Temple & Austin

Andrew took a couple of days off work and we headed back to Temple and on to Austin for a quick visit. It was so much fun to go back and see our Temple friends and get time to hang out with Adam & Heather again. We met up with a group at Temple's new "cool" restaurant called Dead Fish on Lake Belton. (The restaurant is great, but they could have used a little more appetizing of a name!) This is the group minus the Hogg's who left before we got the camera out. It was so fun to be with old friends again!

(Bossens, Bossens, Barkers, & Newmans)

We also made the rounds at Scott & White and McLane to say hi to work friends. Drew was the entertainment of the day. He loved seeing new faces and actually mastered his waving skills that day trying to entertain everyone!

Drew made some new friends in Temple when we stopped by to see our friends KiKi and Dave and their precious new baby Skyla Ann. Skyla has a big sister Harlie who is about Avery's age. Harlie had really fun toys for Drew to play with. While Drew was playing, Harlie raided his diaper bag! I went to change Drew's diaper and there were no diapers in the diaper bag. I thought it was strange, but the trip was so crazy that maybe we ran out and forgot to put more diapers in the bag. Dave said we could use one of theirs and went to Harlie's room. He found all of Drew's diapers on the shelf where Harlie's diapers go!! Smart girl...the diapers go on the shelf, not in the bag! She also found Drew's shoes in his bag and put them with her shoes in her room. We didn't discover that until after we had left town, so we'll be stopping at KiKi & Dave's to retrieve our shoes on our next pass through town! :)

After Temple, we hit the road and went to Austin for 2 nights of "Gram Camp" and to celebrate my birthday. The Poage crew was all there too...so we had a full house! It was a blast (and very busy!) having all the grandkids together. It all went smoothly until we were cooking dinner the second night and heard Julia whaling all of a sudden. I looked over and Drew had her pinned down and was chomping on her head. Poor Jules...he still thinks that the world is his chew toy. Other than that, the kids loved playing with all the fun stuff Gram had on hand.

Drew loved the box of stuffed animals

Pajama party! playing before breakfast

Learning how to make a pretty pie crust (it's my first Thanksgiving to cook...I needed lessons!)

It's too bad Sherman is a long drive away from Temple & Austin. I wish we could do this more often. It was a fun weekend of friends & family!