Weekend in Austin

The day after Grace's birthday, we met the Powell's in Austin at the Huey's House for a long friend and kid weekend. We arrived Friday night. The Huey's live in a large, beautiful home in the Steiner Neighborhood in Austin. They have a fabulous backyard where we spend the majority of the weekend. The weather was gorgeous and the kids had a blast! There were 7 kids total ages 22 months thru 5 years. We cooked out, went to the Austin Zoo, celebrated Grace and Becks' birthdays with a St. Patrick's Day theme, and had a bit of "find the leprechaun" game going on all weekend for the little ones. Most of you have seen it on my Instagram, but I created 6 different notes that the kids would find throughout the weekend starting with a book about the leprechaun and instruction to look for him so they could get his pot of gold. We used shamrock confetti to show the leprechaun had been around. They got green jellybeans and had to search for his hat and wear green all day on Saturday. They made magic pudding (pistachio) when they mixed milk with the magic powder. They had to hunt for gold coins (chocolate) and just had a really good time, although they did not find the leprechaun! I got the ideas from my expert Kindergarten teacher, GG! On top of that, we just had a really good weekend with our friends and got enough visiting in without any major kid accidents. At this time in our lives, that is a win! Here's a few quick pics: