Tuesday March 26th - Saturday March 30th
We were SO lucky and happy that Melanie's somewhat last minute trip to visit her parent's couldn't have been timed more perfectly. Mel and her daughter Lilly arrived Tuesday and she came over to Chandra's as soon as she could! I was so thrilled to finally meet Lilly. She IS cute.. but her photos can't begin to show off her personality. So happy and funny, I wish they didn't live in NY! It was a fantastic visit, very chill and it was great for Josh to finally meet Mel and Lilly was curious why Josh had a beard like her Dad, but where was his hair?? Indie had a blast meeting the Bashara's very energetic puppy, Bindi, as well... so much so that the old man was literally sore to the bones the next day! Bindi ran circles around Indie!! We had to give him baby tylenol and he was laid up a bit resting all day Wednesday. No worries though, back to his usually bouncy, hyper self the next day.
Wednesday, late morning, we got on the road after a quick stop at the mecca Whole Foods in Austin :) To the country! Which is still very city like for those who live out in the real boondocks in Texas... but 1700 people, the favorite bar in another town and the movie theater also a town over, is the country to me. Shortly after arriving we introduced Indie to the Cockrell pups, Doc & Annie (hysterical, I wish I had gotten a photo! Indie trotting around the yard constantly sniffing and check out the place with 2 little dogs at his heals like little ducklings!) Then my Dad began the cinnamon rolls, YUM!
We pretty much do the standard favorite things: eat, hang out, look forward to the 8am breakfast with the gang and a trip over to Shiner for some tastings which is always followed by Luling's City Market BBQ - drool....
As always, our departure came too soon. We headed out early Saturday morning for San Antonio for a very brief visit with my Mimi. After that we were officially on our journey back home... with a quick detour through the southern end of the Grand Canyon :)
