This year we celebrated our 17th wedding anniversary! Our actual anniversary was on a Tuesday so we made some plans for the following weekend. I'll try to spare you the boring details of what a nightmare it suddenly became when there actually wasn't a holiday for Columbus day like there always has been in our school district, and when Alex unexpectedly got a spot to return to in-person learning on that same day that was supposed to be a day off of school. But with friends and awesome kids Dan and I were still able to do our overnight in Austin.
We only actually spent about 24 hours on our own, but it was still good to spend time together without the kids. Our house is pretty small and it's pretty hard to get away from each other!
When I got in the car as we were leaving for Austin, there was a gift bag on my seat! I had been admiring the Kendra Scott necklaces for sometime. Dan and I even went to their store at La Cantera, but I was too overwhelmed to pick a necklace since they're completely customizeable. You pick a chain and a stone and they're cute and affordable! Dan decided to brave the store on his own and found a new stone they had and took a chance that I would like it, he was right! It's perfect. And the chain is adjustable so you can set it just the way you like it!
What a fun start to our getaway! We ate our PB&J in the car and made our way through the traffic to Austin and an art exhibit called Wonderspaces. This place has a collection of varying 'interactive' art exhibits that are fun to experience. I say interactive because you can move through most of them and experience them, it's not paintings on a wall.
Dan's always good about taking the time to try and see things from a different perspective |
We found a really good deal at the Fairmont Hotel in downtown Austin. Our rate included a $25 food credit and free parking, all for the price of a regular stay at a pretty basic hotel. This place was kinda fancy! We sent the boys some videos of the fancy lobbies and extreme art. We stayed on the 22nd floor and had a nice view of the pool that was on the rooftop of the 7th floor building attached to the hotel.
View of the hotel from the interstate |
View of the pool from our room. That's only half the pool too, the other half would be at the bottom of the picture. |
I photobombed his selfie :)
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Cade also had a big first this past weekend- first High School football game! They've had limited time and days to practice, so it wasn't a full fledged show or anything, but it was nice to sit under the lights, hear the band and watch the game. I know Cade had a good time playing music and hanging with friends. Yay!