Thursday, January 19, 2017

Awesome Austin

We flew to Austin for Chris' birthday and we indulged in everything the city had to offer. It was a memorable trip and we hope we can go back some day!

Our first stop: Taco sampling with cousin Kevin

More tacos!

Walking around Barton Springs

Walking down South Congress

Fried chicken, Austin-style

Breakfast tacos!

Waterloo Records, Chris was in heaven!

River walk on a beautiful day


Mt. Bonnell, highest point in Austin


Mayfield Park & Nature Preserve

Watching the Devil Makes Three at Emo's

Texas-sized breakfast

Breakfast with the Cook Cousins

Texas State Capitol



The dome

George W.

Chris, sketching the dome

Put-put at Peter Pan Golf, an Austin institution

Scrabble with Roarke and Adrienne

Portland-style donuts in Austin

Chips & queso and crabcakes on our last day

Quincy Gang 2017

The annual gathering with all of our brood. The kids are getting so big!


Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Another Win?

Chris likes to joke (and brag) about his multiple wins in the famous silhouette drawing contest at L'Auberge Chez Francois. During a recent visit to celebrate Christmas with Lauren and Alex, he put together a new masterpiece. We'll see if he wins!



The Littlest Gymnast

Annie started her first gymnastics class and she loved it. I've never seen such a flexible toddler!

Annie's a natural!


Happy 3rd Birthday Annie!

Our sweet girl turned 3! She enjoyed several days in a row of celebrations.

School birthday snack


Annie helped me make mini-cupcakes for her class

The donut girls in the their donut sprinkles shirts

Annie trying to show me 3 fingers

Treasure hunt game

Jersey Mike's, yum!

Lunch

Goofy birthday girl

The gang is all here!

The donut cupcakes were yummy

Fishing with Choco

So many wonderful gifts!

One her favorites: a croissant from Memere

Eating her birthday croissant the next morning

Sunday, January 8, 2017

Celebrating the season

We went to Meadowlark Gardens on a beautiful balmy December night to celebrate Davis' birthday

 





Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Jeff, Uncle Brian, Mason, Davis, Memere and Poppy came along too

Winterball with the Duffy girls

A carousel ride at the mall after the ball

The neighbors getting ready to ring in 2017 

Summer's start

We're off to a great start this summer! Water day with her teacher at Preschool Summer Camp Eating popsicles at camp with her f...