Spring Break Day Trip to Austin

It has been Spring Break this week and we took a day trip to Austin on Friday. We had a great day together. We went to the Austin Zoo, Quacks Bakery, the Round Rock Outlet Mall and to Razzoo's for dinner. All in all, it was a great day.

The Austin Zoo is different from most zoos. It is a rescue zoo for animals that were household pets that ended up abandonned or circus animals that were rescued from inhuman conditions. Blaine took some pictures along the way yesterday. Here is a photo of Bandit, a three legged wolf whose ownders' didn't take care of an injured leg that had to be amputated. There were about eight lions being kept at the zoo, some who were household pets and others from the circus. There were tigers, bears, monkeys, snakes, and many more animals. We rode a little train around the area. The zoo is located very much off the beaten path, towards the hill country area. It was a great day to be outside walking around enjoying the sunshine.

Spring Break has come and gone....

Blaine and Aaron spent the beginning of the week working around the house on cutting down trees and working on our tank. The remainder of the week was spent in the house trying to stay warm after the weather dropped to the mid 40's and was raining for the first time in months. Abby and I spent the week as normal -- at daycare and work.

We spent Saturday evening hunting the perfect cedar trees to make fence posts....