V A L E N T I N E ' S D A Y
We had a wonderful Valentines Day this year. Eric is always saying that he'll never buy me flowers because 1. They just die and 2. They always overcharge you for them. Both reasons I can agree with. But the little bugger surprised me at lunch with a beautiful bouquet of gorgeous red roses! I was shocked! (Thank you Costco for making reasonably priced flowers on Valentines haha) Then I have been saying how I am "eating healthy" (yeah right but I try) so sweet Eric didn't want to buy me chocolate and ruin my "diet" so he found these healthy greek yogurt dipped strawberries! And they are Yummy! He is so thoughtful :)
That night we went out to dinner at one of our favorite spots, Mandola's. We ate way to much and got delicious gelato. Afterwards we walked around the galleria (an outdoor mall) while I waited for my next surprise.... the new Nicholas Sparks movie that came out that day! This is the only day of the year I can get Eric to go see a chick flick with me and he knew I had read the book and been wanting to see the movie so he had got ticket for us and let me get popcorn! This is a big deal cause we never get that horribly bad for you but ever so delicious treat!
I am so lucky to have him in my life and I am so happy I have eternity to spend with him! Don't worry I didn't let him only spoil me without him getting him anything. I did a Valentines count down for him and left him treats and little gifts every morning when he woke up.
** Disclaimer to our future children.... Your dad does know how to smile like a normal person.... He just never does it :) Let's hope this doesn't carry on to your generation!
E X P L O R I N G A U S T I N
The past few weeks we have had gorgeous weather! Sun shining, mid 70's, can't go wrong with being outside! So we've taken some time to explore our new city.
We stumbled upon the cutest and most fun candy store on south congress. This place is a mix between the candy store Honeydukes in Harry Potter and an old fashioned ice cream parlor. Needless to say, we were in sweets heaven! Eric drooled over the salt water taffy and walked out with a big bag full munchin like a little kid as we walked up and down Congress.
Austin is known for "Keep Austin Weird" and we sure witnessed plenty of that. But honestly I love it!
I don't know who drives this car but they are one kooky person!
Zilker Park is my favorite place in Austin. That is where my favorite running trail is around the lake, and it's just so fun! It reminds me of Central Park during summer in all the movies.
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I don't really understand this sticker but it is Harry Potter so I love it! And yes, that is a Horse head wearing a Suit! Keeping Austin Classy! |
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| A RoadRunner!! This little cutie was just outside our apartment! My first live Roadrunner, I guess he was trying to hide behind that sprinkler :) We live right by the Barton Creek Greenbelt that has hiking (nothing like Utah hiking) and when we have rain and aren't in a drought like this year has lots of water and little waterfalls and pool you can swim in. We were watching a friends dog, Mushu, and took her out with us to hike and explore the Greenbelt. It was so fun! Eric says next time he's going swimming in the pool of water ;)      
Recently we bought a juicer! Thank you again Costco :) we loaded up on fruits and veggies and had a juicing fest one night! So much deliciousness!
We made:
- Fresh Orange Juice
- Carrot, Celery, and Apple Juice: this was actually really good!
- Strawberry Juice
- Pineapple Juice: my favorite, added a little coconut syrup and had the BEST pina colada!
- Orange, Apple, Pineapple
We are going to be having lots of fun with this little gem!
   
Blurry yes, Still trying to get used to my fancy camera haha but i liked it so I kept it :)
Eric has been playing on the Ward Basketball Team and I love getting to go watch him! He does really well, makes me so proud :) He enjoys playing a lot and the team does pretty well when we can get enough guys there.
   
W E I R D T R I P T O S A N A N T O N I O
We took a mini trip down to San Antonio for a night. I had a volleyball tournament on Saturday so we went down the night before to go to the temple and explore San Antonio a bit! Boy was it completely opposite of what we had planned! First we took off early afternoon and as we drove down realized that you had to have an appointment to do a session. So we decided to check into the hotel and then call to see if we could get a spot. We had reserved a hotel earlier in the week off the internet. It looked like a decent hotel, clean and nice with free breakfast! As we followed the GPS we ended up in a not so good looking hotel. I got out and walked into the lobby to be greeted by a Male clearly dressed as a Women. Hmm....should this be a warning? I think "No, don't be judgmental, He, or she?, was very nice". They couldn't find our reservation and had no record of us in the computer, they did have a room available so it ended up working out. I walk out to get Eric and there is a police car out front. Warning Number 2? We gather our things and go to our room. Definitely NOT like the picture online. Warning 3 for sure! Oh no what do we do? We'd rather sleep in the car then here. Thankfully one of my players mom had some hookup at another hotel so I called and they had a room left! We grabbed our stuff and hurried down to the lobby to cancel our stay! We GPSed our new hotel and I have never seen a prettier and clean Holiday Inn in my life! I was so grateful! We got checked in and went to our room, had a good laugh about our funny adventure and sat down to plan out the rest of the day. We needed food ASAP, called to temple to see if we could still make a session, nope they were all full, and knew we wanted to go see the River Walk downtown. By this time it was probably 3:30. We got dressed for the temple and walked out the door, only to find that our hotel room didn't lock. It was broken. We called the front desk and they sent up a workman. He was so nice and hurried as fast as he could but took forever fixing our door! I was starting to worry we were never going to make it to the temple. And to top it all off I was getting a major migraine and wasn't sure how long I was going to last. Eventually we got out the door and were debating do we eat first or just go to the temple? We went straight to the temple knowing that we already had someone working against us making it there and didn't need anymore interference!
We got to the beautiful temple and who did we see? Two friends from the ward! Ah I love seeing friends at the temple! It was so nice being able to go to the temple and feel the Spirit!
We came out of the temple and directly went out to eat, we were starving! Then we went down to the River Walk. This is a pretty cool place! This river runs through a bunch of restaurants, cafes, bars and shops all downtown.
  
XOXO,
The Peterson's
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