!!

Poppy and Leigh

Next post...4th of July fun!! Hopefully I'll get it posted before August rolls around! :-P

Adventures in Austin!

Who knew you could have fun in longhorn land!? Well we DID!!! (for all my t-sip family out there, I am kidding.) A few weekends ago, we went to Austin and met up with Martha and Eric, the Gardners, and the Capps for a Saturday fun day. We did an awesome zipline tour through the Austin Hill Country led by the fun/crazy Robert AKA "Hill Country Bob."

We then made the drive over to Zilker Park and rented canoes/kayaks to play on the water for a few hours. We had such a blast "playing" all afternoon with the group!

By the end of the day (which started at 8am and ended around 2pm) we were starved so we all headed over to Austin's famous Kerbey Lane Cafe for some good eats. They seriously have the BEST queso and the bowl is about the size of Texas! DE-licious!!!

Excuse our tired expressions, we were BEAT!

I guess there are a few good things about Austin after all. :)

Peanut Gallery

Here's the original...

So what about this one?...

Oversized peanuts? Or a mini bucket? :)


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Here they are together. The original on the right.

Logan's Roadhouse mini desserts come in mini peanut buckets - that you can keep! Darrin's is proudly on display in our living room now. :)

(The little tiny silver thing in the center - just under the clock.)