Can't get enough of Austin!

It was back to Austin on Monday, but this time we got to pick up Kevin's parents for their first trip to our new home! Thanks to our lovely GPS, we took the World's Most Random Route from Kurten to the Austin Airport, weaving through tiny towns, residential alleys, and vastly unpopulated country roads. It was an adventure, but one that quickly became less fun near the end thanks to my venti caramel macchiato!

First stop: Lunch at Green Mesquite (BBQ, of course). This is probably my favorite BBQ place so far - the pulled pork is fantastic!

Walking in the footsteps of Food Network's Guy Fieri


Yum!

Then we went to Zilker Park to ride the train (our family should get frequent rider miles, or something!)


After that, we took a locals' recommendation to go to the botanical garden across the street. It was so beautiful and very peaceful - or at least it was before our highly enthusiastic children entered it!

Welcome to Texas! The shape of our state is everywhere, from waffles to botanical gardens!


In the butterfly garden

This is a Dr. Seuss tree if I ever saw one!

Naomi was the princess of camera poses on this trip

Just beautiful!

And to top our day off, we went to the Capitol.

Tut, tut... Looks like rain! Or at least a good time for Johnathan to try out his new dinosaur umbrella! (Or as he says, "my berella")

Inside the Capitol building

And outside

Future legislators? I don't know, but they did enjoy hearing the sound of their own voices echo off the walls. That's rather politician-like, right? Wow, they were loud!