My mom and I definitely enjoyed the few days we spent at the cabin with Dave and his parents – very relaxing. And it was great for Henry to have three grandparents there to spoil him!
Price Lake, along the Blue Ridge Parkway
The view from the cabin
This is also when we did the dress rehearsal for Henry’s Halloween costume.
We spent the second part of our Austin trip with Grant, Michelle, Larry and Hiroe. It was super awesome. Here are my favorite pictures (more after the fold).
Come on in, the water’s great!
Yummy beer tastes even better in my own glass
Grant made breakfast
Enjoying the hot tub waterfall
Recently Will, Ele and Finn came by to visit with us. Getting together was a late afternoon plan. I was happy to do something spontaneous on a night we usually spend in. We had a nice evening with a few drinks and Finn got to have dinner over here. Henry managed to coerce us to keep him up past his bedtime – he refused to go to sleep when he knew Finn was still downstairs playing with his toys!
Having Finn over is helpful to us because we see where we need to start shoring up our defenses. Our house is still not toddler proof because Henry is not crawling yet.
I like this shot – there’s Henry on Will’s shoulders and Finn on Dave’s.
Dave really spoiled me for my birthday this year. It seemed like every day for a week I got presents! It started with that amazing cake he made – so yummy and gorgeous!
And then he got me the Iron Man DVD, a Venture Industries t-shirt, a 4-port Tardis USB hub (that makes sound and light!) and my very own Muno plush!!
It was a great haul. 🙂 Thanks Dave and Henry for making my birthday week so special!!
Henry destroys Toy City in his monster-iffic halloween costume.
His costume says “little monster” on the feet.
He is a terror, isn’t he?
Look what Sean got me for my birthday:
It is a super cool new style lid to go on my existing worm bin. I really wanted this new lid for my worm bin, and he got it for me. Hooray!!
Thanks, Sean!!
Some pictures from our trip to see our friends in Austin. We had a great time visiting with Scott and Monica, their son Evan, and their collection of animals.
The boys didn’t really want to play together, but give them a few years!
Here’s Scott and his son.
And Dave with his son.
Scott and Monica and a few of their pets.
Henry playing with Evan’s Sit-N-Spin. He doesn’t really have as much balance as it looks in this picture.
The guest bathroom was like a spa – lovely products and a shower with teeny tiny tiles and a window that opens to the outside. My favorite! There was also this funky art in the bathroom.
One night we hit Mandola’s for dinner. The wine was so so yummy, I should have bought a bottle to bring home!
The cannelloni beans, however, were a disappointment. They were mealy and in a sauce that was so tomato-y it was hard to taste any other flavors.
We had a fabulous time. Thanks for being such great hosts, Monica and Scott!
Look how exciting! A recipe I sent into Everyday Food Magazine has generated some interest in the test kitchen.
Dave and I got a baby sitter for tonight and now we’re headed out to dinner! I am so excited!!
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