Austin trip

Our family of 4 took a week long trip down to San Antonio and Austin.   Day 1 we drove to Austin.  I had this awesome idea to picnic along the way.  We did and it worked great...for about 3 minutes until the yellow jackets began swarming.  And we hightailed it to the car and ate as we drove.  We hit Austin in great time but got slowed down by traffic there.   First stop was the Texas Capital.   Carley had  been asking us to go and she wanted to take a real tour.  We did that and she loved it.  Corey did not enjoy it near as much, but was trooper.  

 She may be a history lover like her dad!   Also, Cody took the kids to the Volunteer Firefighter Memorial and showed the kids the name of his friend, David, who died with him in Idalou.   The kids were really sweet about it and made them even more proud of what their dad does.

 Lastly we went to Hula Hut and then to the Ann Richards bridge to see the bats.   Dinner was delicious.  (get the shrimp rellanos) Corey was mad because I wouldn't let him jet ski, even though we don't have a jet ski and we were not in swim suits.  The bats were a bust.   We waited an hour and a half and they never flew away.   It was a fun start to vacation none the less.