America Part II- Austin and Olivia's Birthday

After my girls weekend, the girls and I stuck around Austin for some more visits and fun.  We spent the night with our sweet cousin, Colin!  We always have so much fun the David, Jolyn, and Colin!

 We went out on the boat and went tubing!

 Stopped and played on the water swing

Then we stayed a couple nights out with Maggie, Scott and their three boys!  Dinner at their favorite Mexican restaurant

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 Tim, Jenny, Emery and Delia came to Houston for the weekend!  We went to the Downtown Aquarium.  We had a surprise birthday treat for Olivia at the end.

Aunt Jenny bravely took the kids on all the rides

 Swimming the next morning at their hotel

 Silly Eliza and Uncle Matt

 Cookie Monster!  Hilarious recreation from our childhood.  This one turned out better than the last, thanks to Aunt Jenny

 Sweet birthday twins

 I love all of the love in this pic.  It is just so sweet

 I love my big girl!

Will thought it would be funny to throw in a little bottle of alcohol into Olivia duffel for camp.  She left the next morning!

CSD Girls Weekend

Each year, our annual "#girlicane" is as much fun, if not more than the last.  These girls!  They have my heart.  We have the BEST time together.  I hope we do this forever!  I am super grateful that Aunt Murf picked up the girls and drove them to Austin, so they could spend time with my mom and Bill.  They had so much fun staying in a hotel with her. 

Just a few people at the pool at the new JW

Dinner at Justine's

 The grossest drink ever.  I tried hard to drink it, but gave up.  Smokey disgusting

 We popped out the back door of a bar and this is what I saw, The Driskill!

Lady Bird Lake the next morning

 Delicious dinner and drinks at NoVa on Rainey Street

 Because, why not?

 All smiles....

 Terror, after witnessing a hit and run!!

America Part 1: Austin, Rockport, San Antonio, Houston!

We are home!  So fun to be back in the States with family and friends!

 All of my packages waiting for me!

 One of our first stops, TARGET!

 These girls love Wolfgang! Eliza taking selfies with him

 No cavities!

We try and get all of the doctor's appointments done before MPR comes home

 A quick trip to Austin.  Huge highlight, meeting Baby Liam!  Rosina's baby boy!

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Rockport for the 4th, of course!

Uncle Matt riding in the back with the girls!

 "Rockportians"

 Epic display of dancing primarily by Uncle Timmy...putting green poles and all

 Haylie and Olivia

Using a pan lid from the shrimp boil as a shield during a hose fight with Uncle Matt

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 We decided to do a little weekend getaway to San Antonio with The Rays.  It was such a fun time!

 Eliza with her beloved, Nonna

 Gunther House, one of our favorites

 The Alamo 

 The yummy dinner we had a restaurant in the new Pearl Brewery District

After dinner we stumbled upon this free concert that encouraged dancing.  The girls had a ball!

On the way out of town, we went and found Ducky's grandfather, General's old house.  I had not see it since I was a child, but was able to find it.

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Next up, Austin!  Our annual "Crash the Rhodes' Casa" weekend!  Always epic and always exhausting!

MPR tubing with the girls

The 360 Bridge

 MPR and Fife attempting the rope swing...not since college.

 The Weavers came over!  So great to see them.  The kids had so much fun together, as did the adults.

 Vietnamese Pancake at Elizabeth Street...so yummy

Eliza walking down The Drag "talking on her phone"

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 ASTROS!!!  We met some of our dear Abu Dhabi friends at an Astro's game!

SSR, Erin, Elizabeth, and Chetna

Nina and Olivia

Maya and Eliza

 The kids were on TV!

 She has her rally cap on

We went to dinner with our sweet friends, The Grings and The Hayes

  El Patio!  Mike was leaving the next day, before Olivia's actual birthday, so we had an early birthday dinner for her.

 An iPad mini!!!

 They were thrilled!