Our weekend visitor

This past weekend my mom made her first visit to Austin.  She had been waiting for a long weekend and one finally came around.  Kyle & I love having visitors, especially family, so we excited to have her!

The majority of what we did consisted of eating and shopping- my favorite combo!  There are some amazing outlets down in San Marcos, so we spent the day there on Saturday spending all of our Christmas money.

Sunday was a beautiful day so we headed down to tan off-leash dog park downtown to enjoy the weather. If you haven't been, dog parks are actually quite entertaining.  Even if you don't have a dog.  It's just fun to watch these ecstatically happy dogs run around and play with each other. Deacon & Mercedes were definitely in the ecstatic dog category...

The park, Town Lake, is located right downtown on the Colorado river.  So, the dogs can jump in the water or they get hot.  That is an important option for our two who do not do well in the Texas heat (the short muzzle). Apparently, boxers rate a 1 out of 5 on heat tolerance.  I think summer may be a challenge! They also rate 2 out of 5 on cold tolerance- so apparently only people in San Diego should own boxers.  Interesting...

After our time at the park, we went out the dinner at a local restaurant named 'Moonshine'.  It came highly recommended to us by a few friends so we decided to check it out.  The food style was 'fancy southern'- can it get any better than deep-fried asparagus and creamy, gooey macaroni and cheese big enough to feed a family of four?

They bring popcorn to your table when they seat you...

Mason Jars for drinks

The dinner was phenomenal, although we all felt like we needed to be rolled out of there on a flatbed truck.  My mom left yesterday afternoon to head back to Virginia. It was a great trip and we miss her already! 

-Stacie