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Date

16 MAY 09 | 6:34PM

Summary

Rain forces us to find a fun activity under the cover of shelter.

This weekend I had the fortuity of running into two separate groups of out-of-towners. Lammo and Julie were in town for a training meeting for Julie’s work and Brigham and Mason were in town to look at houses to rent.

We had originally planned to either go tubing down the river or golfing, but because of the onslaught of torrential rain, neither plan really panned out, so instead we decided to head over to the UT Underground and bowl a few frames.

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I won in the end, though several have challenged my victory due to the fact that I enabled bumpers on my lane during the seventh frame. Go fig.

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Date

11 MAY 09 | 8:45PM

Summary

Asher enjoys some fun in the yard as rain falls all around.

I’d like to think that I’m a trusting person by nature, but I’ve learned that if there is one person you can’t trust, it’s the weatherman. Without even a hint of rain in the forecast, it started down pouring this afternoon, though I can’t complain too much because the lawn really needed the water.

Asher couldn’t resist the urge to go out and play, so I quickly volunteered Jill to accompany him so I could stay inside and take photos of the fun.

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We did get some odd looks from the neighbors, however, because Asher insisted on hanging over the edge of the sidewalk and splashing in the rainwater as it ran down the side of the curb.

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Date

09 MAY 09 | 4:45PM

Summary

Jill and I head down to San Antonio for a trip to the temple.

After a long and stressful week of finals, Jill decided that she needed to get out of town for a while, so we decided to head down to the San Antonio Temple for a while.

It had been a while since we’ve been able to go down by ourselves, so it was a great opportunity to go visit. We managed to get the last session available, which was lucky because the temple will be closed for the next two weeks for maintenance.

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Date

03 MAY 09 | 2:10AM

Summary

Late night, long-exposure photo of Austin's 360 Bridge.

I’ve been meaning to head out to the 360 Bridge in West Austin for a while to take some photos of what is probably one of the better sites in the city.

Because of time constraints, I ended up snagging this long-exposure shot at 12:30 a.m. (yes, that’s a half hour after midnight). The shutter was open for 6 minutes, allowing the camera to gather as much light as possible.

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It was a bit of a hike to the lookout spot, but it was relatively peaceful sitting up there overlooking the lake and looking at the stars.

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Date

01 MAY 09 | 10:42PM

Summary

Jill and I take Asher to his first baseball game at Texas State.

As it turns out I was somewhat mistaken about the caliber of sports teams at Texas State. While I can still confidently claim that their football team doesn’t hold a candle to my alma mater Longhorngs, it just so happens that the Texas State baseball team is nationally ranked.

So in honor of this new-found knowledge (and in the pursuit of cheap entertainment) Jill and I took Asher to a Texas State baseball game.

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While the Bobcats ended up losing, we still felt like winners, given how much fun we had.

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