We had the best Memorial Day Weekend! It was the first time since New Years that Jordin got work off, so we took full advantage of it! We left Friday night and drove to Austin (about a 4 1/2 hr drive- which P did remarkably well). And went to a camping place called Pace Bend Park. It is on this giant lake called Lake Travis (similar to Lake Powell-for you Utah folks). We didn't get there until 11, then drove around for almost an hour trying to find the perfect camp spot. There were two sides to the camp, the cliff side and the beach side. (With hiking trails in between.) The beach side was SUPER crowded, but the cliff side wasn't. The trick was finding a spot that wasn't
right next to a 1,000 ft. cliff! We eventually found one, and then set up camp.
Here is the first place we put it. (because it was super late at night and we couldn't scope out the very best spot.) Can you tell how seriously we, by that I mean Jordin, take camping?! :)
In the morning we found a better spot and moved it to a shadier spot that was nestled by some oak trees. So Jordin and I dragged (drug?) the tent to the better location on the other side of out camping site.
Pretty, Eh?
Here are some more pics of cute P-cakes and our camping trip. This is the first morning. She was pretty happy!
She loves flowers so when we went on a walk, she had to pick a flower. She kept this flower with her all day until we went swimming in the after noon.
See? Lots of flowers. Told ya.
This is a blurry picture of P, but it is also one of the only ones where she is wearing shoes at camp. I don't know how she could walk all over without shoes, but she absolutely refused to wear them if she could help it. Sounds like me when I was little, right mom and dad?
This is the second morning. She was 'helping' dad make breakfast. By that I mean, she held the lid to the Pam and wouldn't let it go. :)
Look at my cute husband making us some pancakes. My favorite is how the spatula is in his pocket.
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| He's not spanking her. She's a drum. |
This is us on the way to the beach side of the park so we could go swimming. Pailey LOVED swimming. We got some arm floaties for her and she was just so content the whole time. At first she would just sit on the ledge of the rocks (like 5 inches above the water) and throw little rocks in while Jordin and I would take turns jumping into the water. Then she really got into and spent like the next hour 'jumping' into Jordin's arms in the water.
This is the next day when we climbed down some of the cliffs to this more secluded swimming cove. She really liked this spot too. There weren't as many boats on this side, which means less wakes so she was able to float and kick around better. One hilarious thing that she would do is sing 'Ring 'round the rosie' OVER AND OVER while spinning in the water.
This is a MASSIVE resort on the other side of the water called "The Island" It was beautiful!
The above pic is us waiting at a swimming hole called Hamilton Pool. There were so many people there (because of the holiday) that the park rangers would only let one car in when another one left. So we played Go Fish for about 30 min. until it was our turn.
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| My cute family |
This is a round about view of the pool. It was awesome!
Here is the sunset at our camp. It was so pretty, but my phone just didn't capture the real beauty of it.
One thing about camping in Texas is that it is HOT. Super humid and in the 90's everyday. So at night, we didnt put pajamas on P, she slept really well surprisingly for being on the ground. (Jordin and I had an air mattress because I refused to sleep on the ground and be 5 months pregnant at the same time.) :)
I love this next pic. This is the moment she woke up. She's such a beauty queen!
This video is hilarious. If you listen close at the beginning, you'll hear her say 'All done.' meaning that she is done sleeping. So funny.
This is a really pretty bridge in Austin. Austin all in all was just so pretty. Much prettier than Houston, for sure. There were rolling hills and it was so clean! It is like the hippiest place in Texas. Loved it. We just stopped there for lunch on the way home, and didn't take a lot of time there but it was nice overall.
This is on our way home. She was not very happy.
That lower lip thing is something she has mastered, for sure.
We had such a blast! And we want to go back and spend more time in actual Austin. But at the very least, it was just nice to get away from our routines and do something different. What'd you do this weekend?
