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Date

18 OCT 09 | 7:31PM

Summary

A car trip up the winding roads of the Texas Hill Country.

In light of the lovely weather we had this weekend we decided to retrace our steps along a scenic Texas Hill Country drive we had discovered a few years ago. Winding through the hills along Route 12, just west of San Marcos, we made our way along what is dubbed Devil’s Backbone.

Once we reached the top, we pulled over at a rest stop to enjoy the sweeping views of the rolling hills and valleys. Unfortunately, our moment of peace and quiet was short-lived as car after car of people pulled over to take photos. Apparently this spot was not as secluded and undiscovered as we had thoughts.

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Date

17 OCT 09 | 6:32PM

Summary

Asher's gloriously golden locks of hair.

It has been a while since I’ve updated the website, so I decided what better topic to blog about than Asher’s hair? We’ve been training it back so that it won’t fall into his eyes often, but as of now, we have no definite plans to cut it. As long as it continues to be awesome, we’ll let it go, though there is talk to going to a stylist to even things out.

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Date

10 OCT 09 | 8:22PM

Summary

Celebrating Mom and Dad's birthdays in Houston.

It had been several months since Jill and I have had the opportunity to pack up the car and visit Houston, so as Mom and Dad’s birthdays loomed on the horizon, we quickly put together plans to go down and visit.

Tiffani thought that a nice way to celebrate would be to take Mom and Dad to Pappasitos for dinner so we made the arrangements and off we went. We of course had to tell the wait staff that we had two very special birthday guests at our table, and without fail they brought out a birthday sombrero for Mom and a few bowls of brownies and ice cream.

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It was nice to finally get back into Houston to see family after a long summer. Happy Birthday Mom and Dad!

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Date

04 OCT 09 | 7:31PM

Summary

An unexpected evening tour of the Kyle Fire Department.

Sometimes when we leave to go on our Sunday afternoon walks we leave with no plan in mind, hoping that something interesting will find us. Today was definitely an example of that!

On our way down the road, we passed the fire station that is just a few minutes away from our house. We noticed a huge jet of water erupting from the back of the station and swung the car around to see what was going on. It turns out that the large fire engine at the station has a remote-controlled water jet! The firemen came over to talk to us and when they saw Asher in the back of the car, they invited us to come and take a tour of the station.

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It was a lot of fun for us to talk with the firemen and for Asher to get to explore all the different trucks and equipment. They offered us a tour anytime we wanted to come back, so I’m sure it won’t be long until we visit them again.

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Date

03 OCT 09 | 5:56PM

Summary

Keeping Asher occupied for two days of General Conference.

This weekend was General Conference, which meant that we had to find creative ways to keep Asher occupied for a total of 8 hours. Thankfully we have a computer hooked up to the TV in the living room so that we could stream conference over the internet and watch from the couch.

Asher did well, some of his favorite activities included dominoes, coloring, and playing on my iPhone for 6 straight hours. I would normally have cut his playing on my phone short, but he was quiet and it let me and Jill enjoy the conference, so I let it slide.

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Along with conference we got a ton of rain on Saturday. Between sessions, Jill and I looked out the window to discover that our back yard was underwater!

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