Visiting Austin!

 This last week we had the great good fortune of visiting our son and his family in Austin, Texas, where they have lived the last few years. We flew out on Saturday evening and flew back on Wednesday. We enjoyed seeing them and meeting our granddog, Penny. Addie won the most enthusiastic grandchild award. Every time we came to the house, she would yell, "Papa!" (for Opa) and jump into Scott's arms. It was very endearing. She was a big fan.

We spent Sunday at Lincoln's house watching General Conference and then went to a park to see the famous Texas bluebonnets which were blooming. First we had a Texas-shaped waffle at the hotel where we stayed.

I was trying to duplicate a picture from 1970 when I was a tiny tot:

  

I also visited a friend whom I have known for 45+ years:

Monday we went downtown and walked on the trail that goes next to the Colorado River of Texas (which is different from the Colorado River in Utah).

We rented some canoes:

We saw quite a few turtles:

And ate some BBQ at Terry Black's:

Afterwards Scott and I visited the Capitol building although I was too tired to do much:

Tuesday we went to San Antonio and visited the Alamo and the Riverwalk.

It was a hot day and there was a Haagen-Daz store located right next to the Alamo so of course we got some ice cream. Then we went to the Riverwalk to have some lunch.

On Wednesday it was really windy so we couldn't play pickleball like we wanted to outside but we found a recreation center where we could play. Lincoln and MiCayla had never played before but they picked it up quickly:

We spent the rest of the afternoon hanging out before we had to go to the airport:

It was a fun trip! Thanks for hosting us, Lincoln and MiCayla!