Road Tripping with my Girlies...

Over Spring Break the girls and I decided to make a road trip to Austin to see my cousin Havilah and meet her husband Ryan and her girls, Casey and Gabrielle. We got to stay with my Uncle Reed and Aunt Joy. I haven't seen Havilah for almost 13 years. We've always had a good time together and this time was no exception. I love her dearly! She is like a sister to me. When we were kids we would write letters to each other and I was always jealous of her beautiful handwriting. She always had the prettiest stationary too.



This is on the road to Austin. I took a picture because it was such a pretty drive and reminded me of central Utah with all of the scrub oak. We took a back road down because traffic getting into Austin in the evening is horrible.



We went to the State Fair, where Casey was showing her goat. The girls went through a little petting zoo and met Elsie the Borden cow and her calf Beauregard. We had fun!



Havilah has the best dress up box ever and the girls went nuts with it. Not to mention that she has sewn almost all of the dress ups. She is the coolest mom on Halloween!



We spent quite a bit of time with Reed and Joy too and enjoyed every bit of it. They live in Dripping Springs, which is about 20 miles west of Austin. Their house is in a wooded neighborhood where deer roam around. The girls got to feed the deer and loved it! Unfortunately I was still laying in bed and didn't get any pictures. It definitely felt like home.



On Saturday night, Havilah and Ryan had a big barbeque at their house with a bunch of family and friends. It was fun to meet some of Ryan's family. Ryan is a really talented musician and has composed some really awesome music that he shared with us. It was fun to get to know him.

We had a great time and felt right at home. It's so nice to have family close! We will be making another trip to Austin soon!