Thursday, February 21, 2008

Texas Trip

We just returned from a nice family trip to the great state of Texas. We spent 3 days in Dallas, then rented a car and drove down to Austin. My brother and his family live in a great town just outside of Dallas. Evan and I enjoyed seeing their new home and spending time with them. McKenzie loved being able to play with her two cousins. They have two little beautiful daughters. Family is the best. I wish we could see them more often. We really had a great time relaxing and just talking.

The drive to Austin was only 3 hours. Evan even let me blast some country tunes on the way down! :) I secretly like country and thought it was totally appropriate being in Texas. What a great city Austin is! It is on our list of places we could live (especially since Google has an office there). We drove through neighborhoods, looked at homes, and explored downtown. My Dad, stepmom, and little brother even drove up from San Antonio to meet us for dinner one night. What a fun trip we had! Who knows, maybe we will end up there someday. Although, it would be hard to leave our home state of California. But unless Evan comes up with the next BIG idea in the silicon valley, folks...we are going to have to relocate. It was such a treat to have Evan with us and taking time off of work too!

Here are a few pictures of our fun adventure:Here are the three cousins getting ready for bed.


Mommy and Kenzie on our walk across Town Lake in Austin.


Eating at a well known burrito joint in Austin. Freebirds World Burritos!

8 comments:

Unknown said...

I LOVE the picture of you & McKenzie by the lake. You both look so pretty. It sounds like you had a great time.

Natalee Maynes said...

Makes me want to visit Austin too! It's a great place, though, you cannot move there until after we move away from here. We would miss you. Did you happen to go to San Antonio--I LOVE the river walk there. It was my favorite Texas adventure.

angie said...

so fun! i didn't know you went to texas! well, welcome back!

Williams Fam said...

So I hear you were hangin' in our home town to-be?! Do you by chance know what ward your brother is in? The houses that we're looking at are mostly in the Coppell 2nd ward and some in the Irving ward. It sounds like a great place and only 20 minutes from the hospital!! We're going to go look at houses March 12-16th. Is there any way I could get your brother's phone # so maybe Ryan could ask him a few questions? We need as much info/input that we can get!
P.S. McKenzie looks like she's in heaven being with her cousins!! So stinkin' cute!!

Anayansi said...
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aaron and joni said...

love the pics!!!!
ps...I love your new layout, so umm...maybe you could help your ol' buddy out, and fix mine up too!
Hope you guys are having a great day!
joni ann

Jenna{Mommy in Manhattan} said...

Fun Trip! Congrats on the little girl!

Anonymous said...

Hello Evan and Brooke! Wow! It's been a long time! You guys look GREAT and your daughter is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO cute! I can't believe you guys are on the peninsula. I told Matt that we will all have to get together for dinner! Check out our blog!