ta-da!

Well, I guess I'd better give you an update. Warning: it's going to be hella long.

The other weekend we went to the zoo in Fort Worth!

There weren't many people there, so it was easy to get some good shots of the animals. See them here!


Last week was my birthday. I got wonderful gifts from everyone and Will even baked me a cake and bought me roses! Mom also sent me flowers to work, which was a sweet thing to do.


Roses from W


Baked with love. That's a "B" on top :)


Flowers from momma bear.

Thank you all for making my birthday as good as it possibly could be!! I'm loved.


Will's first travel trip was a bit discombobulated, since when he flew back from Alabama to Dallas, he couldn't fit his carry-on on the plane because it was too big to fit. (Small planes suck.) Sooo they said they would take it and put it in cargo. No such luck! We had to go to the airport when I got home from work and wait there for a few hours for the next plane to come in from Alabama, which supposedly had the carry-on bags on it. 12 other people or something also had their bags lost in this fiasco.

Luckily for a pilot who was on Will's flight who needed his credentials, and the CEO of IdenTrust, Will had put his name on the red tag that the peeps in Alabama put on his carry-on when it was "taken into cargo." After many arguments with the baggage claim people at DFW, some random man from another gate called Will to tell him that he had the carry-on bags. So we all took a shuttle to the other gate and most of the group got their bags back. Except the pilot. So he said the "f word" and paced around... and we left to go out to dinner. Ahh. RIDIC. Get it together, Alabama!!

The next day we hit the road for Austin.


And had delicious road snacks, i.e. BBQ Pringles, Chocolate Teddy Grahams and Sour Patch Kids.


After hours of drivin', we finally made it... in time to see the largest attendance ever at a college game in the state of Texas. Like 98,000 wild-eyed fans.


Obviously, we went to Stubb's for dinner. This is most likely where our future wedding reception will be! There is a music venue in the basement of it, and that means we'll be able to play music loudly and late into the night. Bring your dancin' shoes, y'all. The BBQ is incredible, too.


After that we walked around 6th Street for a while, but didn't hear any decent bands playing in the bars... so we just went back to the hotel for some much needed rest.

Awaking early, we went to Las Manitas Cafe for a delicious Mexican breakfast. The restaurant was amazing and brightly colored and I'm glad we went early because by the time we left it was totally packed.


Attitude!


Mmm...


The capital!

Then we went over to Town Lake to do some canoeing!

This scene particularly made us want a dog to play with.







We also saw the Original Chuy's!! sl;djfskldjfklsdjflks;jdlkj best Tex-Mex ever.


After gulping down some drinks to cool off, we went shopping on South Congress. And ate cupcakes out of a trailer!



Next was a hike up Mount Bonnell. It was sooo extremely hot, but worth being able to see into rich peoples' backyards!




Here are pics of us me being hot and tired.



If you'd like to see more Austin pictures, check them out here. It was a great time, and we definitely want to go back soon.


Then on Monday, we went to a Texas Rangers game with my boss and her hubby. I won four 9th row tickets at work! It was really nice out, and even though the Rangers are terrible, we had a blast.



A lovely random Orioles fan. Loves it!!






funniest mascot ever!!


He liked pretending to eat children's heads??


Ichiro had to pee.


I have a few videos to go with this entry, but no patience to load them at the moment. Soon, I promise!!