Julie's Visit

One week ago today, Julie came to visit the Savage Family (although I tell myself she came just for me!!). Last Thursday, we stayed pretty close to home dropping Nicholas & a friend off a preschool, driving around Georgetown searching for something "scenic" and finally driving past the actual "Round Rock". Exciting. Then we went to a store that quickly became Julie's favorite: Ikea. I love Ikea. I love how they "trap" you in their store and force you to look at EVERYTHING. They have such great stuff too! After Ikea, we met Jason for lunch. Yum, pizza! That evening, Julie & I headed to The Domain, an upscale shopping area that proved to be a bit much for us! Friday was our day "out". We dropped the kids off at a friend's house (Jason picked them up at lunchtime) and went to Mt. Bonnell. I love the pics from up there... it was beautiful as always. From there, we walked around Lady Bird Lake for a while. It was a little tricky to navigate Austin as Austin City Limits was in full swing. After our little stroll, we headed to South Congress - neat place, but many places didn't open until 11am - and we were there at 10am. Lunch was at Hula Hut - an odd restaurant on Lake Travis. Very yummy. After lunch we headed to the San Marcos Outlets. LOVE shopping there... but needed several days to do it! About halfway through ONE of the two centers, we were both pretty exhausted! We toughed it out and managed to go to most of the stores we were interested in (after a while, we just wanted to GO!). We stayed in again Friday night (we were TIRED!). Saturday morning was the obligatory breakfast tacos (yum) and Nicholas' soccer game. Then came the WORST part of the weekend... saying goodbye. Miss her already, but had a great time! Enjoy some pics!