They arrived on Thanksgiving, which happened to be my bday this year, so we had a delayed Thanksgiving on Friday so we could cook and enjoy all our normal traditions together!
Then not so normal for my parents we kicked off the Christmas season by decorating the house and triming the tree. In my parents house they don't decorate the tree until Christmas Eve, which is a fun tradition in itself, but I'm too anxious and love to get the tree up right after Thanksgiving. We had an eventful trip trying to get the tree though. We drove out all the way to Eglin, TX so we could cut down our own tree only to find out due to the drought they didn't have any. So we had to settle for just picking one up off the lot. But we did score some cute XMas decorations at the same time so the trip wasn't a total bust. We continued the Christmas activities with a play, Santaland Diaries, and heading out to Gruene Hall to get our picture with Cowboy Santa ;)
We enjoyed many great meals while they were in town, even discovered our new favorite brunch spot, Moonshine Patio & Grill, and of course Salt Lick. No trip to Texas is complete without some BBQ! We toured different areas of town but they were all balanced out with a great restaurant or treat as well. Pflugerville was paired with German Food, South Congress and Amy's Ice Cream, the Lake and Hula Hut, and even the Austin Duck Tours gave us more info on restaurants than actually history or facts. Guess we Texans just love our food. Maybe that's why everything is Bigger in Texas ;)
Before the week was over we also squeezed in some quality time over mani's/pedi's and relaxing time at the Wineries. I wish every week was parents week! Thanks for making the trek Mom & Dad, we had a blast!
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