Austin Vacay

Before our trip to Lake Travis, we took a little mini vacay to Austin with just our family.  We went to the Capitol, went hiking, and went to the movies.  It was a fun little relaxing vacation.

We went to the Capitol and the boys had a great time.  I thought they'd be bored but they really enjoyed it.

They loved checked out all of the different rooms.  Caleb especially loved going up all the different "levels" (like a video game).  We'd go up a flight of stairs and he'd say "what level are we on now?"

This cool tree was outside of the Capitol.  Of course they wanted to climb it but it's some sacred tree that you're not allowed to touch.

We tried several cool restaurants from Diners Drive In's and Dives.

We went to a state park full of hiking trails and springs.  This was the favorite activity for the boys.  Caleb still talks about going hiking and wanting to go back.  I was suprised they lasted as long as they did because it was over 100 degrees outside.  It was miserable!

I didn't go too deep in that water.  I didn't know what was swimming around in there.  It was pretty cold too.  Of course the boys loved it.

We saw a deer as soon as we got there.  That was pretty neat.

We went to the movies to see Epic.  Great movie!

Eating at another fun restaurant.  Can't go wrong with chips and salsa!

All cleaned up to go out to dinner.

There was a motocycle convention that weekend and our hotel was full of them!  We left to go home on Friday morning and the motorcycles were lining up.  Whew, left just in time!

And of course, we had to stop in West on our way home.  :-)