Horseshoe Bay Resort and State Parks

While my parents watched the kids, Scott and I went to Horseshoe Bay Resorts.  It's near Marble Falls, close to Austin.  It was a beautiful resort and we had a nice relaxing time. The first two pictures are the view from our balcony.  Monday evening, we had a New Orleans style dinner.  Scott was thrilled to have craw fish and my jambalaya was delicious.

 

 

The resort has a really cool mini-put course.  It's real grass, ruff, and bunkers.  It was so pretty too.  Scott won, of course.

 

 

Tuesday after sleeping in and lunch at the resort, I relaxed by the pool while Scott played a round of golf.  That evening, we went on a sunset boat ride on Lake LBJ.  It was only us two, so the captain kept us out for an extra half hour.  It was the middle of the week, so it was so nice and peaceful!  I love being out on the water.  The only working lighthouse is on this lake.  We also saw some pretty amazing houses-Matthew McConaughey's, Sandra Bullocks, Roger Staubach, and astronaut, Jim Lovell.

That is Matthew McConaughey's 28 million dollar house behind us.

 

 

This is astronaut, Jim Lovell's house.  Those circles on his house are the patches from each of his missions an at night, they light up.

Lake LBJ

We went to dinner that night at On the Rocks.  It overlooked the Dam below and was pretty with the sunset.

Wednesday we had an early lunch at Blue Bonnet Cafe.  I was told we had to get pie from here.  Lunch was DELICIOUS!!  But we were too full for pie.  We went to Inks State Park, hiked some, then stopped on the way back for pie.  It was AMAZING!
Inks State Park was really nice.  The trails were well marked, it's right on the water, there's kayaking, canoeing, fishing...I think we'll bring the kids back to go camping here.  You can bet we'll stop at Blue Bonnet cafe on the way there and back.

 

These are the falls everyone hikes to.  I thought they'd be a little bit bigger, but it was a nice hike anyway.

 

Back to the pie, we each got two pieces, so the second piece was our breakfast on Thursday.  Wednesday before dinner, we walked around the resort some and layed in the hammocks they had for about an hour.  It was so peaceful.

 

Thursday after check out, we headed home, but stopped at Pedernales Falls State Park.  I've heard great things about it, so I wanted to check it out.  We did one hike to the falls. I don't know that we'll camp here.  None of the sites are on the water; they're a good half mile hike to them.    

 

 

 

 

As we continued home after that, we drove by Blanco State Park and figured we might as well drive through it.  It's pretty small, only 31 camp sites, but they have a nice water area where kids like to play.

It was great to get away and have some time to ourselves kid-free. 

Parents Trip

Last week, my parents were here in TX with us.  They stayed with the kids Monday-Thursday while Scott and I got away.  I don't have too many pictures, but I know the kids had a blast with them.  Monday morning before Scott and I left, we went with my parents to take a tour of the Toyota Plant.  It's a huge plant and was interesting. 

The kids were spoiled by Grandma and Grandpa.  They had to make a HEB run to stock up on Cheetos, Mr. Freezes, and other junk food.  Tuesday, they took them out to dinner.  My Dad pushed Molly on the swing a ton and played with her, my Mom had crafts and projects for them to do, my Dad played basketball with Tyler, they had lunch at the school with the kids...they kept busy. 

We got home Thursday afternoon.  Friday, my Mom and I went shopping and out to lunch.  We found her dresses for the reception and wedding day for my brother's wedding next month. 

Saturday night, we went to Tejas Rodeo.  My Mom had been, but not my Dad.  It was extra special because Tyler's friend, Colby-his sisters were participating in the rodeo.  Ainsley did the mutton busting and Ayden was in the barrel racing.  It was fun to watch them and hang out.

Sunday after church, we went to lunch at Chuy's and then we celebrated Molly's bday early with Grandma and Grandpa.  She was so excited!

 

 

 

It was a great visit with them and we can't wait to see them in a month!

Meeing Braeden

Braeden Thomas Shobe was born on March 4, 2017.  We went over to Austin last Thursday to meet him.  He was just adorable and so little! 

 

 

 

 

Scott and Tyler went with Brett to the Dell Match Play, a golf tournament.  Molly and I stayed with Carman and the kids.  We got in lots of Braden time and playing with Vienne.  She is just adorable too.  She was very playful and is such a happy little girl.  She loved watching Molly.

 

 We look forward to seeing them again in May. 

Spring Break

We had Spring Break a few weeks ago.  I took the kids over to Houston Saturday-Tuesday.  We stayed with my in-laws and had several things planned.  Saturday when we drove in, we met up with my friend, Kathleen and her two boys for lunch.  After that, we just hung out with Harry and Mary. 

Molly reading to Mary and Portia

Sunday morning, we headed to the Houston Zoo.  A cold front had come in and it was 47 degrees, but we still had a good time.  The reptile and snake area was Tyler's favorite.  I think Molly's favorite was watching the elephants get baths.  We all enjoyed the cougars who were playing.

 

 

 

 

 

These two cougars kept chasing each other, it was fun to watch

 

After the zoo, we had to get pizza from Pepperoni's. It was delicious!

Sunday evening, I got to go to dinner with Dana and Deanna.  No picture though.

Monday we went with Dana and her son, Grayson to NASA.  It was a lot of fun and the kids really enjoyed it. 

Moon Rocks

This is the Apollo 17 Command Module

 

Tyler was as thrilled as ever to take picture

Molly and Grayson going through a take off

We went on a tram tour of the training facility and to rocket park where we saw the enormous Saturn V.

 

Tuesday morning, we met my friend, Jennifer for breakfast.  Then we met back up with Kathleen and her boys at a really cool park. After playing for over an hour, we headed home.

The boys didn't want to pose for a picture, but this is the 3 of them on this cool thing that they loved.  It'd move from left to right and go really fast.

 

All in all it was a fun few days.  We got to go to some cool places, I got to see several of my friends, and we spent time with Harry and Mary.  The rest of Spring Break as just spent at home playing with neighbors and friends. 

Blue Bonnet Pictures

The blue bonnets are blooming again and are so pretty. Molly's been asking to take her blue bonnet pictures, so we finally went today. 

 

 

 

Happy Valentine's Day!

I had lunch with the kids today for Valentine's Day.  Really, I have lunch with Molly once a week, but I bring her a special lunch once a month.  Tyler only wants me to come when I'm going to bring him lunch, so I just eat with him once a month.  He makes me feel so loved!  Anyway, today I ate with each of them and then tonight we ordered pizza for dinner. 

 

 This is the Valentine I sent out 5 years ago.  Just look at them!

Our 90 degree February Day

Last Friday it was 40, cloudy, windy and just cold, at least cold for us here in Texas.  Today was 90 degrees.  Molly took advantage of it and played in the sprinkler. 

 

A cool front is suppose to come through tonight though and it will be low 40's in the morning and in the 70's for the next few days.