European Tour

It's a hard way to make a living but someone's gotta do it, I'm back on the road again and this time its to Germany & Spain ;)

In Germany we enjoyed the Castles, Riesling, & Rhine River:

And in Spain we enjoyed the Football, Food, Royalty, Art, & Sherry:

And their was some work thrown in there too ;)

Luckenbach

We found the Fest Out West!  One of our favorite spots on the outskirts of town is definitely Luckenbach, TX.  We headed out there for, surprise, another festival and enjoyed a laid back afternoon listening to music and people watching.  We've invented a new game since moving to Texas, we see who can spot the most cell phone holders hanging from the waist.  It's not a hard find around here ;)

Pfirecracker Pfestival

We had the best 4th of July, it was kinda random last minute plans but it worked out perfectly.  Our town has an annual festival around the lake; live music, vendors, fireworks, etc. so we decided to check it out this year.  We rented a paddle boat so we could be out on the water for the fireworks.  Granted it was a lot of work to stay in the location we wanted but a cool breeze and cooler full of beer and we were just fine.  We had an amazing view of the fireworks and really enjoyed some quality time together!  This is something that could definitely turn into a new tradition. 

DC

There is nothing like a trip back to VA to make you feel homesick.  We have so many amazing family & friends in the area our trips back are just never long enough.  We miss you all and enjoy every second of our visits!

I was in town for work and Shaun arrived on Thursday to join the fun.  The whole trip was kind of a whirlwind because it was so packed.  Thursday we had an amazing night out in Shirlington with Mario & Elda, then Friday I enjoyed a day with Catherine while Shaun hit the links.  We met up with the Carlson for dinner on Friday night and on Saturday were able to meet the newest addition to the Donald clan.  We moved on to the winery, in a heat wave I might add, but that didn't stop all our amazing friends from coming out.  The party continued as a few of us headed back to the DeMays and out to dinner to keep the good times alive.  Then Sunday we headed out to Baltimore with the fam to catch the O's game and some hard crabs on the waterfront.  Monday we had our grand finale at the Rio Grande before flying home.  No trip is ever complete without some chips & a swirl!  Like I said kind of non-stop but we wouldn't have it any other way ;)

Tubing/Camping

My boss lives up in Dallas and her friends started an annual trip to the river near Canyon Lake that we crashed this year.  It was a blast, we enjoyed a weekend in the wilderness and discovered our new favorite toy, the Flabongo!  Shaun purchased one so anyone wondering what that is just needs to come for a visit to check it out for themselves ;)

Washers Tournament

Deutschenfest just got that much better, we found a washers tournament at the Green/Red Barn to participate in.  It was our first one and apparently we should have done some better research.  We thought we were smart getting a few practice rounds in the weekend before but it ends up we were practicing on the wrong type of boards.  We showed up at the tournament and instead on a small circle in a large box we were playing on long thin boards with three holes.  All in all we held our own and advanced a few rounds so I was really proud of ourselves.  My biggest fear was getting skunked in the first round.  It was a lot of fun in the end and afterwards we enjoyed some German food, beer, and music at the festival. 

San Diego

Another work perk, we're based in San Diego so I get to travel to sunny California almost every month!  This time I was out there for 2 weeks straight so Shaun flew out and joined me for a weekend of sun & fun!  We had a fun triple date with my coworkers on Friday night and then spent Saturday in Coronado enjoying the sun & sand at the famous Hotel Del.  It was a little slice of paradise and hard to get back on the ferry to return to the gas lamp district.  But it was worth it after all as we ended the evening at Oceanaire for some wine and oysters.  I could get used to weekends like this.  Is a move to San Diego in our future?!?!  A girl can dream can't she ;)