Each year my dear friends & I (from our Ann Arbor days) reunite for a little girl bonding time. The last week of March was our Girls Weekend (Austin)....30 something style. Our husbands went to Law School together at U of M and while they were buried in books with blood shot eyes, we made no haste for discovering what sisterhood is all about. :) Since graduation we have made it a yearly tradition to get together and visit one of our- neck of the woods. Phoenix. Houston. San Francisco and this year Austin! (Cue music below- Just one of the fantastic Austin Gigs playing around on the streets as you walk around)
There is a saying about Austin and while I have been there several times before visiting Cheri, I had not yet fully experienced Austin's "weirdness" in its true form. Until now...
The first thing that was weird about our GW Trip was that KATIE....was not able to come this year. Boo Hoo. Yes, thats right, our artistic amis was suffering from major back issues and therefore could not make it this year. As I write, she is recovering from back surgery. She was with us in spirit & web chats though. xoxo Katie.
The food was amazing! Katie was SO there with us every step of the way. It was almost like you could see her watching over us! ;)
The Boutiques there are great but BE careful..... you just might get flashed. Lets just say that nursing is a VERY open sport in Austin and this particular mom was lacking a brazier as well. Whoopsie! lol People there are friendly too....like this passer by who wanted to be in our picture. I had to get a picture of this Boutique because my maiden name was Luther and in my entire life I have never met anyon
e with my same last name. Austin is cool though...so of course there is a Boutique "Luther's".
There are artisans of all kinds in Austin and the the kind man that offered to take our picture overlooking Lake Austin was no exception. He had a real eye for the nat-ur-al! 1....2....3.....CHEESE!
Happy Birthday to me! Birthday Margaritas- Mormon chic style.
This "baby girl" is pretty much the weirdest... yet cutest I have ever seen. ;) I wanted to take her home.
Never knew one could play the saw.....this girl was seriously so kind and sweet.
The Food was AMAZING. Did I say that yet? Me taking a picture of Ronna, taking a picture of the Amazing Food. 
Katie is that you?
In our adventures we stumbled accross this sweet candy shop. While succombing to candy store ecstasy, Ronna defeated a beastly stool while harnessing her inner core strength.
They have all these vintage-y antinque shops around. Wait a minute....is that Al Gore!?
For Katie. Cupcake hocker stall. :D
Swimming in natural springs in Zilker Park. Ronna & Cheri dove right in. I took a little more convincing for me to get in the 68 degree water. Brrrr. It was dang cold but after a while it wasn't so bad. SPRING WARNING: "Topless welcome. If you don't have a suit, your underwear will do just fine!" We, of course, came prepared!
Last night with the girls. Having dinner at a yummy restaurant overlooking Lake Travis. The band & atmosphere were great. We always have such fun. Thanks to our sweet hubbies who year after year encourage and support us! It is always hard to leave fam but it is SO refreshing to go. I always come back feeling so energized and reborn as a woman, wife and mom. :D
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5 comments:
I'm literally about to bawl looking at these pictures. I'm so glad you had such a fun time and that it was so well documented. I love you girls so much!!!!!
Thank you, THANK YOU for doing this post! I've been waiting for it. You did an amazing job. I had so much fun too!
And about my grandma - it was my grandma who has kind of been separated from our family for quite some time, so it was interesting to realize that I had already, in a way, mourned her loss 8 years ago. Really the only sadness I felt was a realization that I did not follow through on promptings to call her earlier. SO a new FOCUS to pay attention to those whisperings. Have a wonderful weekend!
Oh Man!!!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVE this post! Can I just copy it and past it to mine. I don't think it will ever get done. But I loved reading it on yours. I had so much fun. I think that Houston is just as fun, it doesn't really matter where we are, we just know how to have a good time. Love you,
Ronna
Sorry it took me so long. We have had a million things going on since Austin. I am trying to catch up on my blogging. Ronna cut and paste away! Love you all!
Cheri- Funny you should mention the whisperings. I have been thinking a lot about that lately and then I was just asked to give a talk at a baptism this week on the Holy Ghost. I have made a better resolve too. :)
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