Deep in the Heart of Texas

The first week of June we headed south to Texas for Aunt Wendy's wedding to Mr. John and since we were going to be in Houston, why not drive over to Austin for a few days? This is such a difference between the East Coast and Texas. Here, I complain about driving someplace that is 30 minutes away but for some reason in Texas, three hours feels like nothing. Jim isn't quite on board with my thinking, surprise surprise. Incidentally, we also discovered our new favorite family resort, Lost Pines in Bastrop. We could have stayed a week and not done everything. For the most part the kids wanted to spend every waking moment in the pool. And "pool" by the way, hardly describes this mecca of water activities. A lazy river complete with your own inner-tubes  a sandy beach, kids pool, adult pool that I longingly looked at from afar and a ninety-five foot high twisty water slide. Can you guess where we spent 95% of our time? You would be correct. 

We finally arrived back in Houston for the highlight of the trip, Wendy's wedding!! She looked absolutely stunning and the service was one of the most heart-felt weddings I've ever attended. We kicked off the festivities with a family dinner at Aunt Tracey's where both boys attached themselves to sweet Elijah. They are still talking about how much fun they had and asking when we can go back to Elijah's house! I mean seriously, they asked me this morning when we were going back to their "big kid" cousin's house. 

The following evening Mr. Fred and Ms. Linda hosted a wonderful rehearsal dinner at their house. It would have been a perfect evening had one little stinker William not fallen head first into the pool while I was inside and John's sister-in-law had to rescue him. Needless to say I was a hot mess for the rest of the night. The one moment of hilarity came as I was collecting his wet clothes and he was wrapped in a big towel facing the stunned gathering of say 30 people? He unwrapped his towel like it was Superman's cape and flashed the entire party! I'll say it again, we are nothing if not classy!

Till Next Time, 

Frog & Toad