Austin City Limits Fest

ACL Fest 2013

 

 

I went to Austin to spend time with my best friend Pam and enjoy the great Austin live music festival. Had so much fun!

Day one, we parked and walked to Zilker via the trails on Town Lake.

 
 
We arrived early on Friday and the crowd was pretty thin.  The festival had this great craft beer tent. They had lots of different beers, and a few gluten free ciders. It was s nice place to get out of the sun for a little bit.

 
 

Here we go...Day 1! Pam, Jen and ME.

 

The beautiful Austin skyline from Zilker park.

Lots of people bring flags to the event to mark their spot, show their pride etc.  There were some really cool/creative flags around.

 
 
 
 


For our flag, Pam found this cool wind kite who we named Randy.  Randy was very useful for finding each other as the festival got more crowded.  He was our mascot of the weekend. 

 T-shirts being modeled on some crazy Austin mannequins

Depeche Mode ended day one.. so fun!

Day 2 we parked near Threadgills and biked into Zilker. Pam's daughter and friend joined us! The bikes were the way to go for sure!!

DAY 2 Another beautiful day!

 Day two was tons of fun.. The music was great.  It was very hot, but the cold front blew in around 4:00 and it was downright cold that evening.  We ended the night with the Cure.  I didn't make it to day 3 as I had to head back home but Pam and Jen represented,.  It was a really great time!! I miss Austin!




Our chilly ride back to the car at the end of the night..

Thanks Pam, Jen and Leah for a great weekend! XOXO


Joshua's first Homecoming



Made my first mum. Turned out cute..I can do much better next year! Hopefully he will give me more than 1 days notice!

Joshua and all of his "band" buddies went to his first dance of High School..Homecoming.
It was a Western Theme this year. Some of the boys wore boots. Some just got dressed up. Josh went the boots and jeans route.

His date was actually just a good friend. No romance there. They went in a big group to Olive Garden then off to the dance. Everyone had fun. It was a successful night!

Thomas Turns 12!

 

Thomas is in Middle School now...he's 12 years old!! And what a great kid he is.  He woke up to presents, balloons (one football, one baseball) and donuts.  He opened presents and then went off to school!

 

 

Presents included a video game, some clothes, new football, linebacker gloves and a UT jacket!

 

 

 

We had sushi for dinner at Piranha. YUM!

 

The following week, we went to play paint ball with a few buddies...and had cookie cake.

Happy Birthday to our athletic saxophone player!

Charles Turns 9

For Charles' 9th birthday he had some buddies over to swim, have cake, go ice skating and spend the night.  We had a Duck Dynasty Theme...his favorite show at the moment.

His actual birthday was on the Friday before the party. He woke to up donuts and presents...a family tradition.

Donuts in the shape of a "9"

 Presents next to the Happy Birthday Plate

We went to the neighbors house where we celebrated with brownies that night.

He was very excited about this airsoft gun...and Croquet Set. 

 

 


Green Black Brown and Camo decorations...the Duck Dynasty Stuff!

 

 

 

 After swimming and cookie cake, it was off to the skating rink. They boys had a really fun time!

Happy Birthday Charles!!!