What a Weekend!

Mat and I have been blessed throughout our lives with great friends. This weekend some of our good friends from OC, Rob and Sarah Long, came to visit. They came in on Thursday night, so we got to enjoy a long weekend with the Longs. We spent a lot of time catching up, showing them around Austin, and of course eating lots of good food!

We went to IKEA and REI on Friday. Mat spent some time at REI looking at the new toy he wants- an inflatable kayak. (More to come on that later...). Friday night, we "slipped on down to the Oasis"-even though our friends are NOT from low places :-) We enjoyed our dinner and the beautiful sunset. It was an absolutely perfect night for enjoying the outside.

We spent time Saturday downtown (not thinking about all of the people that would be down there for the Texas/Missouri game). We ate lunch at the Hula Hut, and then headed to Lady Bird Lake to rent some kayaks. Mat and I have talked since we moved to Austin about renting kayaks at the lake, and we were so glad to finally spend some time down there. We only spent about an hour on the lake, but we had so much fun. We got some great pictures and enjoyed the beautiful day. As we were leaving, Mat saw a couple in the inflatable kayak he wants, and after talking to them, he is convinced he needs one!
Rob and Sarah got married this summer at the Oklahoma capitol building, so after our kayaking adventure, we decided to show them the Texas capitol building. Saturday night we decided to take it easy and order pizza and enjoy some college football. It was a wonderful weekend that came to an end much too quickly!