tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62849037712017031422024-03-05T20:46:48.865-08:00meet the vancesJakeandjesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759551078941901314noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284903771201703142.post-62484024561984430812010-10-20T20:04:00.000-07:002010-10-20T20:06:29.517-07:00Miss Us?Wish we could say that there was some excuse for our -ahem- month long absence, but no.<br /><br />Just click the link below.<br /><br />http://meetthevances.wordpress.com/2010/06/17/hello-world/Jakeandjesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759551078941901314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284903771201703142.post-44936141128605423222010-09-08T20:52:00.000-07:002010-09-08T21:06:00.898-07:00a new blog?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Jess's latest obsession has been fashion blogs. Her afternoon routine includes a shower (gotta wash of the kid/playground smell what comes with teaching) and some time in front of her laptop winding down with some unique fashion blogs (in and outside of Texas). With a closet full of clothes and some of the best thrift stores around, she's constantly inspired to rework her wardrobe and find something new to wear. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The point of this post? Would you read a blog she writes about her daily outfits. The angle of the blog would be about how a teacher doesn't have to settle on something boring or within the "holiday sweater" genre. A (newish) hobby that allows her to feel good about expressing herself through her daily outfit picks. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';font-size:13px;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlz63UYVs2dkLB6csmptcMXQheD7Ayd_xcUbVt-OTMElGFbWk3Uj45ZQwuiNin1BGM_fHWpDZ11CF-W8aRtbFPOvUs9mU0NreT8F7ksT8R02ZDBPpwKhTsbPfVhEkrhn8oJNh6gFAl9XI/s1600/chalkboard-001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 192px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlz63UYVs2dkLB6csmptcMXQheD7Ayd_xcUbVt-OTMElGFbWk3Uj45ZQwuiNin1BGM_fHWpDZ11CF-W8aRtbFPOvUs9mU0NreT8F7ksT8R02ZDBPpwKhTsbPfVhEkrhn8oJNh6gFAl9XI/s320/chalkboard-001.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514759579112919970" /></a><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Jake gives the thumbs up and even offered to host photo shoots. Honestly, would you read? </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">p.s.</span> any blog (teacher theme) title ideas? </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new'; font-size: 13px; ">so far we have "Teacher, Teacher I Declare..." or "A Lesson in Fashion" --feedback?</span><br /></div>Jakeandjesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759551078941901314noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284903771201703142.post-46378343007189032052010-09-06T13:12:00.000-07:002010-09-06T13:44:58.257-07:00free day of yoga<span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Today's yoga experience was one for the books. Jess chose a few favorite teachers and/ studios for us to check out today. One of her fav teachers is named Zoe. She met her during her brief stint at Lulu having taken a few of her classes around town. Zoe comes to class with an open heart, great messages, and a cool little accordion that she plays (and sings to) both a the beginning of class.<br /><br />We didn't think of bringing our camera to class because we expected it to be like any other class we have taken. Totally wrong.<br /><br />First off, Love Yoga Co-op is a new studio to us. It looks like house with 2 small bungalows behind it. The leveled areas and floor to ceiling windows that overlooked Bouldin Creek gave you the feeling of practicing up high up in a tree house.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgweNzg6a6a2uEmquq9MjOrJj4VSETZmvSJre0HxRN8pnR5goz5XdUwyXGhnCLucb4wy3zEudNlA6Avj9twvRRdnHyOC4wdygPUurdqqv3hHjsSU9dj7iBKX0Q8oL_hWwMMQHWoF5ZtCQ4/s1600/treehouse.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 305px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgweNzg6a6a2uEmquq9MjOrJj4VSETZmvSJre0HxRN8pnR5goz5XdUwyXGhnCLucb4wy3zEudNlA6Avj9twvRRdnHyOC4wdygPUurdqqv3hHjsSU9dj7iBKX0Q8oL_hWwMMQHWoF5ZtCQ4/s320/treehouse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513899921297466354" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Zoe co-taught the class, giving a great mix of teaching styles. Perhaps what made it the most memorable was the message that the instructors gave. The theme for the class was, "Finding you Bliss". We learned the your bliss is simply being in the moment and using all of your senses to drink up and absorb it. Too many times we've been guilty of just wanting something to be over and done with so we can get on to the next thing. This class was a beautiful reminder that all you have is the moment. Seems like we've been getting a lot of these messages lately...yes Universe, we're listening. Carefully.<br /><br />AND on top of an amazing 60 minute practice, Jake won a raffle at the end of class and scored an awesome new yoga mat. It was much needed on his end. BIG thanks!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA2D9o9E_wPXcR0olV5LxQRqZPrx3Q5NngzsddUEM4hYj62s722acllxUThLCgXxa-Fe3M98wBAnIscbNue-qLb80xcH-JNCig1kMy8oWXCNsz-dtrraH5471qldhF8mYGbFvKCE1yicE/s1600/IMG_1911.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA2D9o9E_wPXcR0olV5LxQRqZPrx3Q5NngzsddUEM4hYj62s722acllxUThLCgXxa-Fe3M98wBAnIscbNue-qLb80xcH-JNCig1kMy8oWXCNsz-dtrraH5471qldhF8mYGbFvKCE1yicE/s320/IMG_1911.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513902629927424658" border="0" /></a><br /></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Perhaps a yoga retreat is in our near future? Yup. One is definitely in order.<br /></span></span></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyphenhyphenM1MS0XlEFibxnC6q83stUf6jQ1KODDRA5a93y6n2iEw62Lpjt38WKEpiMX8yqo0F8WUzhAsN2BiREhnOvgTdWoYHmKPbVPJnPX9n7idaQP0Qmuwdcd23AlTF-zt2GxGYoxX6_D9SjA/s1600/LoveYogaFlyer.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyphenhyphenM1MS0XlEFibxnC6q83stUf6jQ1KODDRA5a93y6n2iEw62Lpjt38WKEpiMX8yqo0F8WUzhAsN2BiREhnOvgTdWoYHmKPbVPJnPX9n7idaQP0Qmuwdcd23AlTF-zt2GxGYoxX6_D9SjA/s320/LoveYogaFlyer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513903687558634770" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new;"></span><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:85%;" >This one looks right about our speed.</span><br /></div>Jakeandjesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759551078941901314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284903771201703142.post-66544415975684866862010-09-06T09:18:00.000-07:002010-09-06T09:29:43.549-07:00hot dog<span style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Wishing each and every one of you a Happy Labor Day! We'll be spending the day by the pool, relaxing, and taking advantage of a few of the 200 free yoga classes being offered all over town for Free Day of Yoga celebration.<br /><br />In the meantime, sending you a little video of your hot dog and his swimming lessons with Jake.<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier new;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzXh43KlEn6-B694gJ1hBI5kg1RFMuyAxI3gUhaW8ew6P8F6-3emnQMsxa-4LLyoqWGOBDND42ewJu4de0GZg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Jakeandjesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759551078941901314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284903771201703142.post-88301323026090036902010-09-05T15:28:00.000-07:002010-09-05T17:57:48.689-07:00a hunting we will go<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Before you read this post, <a href="http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/10/cause-effect-vs-intention-manifestation/">read this</a> to see the reason behind this post.</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />One of our favorite things to do on the weekends is to get in the car and drive around, exploring neighborhoods or other parts of the city. We've posted on this before but really feel like our house hunting adventure has been kicked up a notch over the past week. While driving through an area of South Austin (by far our favorite part of town) we stumbled upon a new single-family house neighborhood, <a href="http://www.theskywayaustin.com/">The Skyway</a>. We went through a few of the open houses last Sunday, took some notes about our likes and dislikes, and left it at that.<br /><br />As the week went by, the houses we saw never seemed too far away from our conversations. So Jake called the real estate agent, got some information, and we decided to head over the the neighborhood again for a second look.<br /><br />Now, we knew when we moved to Austin that buying a house was a year to maybe two year away goal. We love our townhouse, location, as well as the $799 price tag that comes with it. We figured that we could stay here for a few years, stowing away extra savings every month. Although this may still be in the cards, our house hunting adventure has seemed to motivate us in a whole new direction.<br /><br />We took little ol' Stew along for the ride with us this time because we wanted to test out the communities private dog park and see if the backyards would be enough space for our little man.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwtHFO78B_zHBRYSAp6vG2khsYYM0fYsk8nJyDdpGZc8pDuae2LQhQEJPwfgo10lDSXCkRHNluI8Rp0CZqiKA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:78%;">our apologies for the "stagemom" in the background}<br /><br />Stew LOVED the dog park...we will definitely be back to play fetch every week!!<br /><br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Here are a few pictures from one of our favorite models. There are still some spots available in the community that are yet to be developed so we are hopeful that this may be a top contender for our first house (believe it or not!).<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjmV7V8VXPUn-2GA_YaGJrtB1S43zF-W2LXDVmFkURHEPMJ2FqcYJIbHbPkYEc-joOoLK2XAOj0TGvz2E0huCt9OqFeO73KKM1Fa1l3jZUrBP0SMQz69kBCOfuBGP_64S-V8MjEIG8yxs/s1600/IMG_1889.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjmV7V8VXPUn-2GA_YaGJrtB1S43zF-W2LXDVmFkURHEPMJ2FqcYJIbHbPkYEc-joOoLK2XAOj0TGvz2E0huCt9OqFeO73KKM1Fa1l3jZUrBP0SMQz69kBCOfuBGP_64S-V8MjEIG8yxs/s320/IMG_1889.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513567365116945474" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJMCZU1WYN83CVU7nsdNdwmRD8EsEVaaZGzZLUN9yJ0xhudixy7i5o0qL6Bsilc3L4wbSSBo6BMV97ecvzZQufVTveJ01CXIJ2I8sZl6Nsdm61669WNc4cbxP-5ppW8v-M2HVhlHLLV8A/s1600/IMG_1849.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJMCZU1WYN83CVU7nsdNdwmRD8EsEVaaZGzZLUN9yJ0xhudixy7i5o0qL6Bsilc3L4wbSSBo6BMV97ecvzZQufVTveJ01CXIJ2I8sZl6Nsdm61669WNc4cbxP-5ppW8v-M2HVhlHLLV8A/s320/IMG_1849.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513571056246625122" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEity4Wc3Ybb3SSMMOdglkMz0qj74Jn9TiC-G5L1GxE8gVx2_iKwtm3kTcC4V2MaAKLApc2-WaEhn60xUXLMrWzpC1_SScjQ5e805kq5QP3rZxzxmp8jro3MDrUWVYimtx9s00hsBajIodQ/s1600/IMG_1852.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEity4Wc3Ybb3SSMMOdglkMz0qj74Jn9TiC-G5L1GxE8gVx2_iKwtm3kTcC4V2MaAKLApc2-WaEhn60xUXLMrWzpC1_SScjQ5e805kq5QP3rZxzxmp8jro3MDrUWVYimtx9s00hsBajIodQ/s320/IMG_1852.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513571047831132578" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLLezUF7vS69Zo3Gn-uSdHuPtMFIGaRjRpF4JYiURVci2bj5esx5BDrR_eEWKvXRThAnCb1hYd8GwpIPhaoDlM4o4H1_BAwPWvO8GtawikfBXZ5PTBvizQDlYbrdv7VWfY_NSjMCbsL0E/s1600/IMG_1851.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLLezUF7vS69Zo3Gn-uSdHuPtMFIGaRjRpF4JYiURVci2bj5esx5BDrR_eEWKvXRThAnCb1hYd8GwpIPhaoDlM4o4H1_BAwPWvO8GtawikfBXZ5PTBvizQDlYbrdv7VWfY_NSjMCbsL0E/s320/IMG_1851.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513571035086794834" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhike_wPFdiYPCpD4jL46UAQQp8v2Nux39pEa49OTCPU-KefCry3KGzhzIe4kIwJiCFyP2R3dOVrY7-h0ILG23LXIs7TK0I_YDy6t-JZCQG-IZbWq2cLrIzJyhh_01-I0-QDXZr6C90qTs/s1600/IMG_1885.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhike_wPFdiYPCpD4jL46UAQQp8v2Nux39pEa49OTCPU-KefCry3KGzhzIe4kIwJiCFyP2R3dOVrY7-h0ILG23LXIs7TK0I_YDy6t-JZCQG-IZbWq2cLrIzJyhh_01-I0-QDXZr6C90qTs/s320/IMG_1885.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513576850321225074" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisTRZTZon_bB1MJucyl5ciHtP0EetCXAjqIv0im7B2QQefau5gE41arspOJVaT4d-JhOpwEmnfRu1YUeIH_QQyd9nv94415csXdU8JjjNhJ_upFK1piclVq3JJPLDMBIMpgVnLuyShVkg/s1600/IMG_1886.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisTRZTZon_bB1MJucyl5ciHtP0EetCXAjqIv0im7B2QQefau5gE41arspOJVaT4d-JhOpwEmnfRu1YUeIH_QQyd9nv94415csXdU8JjjNhJ_upFK1piclVq3JJPLDMBIMpgVnLuyShVkg/s320/IMG_1886.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513576838271816530" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">{exploring the neighborhood}<br /><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQXgJWor5dIuuuxN7rIK6OJ5bvVtpreidYHqlH9uKlij36mVrRC2TkbAt_TJCTJCeXifxnIzKmEDrJs8_dRoYwxbz51Zptgj-hxPK2pM8xJeH5GmTBbSi9E2khqA3GNi_kOHGdfx0Uwzs/s1600/IMG_1883.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQXgJWor5dIuuuxN7rIK6OJ5bvVtpreidYHqlH9uKlij36mVrRC2TkbAt_TJCTJCeXifxnIzKmEDrJs8_dRoYwxbz51Zptgj-hxPK2pM8xJeH5GmTBbSi9E2khqA3GNi_kOHGdfx0Uwzs/s320/IMG_1883.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513577736238638082" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">{in progress}<br /><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNolnuZ-1UgP6hGXnjpGf-L2EWptx8rmI7xNbmn5ucJ925vptIZNvgGZ7TOerHpyIgRfZWaQZmc7lop1XGRD32arflvB8OYjvpNF1JHk4NkDK3RRjnrFrodlpGbqYFW3bLn-ciZONsLus/s1600/IMG_1884.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNolnuZ-1UgP6hGXnjpGf-L2EWptx8rmI7xNbmn5ucJ925vptIZNvgGZ7TOerHpyIgRfZWaQZmc7lop1XGRD32arflvB8OYjvpNF1JHk4NkDK3RRjnrFrodlpGbqYFW3bLn-ciZONsLus/s320/IMG_1884.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513577728900306562" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">{our future lot?}<br /><br /></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.theskywayaustin.com/skyway-austin-homes.php">The Keen</a> is one of our favorite floor plans that we've seen over the past few weeks (although we like The Robinson too but haven't seen it first hand). We loved the patio and backyard area along with the fact that the master suite is on the first floor (this is pretty common here in Texas).<br /><br />We also love the fact that this neighborhood is only 8 minutes from downtown (yes we timed it). It's also close to some of our favorite outdoor activity spots (ie Zilker Park, Barton Springs, and the Greenbelt) and, coffee shops, HH bars. Although Jess originally wanted something with a little but more character, those houses are completely out of our price range because they have been gutted from top to bottom, or will require A LOT of work every free weekend we get. Mr. Nig and Mr. Penske (Jake) advised against the latter so it was definitely a compromise (on both parts) at its best.<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;">...........................<br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />The whole point of today was to "plant the seed" and declare what we want. The Universe has endless possibilities and opportunities for each and every one of us. We're doing our darndest to stay in touch and and in tune with its vast abundance. Acting "as if" seemed to have worked for us so far (um, hello? displacing ourselves from Cali to Austin), why not keep it up?<br /></span></span><span style="font-family:courier new;"></span></div></div>Jakeandjesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759551078941901314noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284903771201703142.post-53613717095729936782010-09-05T08:17:00.000-07:002010-09-05T17:58:36.160-07:00tis the season for burnt orange<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRsDAyheokR3TcNx68yxF5gl5dxu1uoUu9Z4aYgkcJ2kXnBoLhb0QTI1SJSNOnjJDTO6R6XJx5leRGvyfVlvABf6AKC64GyJHEa-UWTTVKufx8SAFyl3wE4p5SriXIvuTmIM6sqPJHll0/s1600/ut_233825364528.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRsDAyheokR3TcNx68yxF5gl5dxu1uoUu9Z4aYgkcJ2kXnBoLhb0QTI1SJSNOnjJDTO6R6XJx5leRGvyfVlvABf6AKC64GyJHEa-UWTTVKufx8SAFyl3wE4p5SriXIvuTmIM6sqPJHll0/s320/ut_233825364528.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513449186448947058" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.blountindustry.com/location_services/today/quality/recreation.html"><br /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blountindustry.com/location_services/today/quality/recreation.html"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">{source}</span></span></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">To say that Texans love football is an understatement. It's pretty much a way of life down in these parts. This time of year the whole city transforms into a sea of burnt orange flags, t-shirts, and football-themed food (is it a surprise that Texans love their Queso?)</span></span>.<br /><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br />Yesterday we went to Sam and Lauren's house to </span><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">watch the game and enjoy a lazy Saturday with some friends. Although Jess isn't the hugest fan (can we say she's even a fan at all?) she was a trooper and managed to clue into the game more than a few times -- UT won btw, she's just not sure of the score. <span style="font-family:courier new;">We had a lot of fun playing Cornhole, eating artery clogging dips </span></span></span>(anyone want to send us some healthy alternatives from our fav: TJ's?) <span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">, all the while taste testing the "best margs". You better believe that tailgating is in our near future. <br /><br />Who wants to come visit for football season this year? Our blow up mattress and beer cozies have your name on them!<br /></span></span></div></div>Jakeandjesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759551078941901314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284903771201703142.post-78986617530952967112010-08-29T07:53:00.000-07:002010-09-05T17:59:29.895-07:00no mail on sundays and a vegetarian on the verge<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">let's start with the (dare we say) vegetarian, or lack there of. no no, jess hasn't changed her eating habits (picky-ness?) since living in the bbg state. although there are plenty of bbq pits around town claiming to have the best bbq sauce this side of the mississippi (ok they don't use that exact term, we just thought it sounded cool), the possibility and options for a vegetarian are also endless.<br /><br />the vegetarian on the verge is jake. while this may or may not be a surprise to you, this is a big step in the land of jake. whether or not jake realizes it, he's pretty much been a vegetarian for as long as jess has (about 3 years now). not buying meat at the grocery store and finding ways to make veggies more fun has been a weekly habit in the vance household.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk8xfYHuXkmKcCK8XYb2GCA6QrGee_WlOZ74cqEbyt3THbU46gAZjC6Cr9OkqBNBNwSVqsRsSfM4RV-8TJ0H7RXaqAgwzVxYI5iKTqweOi7absRv14nqKeEZeJ6Gycdf7S6wgXtUyCAAI/s1600/lisa_the_vegetarian.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 208px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk8xfYHuXkmKcCK8XYb2GCA6QrGee_WlOZ74cqEbyt3THbU46gAZjC6Cr9OkqBNBNwSVqsRsSfM4RV-8TJ0H7RXaqAgwzVxYI5iKTqweOi7absRv14nqKeEZeJ6Gycdf7S6wgXtUyCAAI/s320/lisa_the_vegetarian.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510851853898782482" border="0" /></a><br /><br />what jake is referring to is giving himself the title, "vegetarian" as well as sticking to this lifestyle even we are dining out. this decision was recently prompted by (what else?) some reading, documentaries, and knowing the fact that eating meat has been out of convenience over anything else. stay tuned for jake's last meal and his official new title of "ova-pescatarian".<br /><br />any votes for how long it takes jake to beat the meat?<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"> .....</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />it's so easy to get caught up with everything else but relationships and enjoying the small things in life. we both have jobs that require us to be "connected" for a majority of the day, and although we love the easy access there are times when the convenience of it all can become both all consuming and somewhat daunting.<br /><br />for awhile now, jess has been entertaining the idea of "no e-mail sundays". the idea was prompted by a friend she met at lulu who doesn't shower or check her e-mail on sundays. while the whole no showering thing doesn't really strike her fancy, she's been talking about using sunday as a day to "just be" instead of unconsciously checking her e-mail via mr. iphone. well folks, today is her first no e-mail day. only two hours into the morning and she already confesses that she was tempted to check it (both personal and work) two different times just because she's <span style="font-style: italic;">used</span> to checking in.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibm68NFnjPZH8ipXTIQDg5ef6sSBxo6LCiu2CGuGfMGTIQVp9V95J2FqoNdvxOBuL8A3Yg-iznn5OCfCwI8qVrWg7fFJmn-23lqvEnEsA8SokcCNLN40goBnJfxdOoUiYkNBxC0LpO_Q4/s1600/EMAIL.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibm68NFnjPZH8ipXTIQDg5ef6sSBxo6LCiu2CGuGfMGTIQVp9V95J2FqoNdvxOBuL8A3Yg-iznn5OCfCwI8qVrWg7fFJmn-23lqvEnEsA8SokcCNLN40goBnJfxdOoUiYkNBxC0LpO_Q4/s320/EMAIL.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510853723786276658" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />on the weekend, jake's always asking "what's the rush?" and now it seems as though jess is finally listening.<br /><br />seems like we're both taking some inspiration from one another as we embark on changing habits and and taking names. : )<br /><br />Veggie UPDATE 9/4:::: Meat 2, Jake 0<br /><br /></span></span>Jakeandjesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759551078941901314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284903771201703142.post-6632448676537706782010-08-24T18:22:00.000-07:002010-08-24T19:21:05.124-07:00dead as a doornail <meta name="Title" content=""> <meta name="Keywords" content=""> <meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; 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<br /></span></span></span>Jakeandjesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759551078941901314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284903771201703142.post-91300257493245526872010-08-22T16:58:00.000-07:002010-08-24T19:23:32.645-07:00Sharpened Pencils<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >R</span><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >emember the feeling you got the night before your first day of school? You had that nervous/excited feeling that either kept you up at night or made you dream about what was to come. For those of you haven't been in school for awhile you're lucky. Jess (and every other "teacher friend" she knows) feels this way every year when she returns to school in the fall. The funny thing is that she always dreams about her first class and the little devils in one way or another. ugh!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm6S28kr4nCap3qzDvOgkrrXYfDNKM5E17NjcPIOIzq8eO0bggEcte1WCO7L5qQhX-kcm15nAlKT_iTipKX2yda9ROn1Uq0IhodvFkCUKeLw_8isEsHoJBS8fPctyfYd1Ua34kpOZuJWE/s1600/Nervous.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 222px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm6S28kr4nCap3qzDvOgkrrXYfDNKM5E17NjcPIOIzq8eO0bggEcte1WCO7L5qQhX-kcm15nAlKT_iTipKX2yda9ROn1Uq0IhodvFkCUKeLw_8isEsHoJBS8fPctyfYd1Ua34kpOZuJWE/s320/Nervous.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508389776436708290" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >Wishing her luck on her first day back!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmv7iOZsfvUoIQDO13TyOdBOo-xC-GjBG4Hhetu1HtYv3DXC0cEgxLj-ViuG_MJcidKrbwVVnW-HJuH1Lh3XnyYVOwtWuoMKNJat6fokdJ9GQh-ZlhVUDnvK3eGH9W_l6OQ5QU9WFUo3c/s1600/photo.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmv7iOZsfvUoIQDO13TyOdBOo-xC-GjBG4Hhetu1HtYv3DXC0cEgxLj-ViuG_MJcidKrbwVVnW-HJuH1Lh3XnyYVOwtWuoMKNJat6fokdJ9GQh-ZlhVUDnvK3eGH9W_l6OQ5QU9WFUo3c/s320/photo.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509147014044410642" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">This was at the end of the day (did we mention that it's o' dark thirty when Jess is driving to work?) on our way to the grocery store followed by celebratory SNO CONES!</span></span><span style="font-family: courier new;"> Sorry </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:78%;">for the lame iphone picture but we needed an outfit picture for Jess's fashioned minded friends/fam. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:85%;" >I'm sure her stories will make their way into the blog because some of them are just too good to not pass along (Angie knows what we're talking about). If you're interested in checking out her classroom/school be sure to stop by her teacher/grade level webpage @<a href="http://grandviewhills.leanderisd.org/"> Grandview Hills Elementary</a></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;">Teacher Story UPDATE: <span style="font-size:85%;">During after school dismissal in the gym I was with with her assigned group of students waiting for the bus when she noticed a little girl in the kindergarten line totally staring at her. Wanting to check in a see how she was doing or if there was something she needed (BTW if you don't have little ones, this is something that happens often in the teacher realm in the primary grades if the students don't know you). The girl said no but asked,"what's your color?". OMG what the heck?! Never did I once get that question living in southern California/the Valley!.... Then I realized she was referring to my hair. I told her my hair was called red but it looks like the color orange too. The relieved look in her face was priceless. Wouldn't it be great to have THAT as your biggest worry during the day? : ) </span></span><br /></div></div>Jakeandjesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759551078941901314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284903771201703142.post-5561144182333935202010-08-10T16:06:00.000-07:002010-08-24T19:24:19.762-07:00We're Obsessed<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: courier new;">Everyone loves a nice cold tasty treat when its hot. Back home it was fro yo. Menchies to be exact but when we couldn't get out M-fix we'd hit up another shop for our frozen dinner. There are a few fro yo places around here but to be honest we've gone maybe...once? For some reason or another the fro yo fairy hasn't hit us here. But you know what has?</span></span><br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family: courier new;">S</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><span style="font-family: courier new;">N</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><span style="font-family: courier new;">O</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span style="font-family: courier new;">W </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span style="font-family: courier new;">C</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span style="font-family: courier new;">O</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family: courier new;">N</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: courier new;">E</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><span style="font-family: courier new;">S </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"><span style="font-family: courier new;">!</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span style="font-family: courier new;">!</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span style="font-family: courier new;">!</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="font-family: courier new;">!</span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq001RaYerBjLr3WaeKVfKwkIsxdJz7l9xNQO53T9dveDUAl7x4X8AnxsNdul7tUc7UeGbiZ_C8mTgfsQfPNUwY7Oyj8gHk3zLhmlcfy9oF3yJtpJSDwm_rC-Y_o9W85C6fEaQBn2JKuA/s1600/164491338_d6737fe829.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq001RaYerBjLr3WaeKVfKwkIsxdJz7l9xNQO53T9dveDUAl7x4X8AnxsNdul7tUc7UeGbiZ_C8mTgfsQfPNUwY7Oyj8gHk3zLhmlcfy9oF3yJtpJSDwm_rC-Y_o9W85C6fEaQBn2JKuA/s320/164491338_d6737fe829.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503922849949986818" border="0" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">So count on hitting up a trailer park for one of these amazing treats that we've obsessed over. And if you think you'll get away from this excursion when it's chilly out, you're totally kidding yourself. </span></span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></div>Jakeandjesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759551078941901314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284903771201703142.post-37662599635387666082010-08-09T19:16:00.000-07:002010-08-24T19:24:59.629-07:00In the Jungle<span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >After many sweaty hours, and visions of jungle-themed ideas dancing in her head Jess has finally finished (dare we say?) her classroom! Truth be told, there is really nothing there when you enter a classroom until a teacher does her magic.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7nDuGJuWgeZHPNXZkf2L_b84Itvl-A7mYDxQhSHv5GodZg9uUbODoBYZiDjp1RoYwBcgBYuOBTuXfDb0dMos54f-EyTKrahggz7AyYPEpFuwMpRKzJxUahwaUOnasDY4jF9tDmDFMJDs/s1600/IMG_1786.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7nDuGJuWgeZHPNXZkf2L_b84Itvl-A7mYDxQhSHv5GodZg9uUbODoBYZiDjp1RoYwBcgBYuOBTuXfDb0dMos54f-EyTKrahggz7AyYPEpFuwMpRKzJxUahwaUOnasDY4jF9tDmDFMJDs/s320/IMG_1786.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503602116883487410" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvugUnRyzqLKIS_aR_jzehuWOGYEpEdcbEA35JlNgrSe050EoffCke9iRq4ac1_VAXsn8NSetqwGb6VoEaGZiu3XAF5rGsuIMNLXtgi0FwaeCAhsXn_XM20w1m5uHD1a2y4Pt1Vq4Rhfc/s1600/IMG_1788.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDKN0sI10rga5L1BlVm-5u75RUKoJzUZK5mQMV5sMWMDFNOvYEsQIFqHWONW5u2D8lAR21HGn_KBtmEI7zs1OXS2Gn2u5jftw6ab2Fz43ReYzegywpGSSGQuUCXlnxXijvHstESrX8iXg/s320/IMG_1792.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503602108341465282" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtEjGX1mUO_gJix-G6KYeN8A12K6cSSY7UvHOijs4yGsVEM6GTxikq0PRDQl-oNHGCznAcs4bOQxmI7VSXR3ZH62cFG9cv_-dm3D9JDe_KeqX5pkbdT2S2unSxyq-EaGz29BwtDE7MH3c/s1600/IMG_1793.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtEjGX1mUO_gJix-G6KYeN8A12K6cSSY7UvHOijs4yGsVEM6GTxikq0PRDQl-oNHGCznAcs4bOQxmI7VSXR3ZH62cFG9cv_-dm3D9JDe_KeqX5pkbdT2S2unSxyq-EaGz29BwtDE7MH3c/s320/IMG_1793.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503601350800632466" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new;font-family:georgia;font-size:78%;" >Hope ya like what you see! Soon it will be bustling with 5th graders ( oh MY! )</span><br /></div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span></span>Jakeandjesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759551078941901314noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284903771201703142.post-79372556935445779442010-08-08T11:34:00.000-07:002010-08-24T19:27:26.288-07:00Random Sunday and a Big Bowl of Cheese<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: courier new;">Our Sundays usually consist of a little exploration, sweat, and some good food (not necessarily in that order). We usually have a running "wish/to-do list" that we refer to when figuring out our day. For those of you who grew up/worked closely with Jake you know he is the king of lists and anything post-it related. Thankfully Jess is able to rely on him and his trusty post-its to plan something pretty awesome on Sundays.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">Today consisted of, well, random things. Aren't those the best days anyways?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">We started off the morning with a short hike up to Mt Bonnell, Austin's highest peak.With temperatures expected into the 100's this afternoon we wanted something semi-easy since we got a later start than we originally planned.</span></span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDJ-dOpuKXJG9qm8UYr7tyTBdeEwQ3NzSKw15tWfnSDGjZSJqr5EZ2JjWnC_nfQpPRQRKIgOWT2IzPMAgXcvRP9xxxOOxiyYwodtF4U8YPa0AyE9jX2kogaINT5gaG5zApe_5athseYTk/s1600/IMG_1715.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDJ-dOpuKXJG9qm8UYr7tyTBdeEwQ3NzSKw15tWfnSDGjZSJqr5EZ2JjWnC_nfQpPRQRKIgOWT2IzPMAgXcvRP9xxxOOxiyYwodtF4U8YPa0AyE9jX2kogaINT5gaG5zApe_5athseYTk/s320/IMG_1715.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503119936612292642" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >Although there weren't nearly as many, this reminded us of THE stars in Santa Monica back home</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVTA8Ota7exw8NdBwF-yb85vl-j3-pCT-NxG4qCSqfQFSrjomsFn-TFwW5cWWTBT2K7Sy_f_PP34Cefnk8uRMl4IJi3HJ6wlKj8pyowasPPQGa9pNZTMWzV_-N6DOXUcU97h6Uz9ruQOk/s1600/IMG_1717.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVTA8Ota7exw8NdBwF-yb85vl-j3-pCT-NxG4qCSqfQFSrjomsFn-TFwW5cWWTBT2K7Sy_f_PP34Cefnk8uRMl4IJi3HJ6wlKj8pyowasPPQGa9pNZTMWzV_-N6DOXUcU97h6Uz9ruQOk/s320/IMG_1717.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503120663492336850" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">This is what we found up at the top- overview of <a href="http://jakeandjessicavance.blogspot.com/2010/07/easy-like-sunday-morning.html">Lake Austin</a></span><br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL76YbdrKSWeQXTPNwbbDcNDj-raIrzs3YBzVtME5HMU236yIUyV5w6SAmCCaxRVMBJi7TAx7_Pr2FJ0fMrkQENF9TDToJa2wJ77D9msNAgxSQ63QaB7sKVfptnw75fyBzxKSdWVVMd10/s1600/IMG_1724.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL76YbdrKSWeQXTPNwbbDcNDj-raIrzs3YBzVtME5HMU236yIUyV5w6SAmCCaxRVMBJi7TAx7_Pr2FJ0fMrkQENF9TDToJa2wJ77D9msNAgxSQ63QaB7sKVfptnw75fyBzxKSdWVVMd10/s320/IMG_1724.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503123293276751298" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWKp2m0NlCFY03KfhNP4WiReKl4XrgytRvEQI1s9nTJdYhG9uiupRRq75YgWO78P7GFa2v72-YxwXBNyq68h7UL2bfYdzs0qUzLFUUokBCg-hvAKnG_jBLx93MWup5WR8h04NRpunpblY/s1600/IMG_1739.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWKp2m0NlCFY03KfhNP4WiReKl4XrgytRvEQI1s9nTJdYhG9uiupRRq75YgWO78P7GFa2v72-YxwXBNyq68h7UL2bfYdzs0qUzLFUUokBCg-hvAKnG_jBLx93MWup5WR8h04NRpunpblY/s320/IMG_1739.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503123283890288194" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >this lovely spot was only 10 minutes from downtown Austin. AMAZING.</span><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpj4Kr-v4tfReWYSO8Ld9jQtMjy-8sRIgPM-xWBYibUjlTLLbUIi8T-cN_wiVoYqh052JLUghP4X0NJ8NLSEezCnkvQSykKtQ2WYHXqtgcGQczK_2Hq3_PAUuuNEv7JEOCl9Di0yvFqvQ/s1600/IMG_1721.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpj4Kr-v4tfReWYSO8Ld9jQtMjy-8sRIgPM-xWBYibUjlTLLbUIi8T-cN_wiVoYqh052JLUghP4X0NJ8NLSEezCnkvQSykKtQ2WYHXqtgcGQczK_2Hq3_PAUuuNEv7JEOCl9Di0yvFqvQ/s320/IMG_1721.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503123276201783282" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">think you can find one you like?<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: courier new;">After our short hike we decided to drive around the neighborhoods in the area to check out the homes and see if this might be a new neighborhood on our radar. Jake spend his summering growing up going to Bass Lake with his family and has already dreamed of owning a home there as an adult. With many fond memories of good times on the lake we thought it perfect that we might actually be able to own a home of our own someday, yet be so close to the city. Before leaving the neighborhood we knew that this was one that would make our list.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">While exploring the neighborhoods we stumbled upon Austin Art museum on Lake Austin and had fun walking around and enjoying the beautiful scenery.</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTpv7iuAHX-h8a03bURaP9vZIzjMskTVo88KGy1GAbV3-INRJ7RTcSGkheDhO-W_E8_p8JBO1nSZZMvWZYUNfMjerjtRy03kZpjqq5J623hxlnMDu054v2g0eebCZViJ0YzZMbmka2Kso/s1600/IMG_1740.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTpv7iuAHX-h8a03bURaP9vZIzjMskTVo88KGy1GAbV3-INRJ7RTcSGkheDhO-W_E8_p8JBO1nSZZMvWZYUNfMjerjtRy03kZpjqq5J623hxlnMDu054v2g0eebCZViJ0YzZMbmka2Kso/s320/IMG_1740.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503129432592764866" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo-qjTRwStZtrFKpN1S90fPQR3jNBRawioO7IRJMFn-O0w2xR8vCzTb_1YCjnJG3gQAfvTszi25uViTtdvTDbcC0fy65pK8eUOgkUEDzCQjUuloBfVi48Y11Yda0xRfqJiQ_jGc9vjkgk/s1600/IMG_1760.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo-qjTRwStZtrFKpN1S90fPQR3jNBRawioO7IRJMFn-O0w2xR8vCzTb_1YCjnJG3gQAfvTszi25uViTtdvTDbcC0fy65pK8eUOgkUEDzCQjUuloBfVi48Y11Yda0xRfqJiQ_jGc9vjkgk/s320/IMG_1760.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503129416332729938" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP323t6GoC-hCu6TOaC05bLjsOxUk_4VPYIZr5qtjnrTowLEbHqjWcYRaJomKIPogBqOUEUpBKLgZ6kVPp4MbhmauQtZEcOM_hMVblO5ZUBSQl8ilDjGAJKOTG5iIffnM6r3HRp5Mgifg/s1600/IMG_1772.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP323t6GoC-hCu6TOaC05bLjsOxUk_4VPYIZr5qtjnrTowLEbHqjWcYRaJomKIPogBqOUEUpBKLgZ6kVPp4MbhmauQtZEcOM_hMVblO5ZUBSQl8ilDjGAJKOTG5iIffnM6r3HRp5Mgifg/s320/IMG_1772.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503129410149484498" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfKuYhlO3NQqlG-OOKI3aQJedr9cOsl3-xCbuwV41eBk5l1Haxug4FJCxthQo91D26eWPp3u9pI5Bzi2_S6sihrtEufmfiLRY5Dk-rRT2SdzSaPqjmKpb67fOC-3BQ89KfgdMj1XhdsoQ/s1600/IMG_1746.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfKuYhlO3NQqlG-OOKI3aQJedr9cOsl3-xCbuwV41eBk5l1Haxug4FJCxthQo91D26eWPp3u9pI5Bzi2_S6sihrtEufmfiLRY5Dk-rRT2SdzSaPqjmKpb67fOC-3BQ89KfgdMj1XhdsoQ/s320/IMG_1746.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503129400974669730" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSqBt8nEZtNuCbwvxeFP5_h4Wsm8X30JRiM6E9-AMJ02ljCZnxtZ-mD8QOmbqWwRX1PMhz92q25XymnuM0f3cZ6Kva-2FjHn7HVHVetFx1ZnynRmlcCs6aeSCk-pSV3SfUNtoMoQVTIIw/s1600/IMG_1757.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSqBt8nEZtNuCbwvxeFP5_h4Wsm8X30JRiM6E9-AMJ02ljCZnxtZ-mD8QOmbqWwRX1PMhz92q25XymnuM0f3cZ6Kva-2FjHn7HVHVetFx1ZnynRmlcCs6aeSCk-pSV3SfUNtoMoQVTIIw/s320/IMG_1757.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503129392956120882" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >We headed over to S. Congress for some much deserved sno cones (our new obsession!) before finally making it home to eat a big bowl of cheese.<br /><br />You're not a true Texan if you've never had Queso. That's not a typo. Texans love their dip so much that it needs to be capitalized. It seems like it's served at almost every restaurant here in town, and when we first arrived we always ordered it whenever we went out to eat. Now that we've settled in a bit more, we rarely order is unless we have fam/friends visiting and are giving the "official" Austin tour. Yes, Queso makes the cut for the tour.<br /><br />While at the market picking up a few other things we saw a display with everything needed for this delicious bite. We think with UT football season around the corner, folks are required to stock up on this stuff- Velveeta cheese and a can of chili diced tomatoes. Funny thing is we found the most organic/healthy tortilla chips to go along with our big bowl-o-cheese. Is this the Texas version is ordering diet coke with your Big Mac supersized meal at Mickey D's?</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-oHDdIjJzpG0c7GXULSgxUuA66f6NKhenlIoaZko1ed6uz5wqiU49o43b7wGWpAK7V5F7uLn0bSaOKmP0Bx42Wj88GcgyLmfoFJDgw3E6Pq8EmW59jOEneWSibQtzqyvBOdW71oLTPSc/s1600/IMG_1775.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-oHDdIjJzpG0c7GXULSgxUuA66f6NKhenlIoaZko1ed6uz5wqiU49o43b7wGWpAK7V5F7uLn0bSaOKmP0Bx42Wj88GcgyLmfoFJDgw3E6Pq8EmW59jOEneWSibQtzqyvBOdW71oLTPSc/s320/IMG_1775.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503127978449033330" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >For those of you who want to try this artery clogging indulgence- cut the cheese into one inch squares and melt together in a saucepan. Pretty easy.<br /></span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTSFClcsvJMLw4Bh0zUgg5cYgky-kqO9BeSLAMZOOXXbkxboUFyPcxV19prF78tTprk70ZK1_G_8RP1yKdFF-G3rXuaQtkMCAGppWIcjJbDAOL2SXJQ3R_k5kuwnoI1XcKzwRCQMDAFXY/s1600/IMG_1780.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTSFClcsvJMLw4Bh0zUgg5cYgky-kqO9BeSLAMZOOXXbkxboUFyPcxV19prF78tTprk70ZK1_G_8RP1yKdFF-G3rXuaQtkMCAGppWIcjJbDAOL2SXJQ3R_k5kuwnoI1XcKzwRCQMDAFXY/s320/IMG_1780.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503130571757017954" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: courier new;">Oh ya. Forgot to mention you need some pretty classy drinks like Bud Ice and a game/Lifetime movie on TV too before you can enjoy this. </span></span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO3C2uKrYyKLbBb8szYbV-CWIh4j-xHQ0N0eKfzkb3RBRcjzyB0NV4ezgwRPSdE-eDfM0mk9N0AZl_EemQ53zKu2IT10xRv-UQq04EQBTU8eByE5lg234EMZgQ62pA181kOq_7ALivOXc/s1600/IMG_1785.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO3C2uKrYyKLbBb8szYbV-CWIh4j-xHQ0N0eKfzkb3RBRcjzyB0NV4ezgwRPSdE-eDfM0mk9N0AZl_EemQ53zKu2IT10xRv-UQq04EQBTU8eByE5lg234EMZgQ62pA181kOq_7ALivOXc/s320/IMG_1785.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503131074633404178" border="0" /></a></span><br /></div></div><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >We don't mess with <span style="font-style: italic;">Queso</span>.</span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >Happy Sunday!</span><br /></div></div>Jakeandjesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759551078941901314noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284903771201703142.post-15027296219586493732010-08-07T21:08:00.000-07:002010-08-24T19:28:55.001-07:00Saturday Night (Fever)<span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >Our new friends, Lauren and Sam, invited us out on Saturday night to celebrate her big 3-OH! We headed out early to catch the happy hour at The Belmont before the birthday girl arrived. Yep you heard right folks, happy hour on a Saturday night. A bar/restaurant that offers happy hour on the weekend night gains major points in our books! Since we knew that it was going to be a decent size party </span><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >we met April at the swanky, 'rat pack'-esque bar a few before catching up with the lucky lady up on the roof deck.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhQxFPb9rytOlJl7eEtH3qiJAOz8n7SZSgrSZixeGFiz-Rp6cam4Ljf9Qhj4pWgODQvMUgMgnm6jpng-IJqGiHNPrTEvFpiJWucx7CTPAKIWqqg9WL1jYErq4KAjjJ1Cj2tXIcJQU1pug/s1600/IMG_1678.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhQxFPb9rytOlJl7eEtH3qiJAOz8n7SZSgrSZixeGFiz-Rp6cam4Ljf9Qhj4pWgODQvMUgMgnm6jpng-IJqGiHNPrTEvFpiJWucx7CTPAKIWqqg9WL1jYErq4KAjjJ1Cj2tXIcJQU1pug/s320/IMG_1678.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502890710670886978" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQUpFAaRj6yOOn92hyZXQgL4YI_b-w2L6LH2WUcgDomOBGcufiEsAR_quVxnn9i9O_VhtH0ld17ze3gPRTE7AofTJ8yK75h2HoDIbuD54UjPq_zDxcGlH-YofZCzy9hgDFm0RwW5HMuQ/s1600/IMG_1679.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQUpFAaRj6yOOn92hyZXQgL4YI_b-w2L6LH2WUcgDomOBGcufiEsAR_quVxnn9i9O_VhtH0ld17ze3gPRTE7AofTJ8yK75h2HoDIbuD54UjPq_zDxcGlH-YofZCzy9hgDFm0RwW5HMuQ/s320/IMG_1679.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502890903521172626" border="0" /></a><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >Nothing beats a warm summer night out with some great people....</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixHmI_pGM_OHv3TqOJpQuMexf-Io7SCNh16fWTkY_VxcY5nKJ38dfZivItxVWzYPLtAN5ZWuIz5K5fCFw4c77AtWioEprDox0651Dl8OIXOCBSMeaJ-6URGMdWM8dGsgGdvpAWGS_n0ik/s1600/IMG_1681.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixHmI_pGM_OHv3TqOJpQuMexf-Io7SCNh16fWTkY_VxcY5nKJ38dfZivItxVWzYPLtAN5ZWuIz5K5fCFw4c77AtWioEprDox0651Dl8OIXOCBSMeaJ-6URGMdWM8dGsgGdvpAWGS_n0ik/s320/IMG_1681.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502891557392577906" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >Happy 30th chick!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFz-Pmqnq3BymgmCxWzNdqzbN-SwJQCR1zNcTEY9wTnwRmmPjq_q6xZiFq37HhyphenhyphenBC5AtfBPRWdQGlVPKyAM70dtpJYIEFHTsyOMAHlzxlK1pTYdxzbU5lVnw7atlLXIMxTG5H_iASAYyg/s1600/IMG_1689.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFz-Pmqnq3BymgmCxWzNdqzbN-SwJQCR1zNcTEY9wTnwRmmPjq_q6xZiFq37HhyphenhyphenBC5AtfBPRWdQGlVPKyAM70dtpJYIEFHTsyOMAHlzxlK1pTYdxzbU5lVnw7atlLXIMxTG5H_iASAYyg/s320/IMG_1689.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502892434812603554" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >Oh how we heart this girl!</span><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeeoYgWbhKgCus8c3oH9MqK7nmC2pKiuG1ChN3mICROIBn_FhWU9KxcZiH3DtkHA-ieyvgb2KVa9KxPco0rI_BW1ZJRswAOsGUa3uf5pNM-vhvYG9F78q0-R5efWDuswYyjWPUdJwrlIc/s1600/IMG_1703.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeeoYgWbhKgCus8c3oH9MqK7nmC2pKiuG1ChN3mICROIBn_FhWU9KxcZiH3DtkHA-ieyvgb2KVa9KxPco0rI_BW1ZJRswAOsGUa3uf5pNM-vhvYG9F78q0-R5efWDuswYyjWPUdJwrlIc/s320/IMG_1703.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502892428521591506" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Qy2GOXZ_rNMCfCAl715No2-vTHAqcQoRbsdzATqky-xxs9dNsoSukHrF35E83oMzsDafCibh_b84tHBzgWARo_ln_JugJr-fASBvy-v6fGl-qaQ0tE_-mSNrv5Lx0T_cWfAqLmygLJA/s1600/IMG_1684.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Qy2GOXZ_rNMCfCAl715No2-vTHAqcQoRbsdzATqky-xxs9dNsoSukHrF35E83oMzsDafCibh_b84tHBzgWARo_ln_JugJr-fASBvy-v6fGl-qaQ0tE_-mSNrv5Lx0T_cWfAqLmygLJA/s320/IMG_1684.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502892418812111890" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >We're so grateful for the great people we have begun to connect and have relationships with in our new home-state. It doesn't quite replace the people we left back in Cali. Who are we kidding, you guys could NEVER be replaced!...Anyone looking to get out of CA is more than welcome to give this place a try any weekend in the near future, just let us know when. We are really enjoying getting out of our comfort zones, trying new things, and living up to the promises we made to ourselves before we moved. BUT having good friends around you makes all of these new adventures just that much more special and fun.<br /><br />Tomorrow we hike, and Jess starts her first day of "new to district" training on Monday. Happy weekend ya'll!</span><br /></span></div><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span>Jakeandjesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759551078941901314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284903771201703142.post-50182570685546441842010-08-07T09:55:00.000-07:002010-08-24T19:30:32.394-07:00Get Your ASana Outside<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >Two of the top reasons we chose to move to Austin was because of the fit community and multiple opportunities to sweat and HAVE FUN. Thankfully to Jess's involvement with lululemon this summer she's really taken advantage of all things sweat related, this Saturday included.<br /><br />In case you didn't already know via Facebook, lululemons across the nation all participated in an event called Salutation Nation. It's an event that brings the yoga community together outside enjoying the benefits of yoga- body, mind, and spirit. In other words, it's a great excuse to wake up early and practice some yoga with some amazing people. Although Texas summer days are heating up pretty early these days, we thought it would be a great opportunity to spend some time together.</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg83-pnXiGsJHoskxrG5GJAt0x2XAiq2Z2QVe9xR6-cL0aGKsiuREfwiVxQ4B_CH0u4RdRF3RnDBs1kkM4hlu17YyNySPI5pWf3Zrb3u9t5UUE1WMGd1b0ntLkqNOWQXGlOs5qefpz_uKE/s1600/40805_10150246165020331_211527560330_14048559_928861_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg83-pnXiGsJHoskxrG5GJAt0x2XAiq2Z2QVe9xR6-cL0aGKsiuREfwiVxQ4B_CH0u4RdRF3RnDBs1kkM4hlu17YyNySPI5pWf3Zrb3u9t5UUE1WMGd1b0ntLkqNOWQXGlOs5qefpz_uKE/s320/40805_10150246165020331_211527560330_14048559_928861_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502716354926884434" border="0" /></a>Where are the Vances?</span> <span style="font-size:78%;">(hint: yellow shirt and red hair/all black)</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq9JzhVJaRpobbx10oSGtQRWk4KGxvMebH2x7Ba4WuadCWQE_uidPd0RF1OyMugykgcZ3v8Iw1f0idV516jWKdDvro8ciAjxBtTUG2CnJzxsF0Hr08x8wPtcBviVYUNVrsxmEWUF2qM5g/s1600/39637_10150246164080331_211527560330_14048516_3649033_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq9JzhVJaRpobbx10oSGtQRWk4KGxvMebH2x7Ba4WuadCWQE_uidPd0RF1OyMugykgcZ3v8Iw1f0idV516jWKdDvro8ciAjxBtTUG2CnJzxsF0Hr08x8wPtcBviVYUNVrsxmEWUF2qM5g/s320/39637_10150246164080331_211527560330_14048516_3649033_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502717178769179474" border="0" /></a><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh33wddVi0q5zHN-ADCEezXIbGZG2jetvuPArHPqh4SC659LcFn5CAoXY7KpeRz0nQ0gtTTNqXHHGxpH-K6fSx4xI8tibhmhDY9x_ixiLMOI0-WPOUoFbgf2o_40gkrOZ-gJUhC3o1ZtZk/s1600/39953_10150246165700331_211527560330_14048600_7925334_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh33wddVi0q5zHN-ADCEezXIbGZG2jetvuPArHPqh4SC659LcFn5CAoXY7KpeRz0nQ0gtTTNqXHHGxpH-K6fSx4xI8tibhmhDY9x_ixiLMOI0-WPOUoFbgf2o_40gkrOZ-gJUhC3o1ZtZk/s320/39953_10150246165700331_211527560330_14048600_7925334_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502717170520241826" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >Inspired yet? </span></span><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" ><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >We invited some of our new friends (Sam and Lauren) and met them at Festival Beach to get our yoga and snack on yummy treats after. </span><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >We love this couple and always have an awesome time hanging out and experiencing everything Austin together! Tonight we are going our for Lauren's 30th too!--pictures and post to come. </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgRMxVToxk_1x5r-LqVGAoFw3NqtlP_W3hEcHH78voTqbSNlxiQy5gbmMRxOiqaBXGUnfa4juKTrkQHuN7XZi2QvfrFN27ZbHNFZOXgbUr5PoNqC4FKgZ6MTZOL28Ok0UoDFTdH_5EsjE/s1600/IMG_1674.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgRMxVToxk_1x5r-LqVGAoFw3NqtlP_W3hEcHH78voTqbSNlxiQy5gbmMRxOiqaBXGUnfa4juKTrkQHuN7XZi2QvfrFN27ZbHNFZOXgbUr5PoNqC4FKgZ6MTZOL28Ok0UoDFTdH_5EsjE/s320/IMG_1674.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502718912645959970" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >Jess met her <span style="font-style: italic;">first</span> and BESTEST friend (do I sound like I'm in elementary school again? that's what it feels like when you move away from everything familiar) in Austin while working at lululemon. Her name is April. She is an amazing person always up for a good time, a glass of wine, and a yoga class or two. </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVp-IjkqfL2CbdkkA3w6yyNcTDtO8brKHFin3Yb0XZ0zz-mrhggmo0sLrUQJ-E-ppN51kRw5OxM0UPBEGbmWOotgwBFVeBbFnCI_r0U8xXNdqxZytx3GpjtO_hWis7eNNveMHkdcFyitM/s1600/IMG_1675.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVp-IjkqfL2CbdkkA3w6yyNcTDtO8brKHFin3Yb0XZ0zz-mrhggmo0sLrUQJ-E-ppN51kRw5OxM0UPBEGbmWOotgwBFVeBbFnCI_r0U8xXNdqxZytx3GpjtO_hWis7eNNveMHkdcFyitM/s320/IMG_1675.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502719765926733650" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >So glad we made it out to this event today to "sweat once a day". </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >We have an early hike planned tomorrow and a few more adventures up our sleeves before the end of the weekend. Stay tuned.<br /><br />PS Jess finished her classroom and will be posted "after" pictures soon. We know you have all been anxiously awaiting!</span><br /></span></div></div>Jakeandjesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759551078941901314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284903771201703142.post-88622282668750675992010-08-07T09:37:00.000-07:002010-08-24T19:32:09.196-07:00Date Night<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >Jake loves movies. Like REALLY LOVES movies. Perhaps it's the whole experience of heading out to the cinema, picking out perfect seats in the theater, and grabbing a big-tub-o-popcorn? Whatever it is we have barely gone out to to the movies since moving. We've been on a budget, had a large herd of family and friends visit over the summer, and have been trying to get out into the city meeting new people and getting acquainted with Austin. Jess likes the movies but doesn't really like to go unless it's something that she really wants to see (i.e. she's a stickler for the budget and gets annoyed at spending up to 10 bucks a ticket plus all of the extras). Inception has gotten rave reviews we both decided that it was time to hit up the Alamo Draft House.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizHVhNEDeXHDq6EL6beRNNmYcfkrM6sIAIbhrH_btSfsjhc2skYtdphUFP9rJSARmYolq2IfAbAzOyIvY1Z3N8Z2wfd9p2RHxV9cvCllswiyUpXxbS_dxunUBmu5jkWIvOxwCfLA_GQz8/s1600/IMG_1667.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizHVhNEDeXHDq6EL6beRNNmYcfkrM6sIAIbhrH_btSfsjhc2skYtdphUFP9rJSARmYolq2IfAbAzOyIvY1Z3N8Z2wfd9p2RHxV9cvCllswiyUpXxbS_dxunUBmu5jkWIvOxwCfLA_GQz8/s320/IMG_1667.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502710087017018226" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >Now the <a href="http://www.drafthouse.com/">Draft House </a>isn't a regular ol' theater. They have theme coordinated food and movie nights and serve you drinks at your seat. Whenever we meet someone new here in town one of the first things they tell us we have to do is go experience (yes I said </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >experience</span><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >) the Draft House. So with a good movie in mind, we made it a fact to take in the </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >experience.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihuVQwTw_cqh4RgoT62jlrhZlp6GT08lQk0faKxQJbQI2S3KF26kDvb3lFxWUg0OuCjws75Mn69AjU0E05y9Vlx2yeaBemR00EFXEhRNR0zZ3rJvi2rnZSBq201WYZDSKVXAknCX9OzSw/s1600/IMG_1668.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihuVQwTw_cqh4RgoT62jlrhZlp6GT08lQk0faKxQJbQI2S3KF26kDvb3lFxWUg0OuCjws75Mn69AjU0E05y9Vlx2yeaBemR00EFXEhRNR0zZ3rJvi2rnZSBq201WYZDSKVXAknCX9OzSw/s320/IMG_1668.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502711247202449154" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs1W6m1URbAZQJSsBG2CIcVsKSuUqpz1FgQa1VjgGiXk_Rfru59DYDQtXjV1k1klyPq0Q5KIUoxVike0u6c9RNsKIYy82kcPl_aNcSyWRw4rhPA6USPYv9iM1QzSLcN_SKpl5gvUBnnHs/s1600/IMG_1671.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs1W6m1URbAZQJSsBG2CIcVsKSuUqpz1FgQa1VjgGiXk_Rfru59DYDQtXjV1k1klyPq0Q5KIUoxVike0u6c9RNsKIYy82kcPl_aNcSyWRw4rhPA6USPYv9iM1QzSLcN_SKpl5gvUBnnHs/s320/IMG_1671.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502711462167068930" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >We got there later than we should have (people get there at least 45 minutes before the show to get a prime spot) and ended up sitting towards the front. Buuuuutttt once we ordered an appetizer (jake's fav: spinach artichoke dip!) and a few beers we were very pleased with our first Draft House visit.</span><br /><br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiILvP5cVnAe0uc5aNiIvHp3usYSCY0XeG9sHq3K3lfupM9nX-GOBD6HUIa8QGYJHmroHRkgkS_fkQHZKPqh2mVSxTZhr2CG5Nhrb21AG5g73egGHg-TmufYUcSRuoSF7VUFYGFroYBYgI/s1600/IMG_1673.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiILvP5cVnAe0uc5aNiIvHp3usYSCY0XeG9sHq3K3lfupM9nX-GOBD6HUIa8QGYJHmroHRkgkS_fkQHZKPqh2mVSxTZhr2CG5Nhrb21AG5g73egGHg-TmufYUcSRuoSF7VUFYGFroYBYgI/s320/IMG_1673.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502712181347792050" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >By the looks of his face can't you tell that we will be back again?!</span></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span><br /></span></span>Jakeandjesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759551078941901314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284903771201703142.post-10634958442298275452010-07-27T08:56:00.001-07:002010-08-24T19:32:51.318-07:00If You Play it, They Will Come<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >Since we arrived to Austin we've been hearing about a summer concert event called Blues on the Green. It's held at Zilker Park (home of ACL) every other Wednesday. We've been wanting to go all summer and finally made it over to one last week.</span><br /></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpNtoylqafLNY7CoNTFqO941CoVZi4-4CG9YYzVnu0778MCRP2_RZDZuFW4Pf9kGm5qfcRfWTkDKPVFhpua3QrR2LrxSBpwETOxqvjqtulB9FzXlpSvR3boU589gWtJaAUSJUpI_jAA9c/s1600/IMG_1590.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpNtoylqafLNY7CoNTFqO941CoVZi4-4CG9YYzVnu0778MCRP2_RZDZuFW4Pf9kGm5qfcRfWTkDKPVFhpua3QrR2LrxSBpwETOxqvjqtulB9FzXlpSvR3boU589gWtJaAUSJUpI_jAA9c/s320/IMG_1590.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498617091462049186" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX1vf-s4PEJz9c_LO4UsG_f6bylXL_mfW8Sn_ciOhnsfy0XT9Kv-3w5TdZTso795xgovirnpQ7uipQJb5ymD4wYRPvFJYFEyCooZaxlY_ijPtxQ6qv-QdQ83gBZPox_gvj59GyW_rSfbs/s1600/IMG_1592.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX1vf-s4PEJz9c_LO4UsG_f6bylXL_mfW8Sn_ciOhnsfy0XT9Kv-3w5TdZTso795xgovirnpQ7uipQJb5ymD4wYRPvFJYFEyCooZaxlY_ijPtxQ6qv-QdQ83gBZPox_gvj59GyW_rSfbs/s320/IMG_1592.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498617371728183666" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9YPq4j4SchCsbj5Kw-A_NYVtixLjYqrCiGjQg67kFhgLWrHL7G9lUoB9vhqESxr7P-lK8aIO9prRkOqtlYKzwoZHaJkPbsT13UFrYVH6dumWP29uzl0oH-xOUl6XV_j_tFkgA735Q7Hc/s1600/IMG_1593.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9YPq4j4SchCsbj5Kw-A_NYVtixLjYqrCiGjQg67kFhgLWrHL7G9lUoB9vhqESxr7P-lK8aIO9prRkOqtlYKzwoZHaJkPbsT13UFrYVH6dumWP29uzl0oH-xOUl6XV_j_tFkgA735Q7Hc/s320/IMG_1593.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498617658427204034" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >The music was really good and besides the fact that we didn't bring any cold ones or cash to grab a few (hot and humid people!), we had a great time people watching and soaking up everything summer. </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD2DeMC6XvfqsQbhh3K2eUqLOttHmzniA-nOHU2IGQUhhMrfohxro77vTa-YqUL_4NgFfQMnkTl5-G-oZcVK2GqM_QrII3zr-ejA5_6cX_59Mnm371_Mz2dbtJtnHqONTHmChiiz1Ar3o/s1600/IMG_1596.JPG"><br /></a>Jakeandjesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759551078941901314noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284903771201703142.post-84996090688643483532010-07-26T19:31:00.001-07:002010-08-24T19:36:44.760-07:00book early and save at case de vance<span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >So far we are averaging fam/friend guests about every 6 weeks.</span><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" > We feel pretty awesome and heart the fact that everyone is so stoked to come visit. One of our latest visitors, </span><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >Jake's sister and her 3 kiddos,</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" > arrived last weekend. Because we knew that there were kids in tow we had a weekend jammed packed with activities hoping that we would exhaust them (make them want to move here *wink wink*) and get some adult time somewhere in there.<br /><br />The fam arrived on </span><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >Saturday afternoon and we took them to the infamous<a href="http://www.torchystacos.com/"> Torchy's Tacos</a> to show them what a good taco really tastes like. OMG was this place amazingly scrumptious!!!!<br /><br />We headed over to Town Lake to grab a sno cone to cool down while catching an evening boat tour of the lake. Being newbies ourselves we wanted to do something "touristy" and having relatives in town gave us an excuse to try this out. The tour went up and down Lady Bird Lake (aka Town Lake AKA Colorado River) and gave a history of the city that run along its banks. We also stayed on the boat until after sundown to check out the bats that colonize the bridge.</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJrX1ebrQMwChwz7O8sODExOqt9eXHpSNkU994DKPjvux5U6yK17IOp_G_pd4r_-ggfKN8FFnQjwh24pADeeVeDXgMGK8yp26zMoXNVtTfYrJsGiYvn28L2_AJKsn19tRzPavLb9vlzI/s1600/IMG_1447.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJrX1ebrQMwChwz7O8sODExOqt9eXHpSNkU994DKPjvux5U6yK17IOp_G_pd4r_-ggfKN8FFnQjwh24pADeeVeDXgMGK8yp26zMoXNVtTfYrJsGiYvn28L2_AJKsn19tRzPavLb9vlzI/s320/IMG_" /></a></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlFiiIG8mRvj4ZYlniGNugCA0P4-LyedrLYESShz2COmaUrH7fRp2Rz54AYvauQbgXXU0_tiSSzF1d0UVXjfk6dvr5wthmjyIjAQAmQiSu5GZwf1If430sw5mQJsao_Qetce4Ug7pyUC0/s1600/IMG_1479.JPG"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_RQNPY6SkocMgPA6nTEqLzdfwpFcvUtjiah5oOUe-czyDYqFKWjfeqni2G44iveOXapsxv-bnOIUBj3QJ0AWir10dTvxKr3leX1BuLPDJrd7jX-OKfkM9j5kKi3AaX7Ga4RLwXBtX0as/s1600/IMG_1487.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_RQNPY6SkocMgPA6nTEqLzdfwpFcvUtjiah5oOUe-czyDYqFKWjfeqni2G44iveOXapsxv-bnOIUBj3QJ0AWir10dTvxKr3leX1BuLPDJrd7jX-OKfkM9j5kKi3AaX7Ga4RLwXBtX0as/s320/IMG_1487.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498412107794395602" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEJ8YQRhl_Q5LVCnYBhh_qMRrkZDaXRGAME_54tkiB2aP4HXi_Hg43E9X1mlll0IfE8L4hDD6XgVAJzU-34RM_YKrsMIy2icUrAaymvfexaO-BIp7uBCsHyOtdVMZoUpi9jd1bbtJwnrM/s1600/IMG_1465.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEJ8YQRhl_Q5LVCnYBhh_qMRrkZDaXRGAME_54tkiB2aP4HXi_Hg43E9X1mlll0IfE8L4hDD6XgVAJzU-34RM_YKrsMIy2icUrAaymvfexaO-BIp7uBCsHyOtdVMZoUpi9jd1bbtJwnrM/s320/IMG_1465.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498412099064538818" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >Being silly boys!</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzrS3URhO9yQgdKD55i6_HjzRbM8GHFisFBBzyPcp_jShWFxgWE1KR6lVXtramH1PNuOVO4rRA5_u37-Y5F_1cDyRVJ5wOsVfdLzQDsSIgi5kxlGy2xidoIksrlywVpQbbXkQ8W6zpCEs/s1600/IMG_1479.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzrS3URhO9yQgdKD55i6_HjzRbM8GHFisFBBzyPcp_jShWFxgWE1KR6lVXtramH1PNuOVO4rRA5_u37-Y5F_1cDyRVJ5wOsVfdLzQDsSIgi5kxlGy2xidoIksrlywVpQbbXkQ8W6zpCEs/s320/IMG_1479.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498412916662715330" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >waiting for the bats across S. Congress bridge</span><br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpoztCMpm4Bbupy6SIgUsbupVdRtwfoqIttbMO-R_WqcZSE7JYWsQzZMblEBwldjEYp52yn-U4cQd_UdhH3NyXuL7XyrhbmjzOfEYt0ddWGwNJL288Zk2IbJz5x1-abUx4IuKN0eg4FTA/s1600/IMG_1483.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpoztCMpm4Bbupy6SIgUsbupVdRtwfoqIttbMO-R_WqcZSE7JYWsQzZMblEBwldjEYp52yn-U4cQd_UdhH3NyXuL7XyrhbmjzOfEYt0ddWGwNJL288Zk2IbJz5x1-abUx4IuKN0eg4FTA/s320/IMG_1483.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498412907096578546" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">tens of THOUSANDS of bats and their babies over head!!!<br /><br />................................................<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >The next day we headed over to the Salt Lick (yup Jess was thrilled.) to get some good ol' fashioned Texas BBQ. Its a cash only BYOB BBQ that people drive for miles around to make sure they hit up before they leave central Texas. </span><br /><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMLzeStKXeG2X44MbW5j3HO2y3RwEYrAgKz7dPNipbojaVZYwW4h5Qj8Pgth4Br98umFK6fb61Ap8jtr8U4HxjKET0q6Voxuc4lerCJhdJQn7xlTDpkanMZ0k1_wWZeP-KCh1_qka_zGw/s1600/2007may249.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMLzeStKXeG2X44MbW5j3HO2y3RwEYrAgKz7dPNipbojaVZYwW4h5Qj8Pgth4Br98umFK6fb61Ap8jtr8U4HxjKET0q6Voxuc4lerCJhdJQn7xlTDpkanMZ0k1_wWZeP-KCh1_qka_zGw/s320/2007may249.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498414922076764498" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >this is how crowded it was and it was only 12!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtVAuTdGkwCReKaL1szblerfH0WblJd968sZnouKTtRjUa2Gx5vMNfQidq_zjq_yS5O06xBKG891fEPDvKIcVkAMcjXQ4PtHUvGRtuK7xc9R_cBEKdufDGl-cMxV-y2wFFKX-TVt8XI_Q/s1600/salt-lick.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 201px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtVAuTdGkwCReKaL1szblerfH0WblJd968sZnouKTtRjUa2Gx5vMNfQidq_zjq_yS5O06xBKG891fEPDvKIcVkAMcjXQ4PtHUvGRtuK7xc9R_cBEKdufDGl-cMxV-y2wFFKX-TVt8XI_Q/s320/salt-lick.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498415082174757106" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >Meat at its finest?!<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">After lunch we hit up Barton Springs for some good ole' summer time swim action. </span></span></span><br /></div></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZs8ILsRdy70-5T_pOcZpkicVe5YE6OzzDZmFMaG8wImNN5uLA1yyvICinY1g8XVlUHL7OK4ztNJjzF9uMWIBOLKi9J25C4XGa-ffbI6vRnzlC8UTQTri_RhhSalDjjgtXXw4BbfavXnc/s1600/WVO_Barton-Springs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZs8ILsRdy70-5T_pOcZpkicVe5YE6OzzDZmFMaG8wImNN5uLA1yyvICinY1g8XVlUHL7OK4ztNJjzF9uMWIBOLKi9J25C4XGa-ffbI6vRnzlC8UTQTri_RhhSalDjjgtXXw4BbfavXnc/s320/WVO_Barton-Springs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498415867919685666" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >After the kids were good and waterlogged we headed over to Red's Porch for dinner. Red's is a really cool restaurant that overlooks Hill Country. Good atmosphere for sure!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXHLkpN0DLNMCCSQarzaDSYKZUi4HtFkUZL3r20sqd7DrDecpaZcLfShbV2_2y-TOocBsCp0xV8fOGjVusVnUuY9prn1IL7nKZBi_a39uSHDCqTgSzIM2qE3fRJ3xitFjWGjeVzWG1xlY/s1600/IMG_1511.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXHLkpN0DLNMCCSQarzaDSYKZUi4HtFkUZL3r20sqd7DrDecpaZcLfShbV2_2y-TOocBsCp0xV8fOGjVusVnUuY9prn1IL7nKZBi_a39uSHDCqTgSzIM2qE3fRJ3xitFjWGjeVzWG1xlY/s320/IMG_1511.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498416734356387122" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ_OYya0QCSdxhXxjFOlNEfo9IZyLpYb34LD6xHUP-IbRteknn9HZewDk2UnVxQUVj2EmbDjvZS3vm_5fp4E8d_12UIBM6NGbX2bwrN3xWg2Z8k3ZIok0XxWwtNe8q8RHyESfzLbj1uNg/s1600/IMG_1510.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ_OYya0QCSdxhXxjFOlNEfo9IZyLpYb34LD6xHUP-IbRteknn9HZewDk2UnVxQUVj2EmbDjvZS3vm_5fp4E8d_12UIBM6NGbX2bwrN3xWg2Z8k3ZIok0XxWwtNe8q8RHyESfzLbj1uNg/s320/IMG_1510.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498416728598736482" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih_5pelVzxw-0aMhC9Gdaeg0l17-SlZ383654W_8Nd6jIUMpG9ouRiBD1kFHjSo8lybUQtsxh_s4e3mp6GsqOKPlCjClJzX_gZ3MaLdh0X5mMt0VwEHINWFgMsXDpmzRTwOhI37J9X02g/s1600/IMG_1509.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih_5pelVzxw-0aMhC9Gdaeg0l17-SlZ383654W_8Nd6jIUMpG9ouRiBD1kFHjSo8lybUQtsxh_s4e3mp6GsqOKPlCjClJzX_gZ3MaLdh0X5mMt0VwEHINWFgMsXDpmzRTwOhI37J9X02g/s320/IMG_1509.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498416715872432898" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" ><br />Next up was a night on the town for the adults. We hit up 5th and 6th to show Allison was Austin nightlife has to offer and had a good time listening to some music - both "live" and from the karaoke bar!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJyfFLAuJitQxq6432NmFB1rIgBNnTVDxkIq3Js2DeooSLuss9pwvrXqXLl7rALR5_EsqhY9E60mILvhIxQbPo0Zv4fc5VAUA_HKgfHSGX4B57SyVEYegAfyGkGaXB3mWMaxyN_lJGKSE/s1600/IMG_1520.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJyfFLAuJitQxq6432NmFB1rIgBNnTVDxkIq3Js2DeooSLuss9pwvrXqXLl7rALR5_EsqhY9E60mILvhIxQbPo0Zv4fc5VAUA_HKgfHSGX4B57SyVEYegAfyGkGaXB3mWMaxyN_lJGKSE/s320/IMG_1520.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498417660449611890" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuR8YdSJgcc1mRs8hJrjxdaSA9HKrGd8iyZeFdLuz5wZE6dAL1Tbp676CuoqkaBvJTW8HucKaR6uSul7pKc_QxkJW9Evm8Ro18fptgN90lsijkOQ1oT1iKvgmU87L39Mqo28MBOZ3YnhU/s1600/IMG_1515.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuR8YdSJgcc1mRs8hJrjxdaSA9HKrGd8iyZeFdLuz5wZE6dAL1Tbp676CuoqkaBvJTW8HucKaR6uSul7pKc_QxkJW9Evm8Ro18fptgN90lsijkOQ1oT1iKvgmU87L39Mqo28MBOZ3YnhU/s320/IMG_1515.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498418856635837874" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Nothing says Austin like a little live music<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWXGqFU9O-hV3JUiRdPCPejQWmsq-x511uUgpwh_TM8Vsa3cWWy5naoX7XBjge5ClKsLWuVoATUTZw1HHoAeXIzWTDj-6vM-l9OD-zWZGEjh1JgymLyawFd3vMlxpn7HccUamJS7xzcxY/s1600/IMG_1522.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWXGqFU9O-hV3JUiRdPCPejQWmsq-x511uUgpwh_TM8Vsa3cWWy5naoX7XBjge5ClKsLWuVoATUTZw1HHoAeXIzWTDj-6vM-l9OD-zWZGEjh1JgymLyawFd3vMlxpn7HccUamJS7xzcxY/s320/IMG_1522.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498418849764017170" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >"I will survive...HEY HEY"</span><br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGvYYEaBp5TtKeiiouI7sK_E2Ot_mxBWBfD5LffGr4UTcaqZW_zcsQu4SbGCMkWJlcfNOODDug-_O3D32kGpWRxOWqjNytlabEX8B8u0zlZaUsZrxpK3FPPw0U9DyzzvqySDEs1cQEFbg/s1600/IMG_1524.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGvYYEaBp5TtKeiiouI7sK_E2Ot_mxBWBfD5LffGr4UTcaqZW_zcsQu4SbGCMkWJlcfNOODDug-_O3D32kGpWRxOWqjNytlabEX8B8u0zlZaUsZrxpK3FPPw0U9DyzzvqySDEs1cQEFbg/s320/IMG_1524.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498418837488686034" border="0" /></a></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">by the end of the night Allison was gettin' her Texas on</span></span>!<br />............................<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >Monday was the last day that the fam was in town so we took them to float the Guadalupe River. Again this is something that we've been wanting to do for awhile and having guests in town again gave us an excuse to do something we've been putting off -- wait why are you putting off these amazing things??!! We rented some tubes, grabbed some snacks and adult beverages and headed off to have a lazy Monday floating the river.</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYXdWwNvgzbb8TPrbEvPHgbKzH3nwWWVCKnujDw1hof9Tfl4GvI4XKTGYQkxwMa1_to4vZU8y5Cr6mkrDZVDi47qngNHCy5NoNag4z-dfmh57kMxqabTuVo8SWrizVFogcBsDUmwttg8g/s1600/IMG_1584.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYXdWwNvgzbb8TPrbEvPHgbKzH3nwWWVCKnujDw1hof9Tfl4GvI4XKTGYQkxwMa1_to4vZU8y5Cr6mkrDZVDi47qngNHCy5NoNag4z-dfmh57kMxqabTuVo8SWrizVFogcBsDUmwttg8g/s320/IMG_1584.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498421763975847394" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >epitome of summer...</span><br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiABOP0SLfnRxEKUtfAEbGiOS4GdZlkqSznSLIofGgHBgA1RIw53aLSo1sCHToXW3MDEGSTwGa0yOYjpld3laYhD8Exw4VCF2anIUs7LvZZMcVydlp58IIJMXdOSeuqEGnQdfeX6sIjmAo/s1600/IMG_1558.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4tdBM3f_qcakVHdwmNIu0DC67688nhcOsomob9xG-WOxOa1K6Nr-eKKYc-V5X28FkJMle5jV659MGPc4B-DjZQHxedEBS5BEbwAb1ctCf4hTwMGwgoOl0g7WJW7bKnYplySK74QySDXI/s320/IMG_1531.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498423307159620674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >lovin' the snacks!</span><br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibS-LOd5v5BiKuOqYfC8w1ZSRsSwZW_ndoLLLdKdXzaulEmEj1umAPXHHrhkqzZ5CnYq_7urLr0J_W4rhX_gog5gtsFN7ZZUa63T1hVFwNSpWF0YRAARlZprKxy3GKF7lwoxvbLRZY2H0/s1600/IMG_1532.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibS-LOd5v5BiKuOqYfC8w1ZSRsSwZW_ndoLLLdKdXzaulEmEj1umAPXHHrhkqzZ5CnYq_7urLr0J_W4rhX_gog5gtsFN7ZZUa63T1hVFwNSpWF0YRAARlZprKxy3GKF7lwoxvbLRZY2H0/s320/IMG_1532.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498423297590209794" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >the girls know how to relaaaaxxxxx<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >Love </span><span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:78%;" >having guests and looking forward to October and ACL among the other festivities we've got going on!</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></div></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div></div>Jakeandjesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759551078941901314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284903771201703142.post-44550930249559545942010-07-21T15:22:00.001-07:002010-07-21T15:30:08.294-07:00Who Wants a Cheeseburger??<span style="font-size:85%;">The birthday boy does! We heart our animal son just as much as anyone else in our family. We've learned a lot about ourselves and what it takes to make a family work. So grateful for our sweet boy and look forward to adding a human brother or sister to the family one day. For now, Stewart's our only responsibility and we like it that way.<br /><br />Today he and his twin sister (Mia) celebrate their 2nd bday-- ahhh the teenage years! On the menu tonight: cheeseburger from the drive through. Shhh don't tell our trainer : )<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSnObgzr-onEB-7v97ipYKv9uM5eXIG4HEtAA9Ytx9YrqeG_hxr4wY4NXm8l-oRhbxup6mxiDfc9ATfFzn5WJe652cE_v6AAnptdf1IF9ktCLqq77k5_hxVRAxerpySQQt3ylesbrnGXU/s1600/IMG_4966.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSnObgzr-onEB-7v97ipYKv9uM5eXIG4HEtAA9Ytx9YrqeG_hxr4wY4NXm8l-oRhbxup6mxiDfc9ATfFzn5WJe652cE_v6AAnptdf1IF9ktCLqq77k5_hxVRAxerpySQQt3ylesbrnGXU/s320/IMG_4966.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496489270253096290" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyi9bRZT5tGfjC4r7i60FOrHFSC7YJtHNDFbyyFb72qF1LkG4raIFafuxk9dLHkqCmMxTnrXsiXgWQ2HKYVfdbdvCpagTdyaTFb56q61tEGIGYct9vyc-dptCmn4NEYtyoZZKsyiVrgPw/s1600/IMG_4942.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyi9bRZT5tGfjC4r7i60FOrHFSC7YJtHNDFbyyFb72qF1LkG4raIFafuxk9dLHkqCmMxTnrXsiXgWQ2HKYVfdbdvCpagTdyaTFb56q61tEGIGYct9vyc-dptCmn4NEYtyoZZKsyiVrgPw/s320/IMG_4942.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496489260053496098" border="0" /></a><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">They grow up so fast....<br /></span></div>Jakeandjesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759551078941901314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284903771201703142.post-66941689473469657952010-07-11T18:56:00.000-07:002010-07-11T19:10:36.093-07:00Let Me Be Your Neighbor<span style="font-size:85%;">We saw this house a few weekends ago when we had some family over and wanted to show them a neighborhood that we hope to move to some time soon. It's close to some of our favorite spots in town that has a lot of character (something that Jess is looking for) and overgrown trees (Jake's must-have in a neighborhood) We passed the house below and Jess absolutely fell in love. During our window shopping excursion on Sunday we had to make another drive past this beauty and take a few pictures and peeks through the windows.....She's visualizing as we speak!<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnRTZV5XoNgdO_DLBwvqO5zwCD3vkjm9ftk1ZNhc0qLqyEO0sr6-NIMJR7HuTBUm_RAKat1Ce2hivPZZUIvcpWwQrcNJFdK0lc7rWloKg1KN1mIzwdGpd2do89FnAMiTlKpFMUYrFLJzI/s1600/IMG_1405.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnRTZV5XoNgdO_DLBwvqO5zwCD3vkjm9ftk1ZNhc0qLqyEO0sr6-NIMJR7HuTBUm_RAKat1Ce2hivPZZUIvcpWwQrcNJFdK0lc7rWloKg1KN1mIzwdGpd2do89FnAMiTlKpFMUYrFLJzI/s320/IMG_1405.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492834237328890914" border="0" /></a> Totally remodeled 1940's quaint 2500 sq. foot home. </span><br />Obsessed!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Everyone ready for an afternoon BBQ</span>? <span style="font-size:85%;">We are.</span><br /></div>Jakeandjesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759551078941901314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284903771201703142.post-69369935782975472522010-07-11T17:45:00.000-07:002010-07-11T18:43:27.449-07:00Easy (Like a Sunday Morning)<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Sunday is our day. The day that we blackout in our calendars for some "us" time. Lately with the many visitors (that we LOVE) and balancing our new work schedules our Sundays have seemed to fall on the wayside. This weekend we had a lull in the craziness that we call our lives and took advantage of the <span style="font-style: italic;">beautiful </span>weather that Austin was having this weekend.<br /><br />Although Jess is usually the organizer in the relationship, Jake is great at planning. Of coarse he had a list of to-dos in hand before we left the house that morning.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The day started off late in the morning and was quickly followed by a few donuts....yummmm</span><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvL1dsAVlhEHAGd80Hr-6Nc4LkBBpEww-avo12crIWiDvK_1J_6q1mcHChMiHwfWztGK-71RloMaLaX2WMjLHvsi4IfYvrLj4VPURVUgDq0DW-b6LiGNcxToN58LLduxQQTF-2AiPnNYY/s1600/Donuts.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvL1dsAVlhEHAGd80Hr-6Nc4LkBBpEww-avo12crIWiDvK_1J_6q1mcHChMiHwfWztGK-71RloMaLaX2WMjLHvsi4IfYvrLj4VPURVUgDq0DW-b6LiGNcxToN58LLduxQQTF-2AiPnNYY/s320/Donuts.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492821655586475106" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Our cooler was packed (and so were our bellies) so we headed over to Lake Austin (about 30 minutes from our house) to enjoy a lazy Sunday with our son.<br /><br /><br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1P4lVQc9HrsVS_LYkbxSWKrNuHWfUmcm7x7w3bVKsA62-SwIkzJartl0rXHAM-DyBk4mBdatizmfyGg8ixKGMnB-t_jSZpUawErXDqQOx6ixJyM95aPuO-Sm7Q7TYog8J6Gj1VaPuswY/s1600/IMG_1401.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1P4lVQc9HrsVS_LYkbxSWKrNuHWfUmcm7x7w3bVKsA62-SwIkzJartl0rXHAM-DyBk4mBdatizmfyGg8ixKGMnB-t_jSZpUawErXDqQOx6ixJyM95aPuO-Sm7Q7TYog8J6Gj1VaPuswY/s320/IMG_1401.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492824477780337874" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgof3kqBWd7jqxuWTCTWULnDMGfBZA6kZGiGvAk9Oy5joxFYAEgha3BOy90LQE57F4EClQcYYlHa3XOVwxoSWbOp5iVtbthHQOX1jBHvPk65h9kF4FGhyphenhyphen-ETuS2h-gb_WTUMieYDHWZZc/s1600/IMG_1392.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgof3kqBWd7jqxuWTCTWULnDMGfBZA6kZGiGvAk9Oy5joxFYAEgha3BOy90LQE57F4EClQcYYlHa3XOVwxoSWbOp5iVtbthHQOX1jBHvPk65h9kF4FGhyphenhyphen-ETuS2h-gb_WTUMieYDHWZZc/s320/IMG_1392.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492824468166937554" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLaqwS4_fm2ZGcqJNqeHZycXfBOLTnYsQcoIlvLAldzZfESmviVs13WIFlilvsErvr-wiB0j1jgd28R5T37ykBuPndCuHm8teIMtcrnXSCiWMlUMpxl0fwaJwBIkgdKWS3EbdKfEFpiSc/s1600/IMG_1396.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLaqwS4_fm2ZGcqJNqeHZycXfBOLTnYsQcoIlvLAldzZfESmviVs13WIFlilvsErvr-wiB0j1jgd28R5T37ykBuPndCuHm8teIMtcrnXSCiWMlUMpxl0fwaJwBIkgdKWS3EbdKfEFpiSc/s320/IMG_1396.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492824461265604818" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJJ2UlIbGJrsECq817FOU_ANlhPAXk-V2V55mslhiMSEPLRNNqVWT8sAl2OHX6DMD0TNCY29x16SEbwDIx0HnPfTJoawGsLZPR40T2F70G_1ug1A9lZBLW1oAf5mcebczn8qzoUqaz-9E/s1600/IMG_1385.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJJ2UlIbGJrsECq817FOU_ANlhPAXk-V2V55mslhiMSEPLRNNqVWT8sAl2OHX6DMD0TNCY29x16SEbwDIx0HnPfTJoawGsLZPR40T2F70G_1ug1A9lZBLW1oAf5mcebczn8qzoUqaz-9E/s320/IMG_1385.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492824451264308018" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUoSxw4qSrMsOQ-_U65299qaTGeaFaEfA7eQc1ZWKMFd-O1U8Nv3mxuGB6iG_BkVj_VgQVNhOm7J-I4wPccnyVOAUvfZLZcllBC9vbicSiqY2e3LVCI-0F6qvwiHhsEKa38TGSBSWxKXs/s1600/IMG_1378.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUoSxw4qSrMsOQ-_U65299qaTGeaFaEfA7eQc1ZWKMFd-O1U8Nv3mxuGB6iG_BkVj_VgQVNhOm7J-I4wPccnyVOAUvfZLZcllBC9vbicSiqY2e3LVCI-0F6qvwiHhsEKa38TGSBSWxKXs/s320/IMG_1378.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492824441593133266" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">We read. We enjoyed the sun. We played Banagrams.<br />By our rules.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKlmN_xRNBAGExwELanTg6QlP6TEDKUG7Zm2qNb5Jy_s5KoRuphG8Mo_ZZD4hGWF4hByB1yqaC1DA384jECWRm56DY6Ogk7tzTIJEERYzI_tmCZERc1zXlFvBNVXAb52zVa0njo3rPACY/s1600/IMG_1373.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKlmN_xRNBAGExwELanTg6QlP6TEDKUG7Zm2qNb5Jy_s5KoRuphG8Mo_ZZD4hGWF4hByB1yqaC1DA384jECWRm56DY6Ogk7tzTIJEERYzI_tmCZERc1zXlFvBNVXAb52zVa0njo3rPACY/s320/IMG_1373.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492825537244092530" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbS-_ItAAmp8V8jbln71Zl9QMHfl3Gt4dUNfwj6ppvdDVxxX6iVuhFadOx-Cu3ea-bGcsfZHtr5sxF-xWw2-WdsqT4Q9TYHG1zCeJp4TulyiyVszOnE6dKRu_9wOfcaWDlV_6jL7Pn6B8/s1600/IMG_1370.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbS-_ItAAmp8V8jbln71Zl9QMHfl3Gt4dUNfwj6ppvdDVxxX6iVuhFadOx-Cu3ea-bGcsfZHtr5sxF-xWw2-WdsqT4Q9TYHG1zCeJp4TulyiyVszOnE6dKRu_9wOfcaWDlV_6jL7Pn6B8/s320/IMG_1370.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492825530865651714" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Guess who won?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0hZnq2hjUS68cHpShPsQUaK9fN3N-G1zUu2IIreHIio9bRnJgaFNo2PbacdYWI6rNlHIzW2PZ2lAdoutiD8efB5yF_fm4zpu92y6E0lICCn9c9o0jthlXCavdDx12kbvJ-bBw-B34Sd4/s1600/IMG_1371.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0hZnq2hjUS68cHpShPsQUaK9fN3N-G1zUu2IIreHIio9bRnJgaFNo2PbacdYWI6rNlHIzW2PZ2lAdoutiD8efB5yF_fm4zpu92y6E0lICCn9c9o0jthlXCavdDx12kbvJ-bBw-B34Sd4/s320/IMG_1371.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492826015256548226" border="0" /></a><br />After a leisurely drive in one of our favorite neighborhoods for some (window shopping) house hunting, we ended the day with some fries and chocolate shakes from P. Terry's- Austin's version of In N' Out.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRecJRDUFut_T01G1hSo8Pp0xeJMnWGWqf3_-Vypk4mFFNpgf-8yQcXoI89t13BtMwCToTIv5hCa-PuVcXQrx3JFxvAU3SkAB-BQAELZO5vDwLGOaUdQbbuMaSGj8i4xNIqljV2n6uYkg/s1600/527159455_61e661dae9.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRecJRDUFut_T01G1hSo8Pp0xeJMnWGWqf3_-Vypk4mFFNpgf-8yQcXoI89t13BtMwCToTIv5hCa-PuVcXQrx3JFxvAU3SkAB-BQAELZO5vDwLGOaUdQbbuMaSGj8i4xNIqljV2n6uYkg/s320/527159455_61e661dae9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492828097349876050" border="0" /></a>yummmm. If you're counting that two tasty treats in one day. Hey, it was Sunday. Nothing counts on a Sunday right?<br /><br />Sweet ending to a great day.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div>Jakeandjesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759551078941901314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284903771201703142.post-91958641171150943082010-07-06T17:37:00.000-07:002010-07-06T18:01:49.460-07:00Memorial Weekend: Day Two<span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Ok, 4th of July has come and gone but we've been busy! Anyways, here's what happened the rest of the weekend when <a href="http://jakeandjessicavance.blogspot.com/2010/06/memorial-weekend-day-one.html">Perm came to visit</a>.</span></span> <span style="font-size:85%;">We decided to show the rest of the weekend in pictures (hint: it's been TOO long but we hate to not post these pictures from our <a href="http://www.canneslions.com/work/cyber/entry.cfm?entryid=14678&award=4">award winning</a> brother)</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Saturday: </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></span></span></span><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinEg3WDRdZDv2v9gAi1txtdbgpoaRgP2MZ3O8iQ5Z6xy2R454nXgKJnMhmfY5oo5PxP9gZ9Dr-6vqw6k7SfK6MSTchD7zk-H3FZKg2iM_xRHTKNZy4pL42IqEa-NULlZpYkwPVidTWqzE/s1600/L1000778.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQLkUOQe625a7TWQg8IkAjdL4k04dYn7Iw1Ns5lR4jXmCiHqhEDLsR-gyvqI-gEX4ehAoQgs2i8G9Xzdi2858Ya2p6jleXieB5upKun6AY8z0Mp1_OFhCbK-dynwHDZoVxqjOLv6S-5kU/s320/L1000806.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490962813219295538" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhsw6d2ybgW2mU6Z0YP38b7anXxEsP5amsHCGAptErZGfJN6c9dJUr-QkUhWnlZH8qGVk1ZQ_qLKecvv-0HkqHCjdY_UVIk0NhRpRwRh3fr6gEhjw2xqU9m5GHy1rCN16iowNiDRqgh3s/s1600/IMG_1199.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhsw6d2ybgW2mU6Z0YP38b7anXxEsP5amsHCGAptErZGfJN6c9dJUr-QkUhWnlZH8qGVk1ZQ_qLKecvv-0HkqHCjdY_UVIk0NhRpRwRh3fr6gEhjw2xqU9m5GHy1rCN16iowNiDRqgh3s/s320/IMG_1199.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490962812822763618" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ORhvZbh5RtxOpAq1fuYb32VRN1Fmf_ANpFY-_HpLchMtexzY09DQDR-YHChYsx1eRh_XaUV9KzBGnKgNTkCc0tv4qw-_AVuvQ1JVbwP7Gl8ln_il73ysLvnx0ZQtHjCVzOe1ih9bLoI/s1600/L1000821.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ORhvZbh5RtxOpAq1fuYb32VRN1Fmf_ANpFY-_HpLchMtexzY09DQDR-YHChYsx1eRh_XaUV9KzBGnKgNTkCc0tv4qw-_AVuvQ1JVbwP7Gl8ln_il73ysLvnx0ZQtHjCVzOe1ih9bLoI/s320/L1000821.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490962799433219522" border="0" /></a>Jakeandjesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759551078941901314noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284903771201703142.post-63570599710798762312010-06-15T18:11:00.000-07:002010-06-15T19:02:48.944-07:00We're Bad Parents<span style="font-size:85%;">Soooo Austin loves dogs. Like really LOVES dogs. They are EVERYWHERE. Which is cool if your dog loves other random dogs and people just chillin or walking around town. Stew? meh. not so much. We will say he's just a little bit unpredictable. There are so many places to bring, play, and exercise your dog here that sometimes we feel limited in what we are able to do. Enough is enough.<br /><br />We've been determined to kick his bad habits for some time now but haven't been successful with the classes and training we've done so far. We've even been really good about not letting our little cuddlebug sleep with us on the bed or up on the couch. Those of you with dogs know how hard this can be when you just need a little extra TLC or your hubby is gone for the weekend.<br /><br />Now, don't get us wrong. Our trainer back in Cali was pretty awesome. Stew came away from classes with some great party tricks (we'll show you next time you come to visit) and general obedience commands that are used day in and day out here at the Vance house. So what changed? Well, Austin has some pretty strict dog laws (any dog who punctures skin- even a scratch- is subject to have their dog quarantined for up to 10 days for rabies) though and we knew that with family and friends frequently visiting this year we wanted to take an aggressive approach and make some drastic changes around here.<br /><br />After a lot of research (do people really think that you will pay $400 for group classes????!!!) we made the call to a wonderful place called, <a href="http://www.trainingbytara.com/Home_Page.php">Training by Tara</a>. Jess called and set up a consultation for Stewart. We knew this place was different when they sent us a bunch of surveys and questionnaires to fill out before our first session. They asked questions about how often he eats, how he plays, and even where he sleeps.<br /><br />On Monday, Tara arrived to speak with Jake and see Stewie in his element. Although Jess wasn't around let's just say that the meeting can be summed up in two words: bad parents. No, jk. Well, kinda. The short version: Stewart is one confused little guy. He doesn't know whether he is the pack leader (if you think we are going Dog Whisperer on ya'll we kinda are, female version though) or if we are.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Calm, assertive energy. </span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBk3-qBVpVTA5p_Y7F-6E4-ZhNT9rUV5ciaV6NY1QLTrSd1z7s13gv06pKaUghR97bcEk60ogUeGXNWkPdRguimK5-tjFktFdi4Ek6EiIlwpYdpVlEIUtYJX-goBlnrVjBDT0sj1zgVlo/s1600/cesar_milan.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBk3-qBVpVTA5p_Y7F-6E4-ZhNT9rUV5ciaV6NY1QLTrSd1z7s13gv06pKaUghR97bcEk60ogUeGXNWkPdRguimK5-tjFktFdi4Ek6EiIlwpYdpVlEIUtYJX-goBlnrVjBDT0sj1zgVlo/s320/cesar_milan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483181070604725378" border="0" /></a><br /><br />She also said that he had a lot of anxiety because we were showing him that energy. She made some positive comments (parents trying to save face here) along with some great tips about dogs and how the whole dog/pack world works. The best news we heard was that she has had cases way worse than this. It was almost as though we let out a huge sigh and could stop holding our breathe.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The last (and first) time we had someone visit us here in Texas (Perm, still waiting for pics so we can finish our post....) Jessica's poor brother had to play fetch with Stew using an annoying squeaky toy every time he came in the house. Every time. Even when we went to the pool that's only 10 steps away from our front door. Not something we want to subject our future guests, family, and future children too. </span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">even the squeaky toy is tired of fetch sometimes. </span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMVFgQ2dSCBg2u8oRO8pcDI1TCVw5eUaBG4jKU_VH2bEwWNu9ZEEXHEpj407zcextYuhggGmCpliK8x1X9Ien6OasNM_fwlBziX4WF9ZeSU5iwvaGvQRiCGt5HsfrQONIK_lBRojHFTsk/s1600/504667148_fc1611726b_b.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 245px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMVFgQ2dSCBg2u8oRO8pcDI1TCVw5eUaBG4jKU_VH2bEwWNu9ZEEXHEpj407zcextYuhggGmCpliK8x1X9Ien6OasNM_fwlBziX4WF9ZeSU5iwvaGvQRiCGt5HsfrQONIK_lBRojHFTsk/s320/504667148_fc1611726b_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483182437802202530" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Moral of the story? The apple doesn't fall far from the tree (sorry Stew!) and we need to change the way to run the house to change how our son responds to ....well..everything. She claimed that we only need 3 sessions with her, but we know that it will take a lot of work and change on our end too. But, that's OK.<br /><br />When people say that dogs are training for kids we're kinda thinking that they might be right. Although we laughed off these claimed early on, we're beginning to think that there's probably a lot of truth in what they're saying. No kids on the plate for now guys. Hold your horses.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">if only.</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxmFqnJwYvFiVELXJm6_hGr5gL5JMndzXPEbOmYgu4d7ulQg_tyS2-V9ciL2DIL0-ugCTkP-U37nTMBxWj1VND7fWl3pLhcS8wy2SdliLnopBab4I2VIp9DJpq2G_VhQAcZ-bs7obWEcI/s1600/dog-training-2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxmFqnJwYvFiVELXJm6_hGr5gL5JMndzXPEbOmYgu4d7ulQg_tyS2-V9ciL2DIL0-ugCTkP-U37nTMBxWj1VND7fWl3pLhcS8wy2SdliLnopBab4I2VIp9DJpq2G_VhQAcZ-bs7obWEcI/s320/dog-training-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483183273297007330" border="0" /></a><br /></span>Jakeandjesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759551078941901314noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284903771201703142.post-59602870681421543662010-06-14T20:37:00.000-07:002010-06-14T20:49:27.971-07:00I Love a Blank Canvas<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >To start: this post is dedicated to all of her teacher friends...</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Today Jess headed into Grandview to do some training and of coarse had to do a lil sneak peak into her soon to be room. Those of you who are teachers can relate and know the giddy feeling you get when you have a blank canvas that you get to create and call your own.<br /><br />We wanted to post some "before" pics before she started to unpack and do her magic. Lots of storage (and boxes!) but nothing to fancy .....yet. </span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdbK5kLCaWbfkjEgUy3-S2Y_lQqFC_8LNRseU8boGp7LMSEzwjoZQSEKHTF0qiYsALqbmDzTQZDbrMsqyI_O7UiANEBMdlWmSTAGcDdss8R6OgVW4nJ2GB5yFp6hQlkCku_utMiZutLrs/s1600/IMG_1236.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdbK5kLCaWbfkjEgUy3-S2Y_lQqFC_8LNRseU8boGp7LMSEzwjoZQSEKHTF0qiYsALqbmDzTQZDbrMsqyI_O7UiANEBMdlWmSTAGcDdss8R6OgVW4nJ2GB5yFp6hQlkCku_utMiZutLrs/s320/IMG_1236.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482841340614207138" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP1aRjDle4Ypghf5U5rn27FPI2UghtuUBeDcPvQyL8vFdz4ueVu-8-HnjV4kdTSIECNJ_izmklH5oAMcSj9MrHIhPQAZB6AcZJQcy730zMToigKeVEjzfQ_X0Co7diRdr05adbwFZXrwQ/s1600/IMG_1233.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP1aRjDle4Ypghf5U5rn27FPI2UghtuUBeDcPvQyL8vFdz4ueVu-8-HnjV4kdTSIECNJ_izmklH5oAMcSj9MrHIhPQAZB6AcZJQcy730zMToigKeVEjzfQ_X0Co7diRdr05adbwFZXrwQ/s320/IMG_1233.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482841332630613218" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho36EOXpugtQcVOytxk8QDHw6vmbDVJbtizbAKiHJDpD_EieKDlBgCs6V0wqVgz0jM5jelDm2SFrrdY_bylVObLH97_H1kk2Pwsb1IHzJZnQck8kDfxieB1lnnORVr-zFRzAd5sfjV5gw/s1600/IMG_1229.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho36EOXpugtQcVOytxk8QDHw6vmbDVJbtizbAKiHJDpD_EieKDlBgCs6V0wqVgz0jM5jelDm2SFrrdY_bylVObLH97_H1kk2Pwsb1IHzJZnQck8kDfxieB1lnnORVr-zFRzAd5sfjV5gw/s320/IMG_1229.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482841322579026274" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrUuZF_mz6Ow1K7Kf8XMWQ7xzs7Dtko02UDc8676pBsOzmXDWl3RWMtYoUqZWv7iwJH4JHeVNbeNvQ8753p_BX6U06GDDYynHYzcF27chKz-yGZ0scT5TYD_oE9riRGdw-w4M0fU7NxNE/s1600/IMG_1230.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrUuZF_mz6Ow1K7Kf8XMWQ7xzs7Dtko02UDc8676pBsOzmXDWl3RWMtYoUqZWv7iwJH4JHeVNbeNvQ8753p_BX6U06GDDYynHYzcF27chKz-yGZ0scT5TYD_oE9riRGdw-w4M0fU7NxNE/s320/IMG_1230.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482841309796668754" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">"After" pics should be posted in a few months. </span></div>Jakeandjesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759551078941901314noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284903771201703142.post-46129682811924373362010-06-13T17:54:00.000-07:002010-06-14T19:36:52.842-07:00Making Plans<span><span style="font-size:85%;">We definitely lucked out when it comes to our townhouse's location. Back in February Jess spend a few hours with a Realtor looking at some places to rent. Although we weren't quite sure about our neighborhood when we first moved here, we've realized that our spot is located in a great spot close to a lot of the places that we like to enjoy. BUT we also know that we want to explore the city some more and live in a few more neighborhoods before settling on something more permanent.<br /><br />A few weekends back we decided to take a day and chose a few of the neighborhoods from the <a href="http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/resources/austin/living-in-austin.asp">map</a> below to explore. We chose to drove through Allandale (2), Rosedale (4), and Barton Hills (15) based on the info from the map as well as some blogs that we follow. We currently live about five minutes south of where the map ends and know that we want to move a bit closer to the city and some of our favorite outdoor activities (Zilker Park, Barton Creek, kayking, etc.).</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip6JTPOS1MU6YK0Pm330rSm0q2pdfoYr-VKbM7js3G-aVO466k-bP2YyQxjaqrmX2x6n2YQuY1u4QvBWQPr3zLyEwYd42kY2q_u09fZWVf39vwqf3z9irOQ8hs2BvskSePURWjrlJlXWA/s1600/neighborhood-map.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 237px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip6JTPOS1MU6YK0Pm330rSm0q2pdfoYr-VKbM7js3G-aVO466k-bP2YyQxjaqrmX2x6n2YQuY1u4QvBWQPr3zLyEwYd42kY2q_u09fZWVf39vwqf3z9irOQ8hs2BvskSePURWjrlJlXWA/s320/neighborhood-map.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482434310928589186" border="0" /></a></span></span><span><span style="font-size:85%;">With our notebook and adventurous spirit in hand, we took to the streets and began our journey. The first neighborhood we decided to tour was Barton Hills. Since this neighborhood is within walking distance to some of our favorite eateries and parks we knew that this might be a perfect place to get some "city life" while remaining in an area where we could get a backyard for our little Stewie (poor guy- he deserves some open green!). We were <span style="font-weight: bold;">more</span> than impressed at what we found. The whole time we were driving we got the feeling of being two kiddos in an awesome tree house. We also loved the twisty-windy roads along with their variety of the houses. They were mostly ranches or bungalows-types with an overall "cool lived-in feeling" you don't get with every neighborhood. Some of the homes were complete re-do's but with the mature trees you could tell that this place had a history.</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-s_8FJMIRuEWeJXorNLjMBtkwmx_mXltvihhubLOWwTplaygvLwRn0zbfPfgjJ_m0khiiYVcfy4gEgS27TwKLTRWD78reXL6SZfwnqcLYX7bBE6YiWRGzJryGiM6gftUW8FnVl56MQ4c/s1600/ar124875525821408.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-s_8FJMIRuEWeJXorNLjMBtkwmx_mXltvihhubLOWwTplaygvLwRn0zbfPfgjJ_m0khiiYVcfy4gEgS27TwKLTRWD78reXL6SZfwnqcLYX7bBE6YiWRGzJryGiM6gftUW8FnVl56MQ4c/s320/ar124875525821408.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482436855495913010" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWA_-qeEs1CkUvnb1US7ON3bjc9fCuW9zYy0VEYoY_JiM_aKubhALiUSmZsMJmjYFlSEQVEaqZqmvvuklkaRoIUfH17PfmnHHwPn9V9Xy0UHPOGqoLiM14Iy5W4_U0HAUV3Be2cUg0YT0/s1600/ar127067284673758.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWA_-qeEs1CkUvnb1US7ON3bjc9fCuW9zYy0VEYoY_JiM_aKubhALiUSmZsMJmjYFlSEQVEaqZqmvvuklkaRoIUfH17PfmnHHwPn9V9Xy0UHPOGqoLiM14Iy5W4_U0HAUV3Be2cUg0YT0/s320/ar127067284673758.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482436848526262402" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdHIwKOM3NLWU0z9c1qsN4V2GOAEs6tjuTV3495dk1-XUux_M7J6Q_v5mLbjYqmKxJZJEyCaBKpwSk4geBj10ZXLs67sB1i5mD-M0CT9B2pi9C8aT3-h54kcV1Y3HbwaxvIsDO2H4wkAA/s1600/ar124875519904687.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdHIwKOM3NLWU0z9c1qsN4V2GOAEs6tjuTV3495dk1-XUux_M7J6Q_v5mLbjYqmKxJZJEyCaBKpwSk4geBj10ZXLs67sB1i5mD-M0CT9B2pi9C8aT3-h54kcV1Y3HbwaxvIsDO2H4wkAA/s320/ar124875519904687.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482436844053114754" border="0" /></a><br /></span></span><span><span style="font-size:85%;">Although the houses in this post are by no means the favs of the day, we were psyched with the finds and couldn't believe that we could possibly be walking distance to this oasis- Barton Springs. A naturally spring-fed 68 degree pool is a popular place to beat the Texas heat.</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCbykPHwaJhnXA25mZ8k3fKncTqt0WzV2TiwwwMl-jKtRYZdxx0mDsVyHgZowxvG1Koz86BamfAq_DF9pGhoanOTXBbsh35jhu30ZKebz5raJA7fXPfDJTcyYqGU-ShMZaQcs5Xq9-Wr8/s1600/pols_naked1-4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCbykPHwaJhnXA25mZ8k3fKncTqt0WzV2TiwwwMl-jKtRYZdxx0mDsVyHgZowxvG1Koz86BamfAq_DF9pGhoanOTXBbsh35jhu30ZKebz5raJA7fXPfDJTcyYqGU-ShMZaQcs5Xq9-Wr8/s320/pols_naked1-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482438189243805330" border="0" /></a><br /></span></span><span><span style="font-size:85%;">After a few more oohhs and ahhs. We decided to give the other neighborhoods a go and see if we might be able to find another cool prospective neighborhood on our list.<br /><br />Needless to say.<br /><br />NOPE. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Not</span> even <span style="font-weight: bold;">close</span>.<br /><br />It's not that the other spots on the list didn't have a fair chance (they sounded like good potentials on the blogs we read up on). The other neighborhoods (Allandale and Rosedale) just didn't even compare. Did they have some of the things on our checklist, ya. But "the feeling" (you know, THAT feeling) and other aspects of a neighborhood just weren't there. We also didn't like how much farther the parks were and the fact that we wouldn't be able to walk or take a few minutes drive to SOCO or S. Lamar areas. So for now, our next move (Jess LOVES to pre-plan remember?) looks like it's heading in the direction of Barton Hills.</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span></span>Jakeandjesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759551078941901314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284903771201703142.post-44438660822576333782010-06-05T10:05:00.000-07:002010-06-14T19:37:44.676-07:00Lemon Anyone?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg10nzDwXqFThyphenhyphenPRxrY6boXhHw6QRD9nrzFhGpe7SEYmGSuHaHK3aCEY-T2KGMP4_-51UAZ62Hopl86n98vnnmvafIMSH-V11OAzW902X8RlwwgRCA4xn36hM_0TjXDzLg1qCGoaAbujM/s1600/manifesto_en.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 206px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg10nzDwXqFThyphenhyphenPRxrY6boXhHw6QRD9nrzFhGpe7SEYmGSuHaHK3aCEY-T2KGMP4_-51UAZ62Hopl86n98vnnmvafIMSH-V11OAzW902X8RlwwgRCA4xn36hM_0TjXDzLg1qCGoaAbujM/s320/manifesto_en.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479338412068356130" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span>Lululemon. Yup peeps. Jess got the job. It's an awesome company with some great perks- great girls, clothes, and free workout classes around town. totes magotes. </span></span>Jakeandjesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759551078941901314noreply@blogger.com2