Farewell Austin

On Monday we bid farewell to Austin and the fun time we had. We woke up and had breakfast and then tried to straighten up the house and leave it somewhat clean in an effort to show our gratitude. I tried to return everything to it's proper place and I ran the dishes intending to return them to their correct location but alas one of the children hit the pause button on the fancy washer I didn't notice until I went to unload them and realized they had not been washed. We didn't have time to wait until it finished...

We loaded up in the car and headed out for one last adventure. We went to "God's Swimming pool." Barton Springs that is. See since it is not man made it was God made therefore it was God's pool. (Though if we want to be theological everything is God's because he made everything out of nothing which is why we tell Jude we follow and worship God because we are his. He made us.)

Barton Springs is fed from an underground sping. When we read about it it said it was 68 to 70 degrees year round "ideal" for swimming. 68 degrees is much colder in person than written on a website. The big boys and daddy played in the water for quite some time. Mommy used Asher as an excuse to sit under and tree and enjoy the breeze. Cold water is not for me.

We "should have had hindsight" and packed a lunch. Since we didn't we bought an expensive and not healthy lunch from a concession stand. Then we went back to the spring to swim some more.

About 2pm we decided to load up in the car and head back to Cypress. A very uneventful car ride it was. We returned on a different route because I did not want to pay a  toll. The boys ate so many snacks, then they napped, then the ate again. We stopped at Starbucks because we had a gift card and they messed up our order so they gave us our drinks free of charge. Awesome.

When we finally made it home Lilah and Boker were so happy to see us. I must say I was rather glad to see them too. We fixed dinner. Watched MasterChef and called it a night.

Yay for family getaways!