5th Annual Mother/Daughter Weekend

It is hard to come back to reality after our special girls' weekend.  We had a great time, as usual!  Sheila, Paula and I left Friday around 4:30.  Jessica had to stay for a 5K that she was doing with her leadership class on Sat. morning.  She joined us Saturday afternoon.  Here is a quick overview of our weekend:

We arrived Friday night around 9:00 and got settled in.  The house that we rented was pretty quirky, to say the least.  I seem to have a knack at finding unusual accomodations!  The decorations in the house were very eclectic and just plain strange.  There were these crazy little cartoon pictures hanging throughout the house that made no sense whatsoever. Each bedroom was themed, but not with much consistency.  Paula had the French room; I had the wildlife room; and Sheila had the Japanese room.  But the house was very clean and we had plenty of room to stretch out and relax. There was even a really cool keyboard in my room!

Saturday morn, we toured the capital building and the Bob Bullock Historical Museum...including watching "To The Arctic" at the IMAX.  It was a UT home game day and the museum was only a block from the stadium, so we had to wade through all the tailgaters and revelers.  I had been warned, but since the game didn't start until 6:00 p.m. we thought we'd be ok until late afternoon.  WRONG!  Evidently the tailgaters start setting up on Friday, as soon as business hours at the capital are over.  They were EVERYWHERE!  We finally made it out of the downtown area around 3:00 and were ready to get out of Austin for the remainder of the day.

Bob Bullock Museum and IMAX

Inside the Capital



By the time we got back to the house, Jessica had arrived.  After a short rest, we headed down to San Marcos to ride the glass bottom boats...we thought.  They closed about 20 minutes before we got there.  So we did a little shopping at the Outlet Mall instead, and then ate supper at Carino's...SO yummy!  Afterwards we took in a movie and then headed home.

Sunday morning, we worshipped with the church on Bouldin Street.  We heard a very good lesson from Dean Howard on loving God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength.  We enjoyed visiting with him and Sheree, as well as the Johns family.  After saying our goodbyes, we had lunch at the Swedish Hill Bakery on 6th St.  We decided to do a little shopping on 6th Street before dark, when the partiers take over...found a very neat store that kept us busy for quite some time with its eclectic home furnishings and gift items.  Then we headed over to the Highball for some "vintage bowling."  By time we finished up there, we were ready to head back to the house to rest up and watch a movie.  Then we had a FABULOUS dinner of Cuban cuisine at Habana's...topped off by a shared dish of Cuban flan and latte and/or cappucino. 

Bowling at the Highball

Monday morn, we gathered our belongings together, had breakfast at Annie's Cafe, and then toured the Zilker Gardens.  I think this was our favorite spot of the whole weekend!  It was like a hike through the woods with beautiful flowers, both cultivated and "wild".  The weather was glorious!  It was a perfect way to wrap up a great weekend!

I love turtles!



Song of Sol. 2:12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;