Who Doesn't Love a Wedding?

Last night we went to a wedding on Lady Bird Lake.



A few things to note. One: what can be better than a wedding on a beautiful spring evening? and Two: we didn't have to sit in 30-45 minutes of traffic to get there! We were thrilled to get an invite to see an old family friend's son get married and spend some time meeting some people from Austin.

The proud father of the groom, Richard!

The happy couple take a stroll after their vows

We had a great time taking goofy pictures in the photo booth (photos up soon!), stocking up at the candy bar, and getting our groove on the dance floor. We don't know what it is but since being married ourselves we enjoy going to see the family and friends that we love share their commitments to each other with us. More importantly, we enjoy spending a fun night out together remembering our wedding and the vows that we promised each other almost two years ago. It's so nice to take the time to remember our commitments to each other and the vows we spoke on our special day.

What's your favorite thing about a wedding?

Unexpected Night Out

Lately we've been trying to partake in anything house, job hunt (Jess), and free. Ya that's right FREE. Truth be told, moving does cost a lot of money! We wouldn't trade all the money in the world for the change that we've decided to make, but a couple's gotta budget.

We got a call from a few Cali friends around 7 and decided that we would make it a cheap night out since we have yet to meet people that we would like to hang with during our free time. We first headed to the infamous Stubb's BBQ bar/restaurant to meet some friends who are part of the wedding that we are going to on Saturday (tonight). We found free parking (ya hoo) right around the corner from the place and were ready for some free margs and a really good time. Guess our timing was off because as we were about the walk into the place, we ran into the bride's mother and father who said that everyone had just left to go to the dueling piano bar. Not what we expected, but hey where the party goes...we go.

We headed down 6th and walked past a comedy club (note to self: look that place up when we get home to plan a visit), a few tattoo parlors, and an eclectic mix of clubs/bars. Finally making it to Pete's Dueling Piano Bar, we were ready for a drink and to mingle with our friends.

These guys were hilarious! We didn't even have a drink in hand before these guys got us singing, dancing, and laughing our asses off.

Richard and Jess. He's known her and her brother, Jeremy, since "they were seeds". His son RD (Rich) and his fiance are the ones getting married on Saturday night. By the looks of things it looks like we are going to have a ball at the wedding reception. Who doesn't love a wedding right??






We've been to places like this before and always had a good time, but we were still surprised at how much fun were had that night. We have some family and friends whom we know will love heading out to this place when they come to visit. Don't you love the growing itinerary?

Sunday on the Lake

Last weekend we posted that it was our first weekend where had the opportunity to enjoy some of the fruits of Austin. Spring is Jessica's favorite season and we wanted to make sure that we enjoyed all of the beautiful weather before it gets too hot here in Texas.

We went to The Oasis on Lake Travis with his cousin, Lane, and Paul. It was so great to catch up with family.

What was a great day! We were glad to be able to enjoy the lake under blue skies and with some good company especially since the last time we were here the lake was down almost 50 feet and it was pouring rain.

...you like the areal view of our new place?!

On Your Mark. Get Set. GO!

With over 1400 miles, numerous showers, and a move behind us our cars DEFINITELY needed a wash asap. Although we normally would never think to write a post about washing our cars, our experience at the self serve car wash was too good to not to share.



While Jake had been to a self serve car wash before, it was Jess's first time. Big deal right? Weelllll there are a few things. ONE: we only brought about 7 dollars in quarters and were too lazy to drive around too find a bank to get more cash to make more change (plus we wanted to do the job as cheap as possible!) and TWO: We only had 3 minutes per car (Jake has a freakin' Tahoe OK) to wash and 2 minutes to use the vacuum to clean out the interior.

We decided to "tag team" the effort (again something new Jess learned that day) to get the most out of our three minute washes. After we washed Jess's Honda we developed a strategy (haha) to make sure we actually finished the Tahoe before time ran out and the vehicle was left dripping with hot pink soap. We seriously felt like we were on some twisted version of some spousal game show with hidden cameras lurking around the corner. Literally running around the car in a "wax on, wax off" motion we worked together and finished Jake's car before the buzzer went off-- really there was a buzzer counting down the last 59 seconds! We left the car wash feeling satisfied of a job well done, and finished off the inside/mirrors once we got back to the townhouse.

It wasn't so much what we did, but that we did it together. Yes we could have gone down the street and paid 15 bucks to have our cars washed by someone else, but we really wanted to make this move about each other and getting out of our comfort zones (on a side note we are missing our fam and friends A LOT). Even after the hustle and rush of it all, we wouldn't have wanted even one more quarter. It was fun to be able to head to the "wrong side of the tracks" together and experience something new. We think that the only thing that we will do differently next time is bring a few more towels, some window cleaner, head to the self serve "Genie" down the street instead to save on gas.

Bye Bye Birdie

We never quite thought the day would come that we would say goodbye to the Valley, let alone California. In our previous post we mentioned that Allison (Jake's sister) and her husband (Brian) offered to throw us a going away party to send us of with a bang. We had an amazing time catching up with family and friends (some of whom we hadn't seen since our wedding!) while enjoying some food and drinks in a casual backyard setting. We don't have too many pictures from the evening because we were so busy catching up with everyone- no wonder you hire a photographer at your wedding!

Enjoying some quality time around the bonfire

3 GREAT friends

We'll miss them old or young

Trying not to cry during two beautiful speeches

Allison giving a speech

CHEERS!

A big THANKS to everyone for showing their love and support on that Saturday night. It is truly a night that we won't soon forget.