Spring Break 2014

After 12 years of living in Texas there is still so much to see and do - so we don't have to move yet.
We decided to head to Austin/San Antonio area for some fun.

First Stop:  We betrayed the Czech Bakery for the first time.  Whenever we head south we stop there for some delicious bakery treats and kolaches.  This time we took the advice of the Travel Channel's Adam Richman and went to Round Rock Donuts!  The were as big as they look and just as delicious.  We could have turned around and came home after that and called the weekend a success.

 

If you know Mason, you know how happy he is right here.  

Our first stop was the Natural Bridge Caverns.  

We weren't sure what exactly to expect but the lines and crowds and traffic told us it would be amazing!  I guess we weren't the only ones with the idea.  

It was amazing!  We loved it! This canopy was definitely the hit!

 I don't know how long we waited in line to do this - maybe 2 hours.  Here we are all harnessed up and ready to go.

 Mallory survived!  So did her mom!!

Getting ready to enter the cave.  

 

 After the caves we headed to New Braunfels and stayed at Schlitterbahn that night.  New Braunfels is not huge or that nice but we did find some yummy ma and pop restaurants before heading to the parks that day.  

Here is the brief description of how the watermark went.  It was freezing.  Freezing.  Freezing cold.  That didn't stop the kids from wanting to do the lazy river or watersides.  Waiting in line was torture!  There was one hot pool - just one for all of those freezing cold people.  Think sardines in a can.  So between every ride we wedged ourselves in that little hot pool among strangers to try and warm up.  When you're desperate you do things you wouldn't normally imagine yourself doing.  

Charlotte convinced Chris and eventually Roz to ride the SkyCoaster.  It was fun for Mason and Mallory and I to watch.  Charlotte got to pull the cord that sent them flying and Rozlyn clung on to her dad for her dear life.  

Here they are getting ready to ride to the top before the big plunge.  Right when the floor went out from under them Rozlyn said "I regret this idea." 

 SOARING!!

Sunday March 16th.  We headed to church that morning.  We always love visiting a random ward on vacation and then quizzing each other on who the leadership was, who spoke, and play the "same and different" game, comparing it to our own ward.

 We tried to go eat at another Adam Richman suggestion: Juan in a Million.  We were nervous driving through the neighborhood and more nervous when we pulled up, saw the huge line and that we had very little in common with anyone in the line.  We safely made it out of that negihborhood and to the capitol.  

 It's a small world after all - we bumped into a family from our very own neighborhood right out front.  We had to snap a picture.  The kids could were our tour guides, Charlotte is learning the state history right now and Rozlyn studied it all last year.  We're raising some smart Texans.

Finally we headed home.  Round Rock Donuts was so good the first time we had to hit it again.  Rozlyn is holding a normal sized glaze donut.  Everything is bigger in Texas, even the donuts.