Round Rock Express

Last night we decided to go to a Round Rock Express game at the Dell Diamond. It was a little over cast with a strong wind, so the temperatures were almost perfect. There is just something about the atmosphere at a baseball game that is amazing, there is no other feeling like it.

The stadium was pretty cool, but I obviously didn't go to watch the game. I prefer to spend my time gorging myself on food and people watching. There was plenty of both of these things going on last night. This stadium had philly cheese steaks and funnel cakes-WOW!! I think it is pretty obvious what my food choices from last night were...

Anyway, feel free to check out some of our pictures from the game.

Barton Creek Greenbelt

Yesterday Damon & I decided to go hiking on the Barton Greek Greenbelt. There are almost 8 miles of hiking/biking trails and the entire area spans over 800 acres. We only hiked about 2 miles in, but we definitely are going to go back!

SURPRiSE!

Last weekend I made a surprise trip to Indiana to help celebrate my brother (25) & dad's (50) birthdays. There was a country/cowboy theme to the party, and it was so adorable. Check out some of the pictures...

lions and tigers and bats, oh my!

So far Damon & I are loving living in Austin. We have been exploring this new city of ours taking on all the touristy activities. A few weekends ago we decided to head over to the Congress Avenue bridge to see these famous bats. Since the bats don't come out until sunset, we thought we'd head down early to check out some of the food trailers and sights in SoCo...

Shaved Ice! Delicious!

BEST cupcakes ever (and I know cupcakes!)

Waiting for a cupcake

its so dry & hot here even the cacti are dying...

loved this sign outside Freebirds

Full of shaved ice and cupcakes, we head over to the bridge to check out these bats. There are reports that up to 1.5 million bats live under the bridge, making it the largest bat colony in North America. Every night around sunset, the bats emerge to feed. The sight of these bats was amazing, but the noise... not so much! Click below to check out some pictures.

Barton Creek Farmers Market

We've officially been in Austin for almost three weeks and part of me still feels like we are on vacation! While living in an apartment has it downfalls, there is definitely something we are taking advantage of, all of the extra time on our hands. Back in Indy, we always spent our weekends cutting the grass, planting flowers or fixing something that was broken... now, we don't have to worry about any of that! We are taking advantage of our extra time and trying to see everything that Austin has to offer.

Austin!

I have really been slacking on the blog posts lately, and for that I apologize! Things in the Acton household have been extremely crazy, especially the last 72 hours. Our small family is getting ready to make the biggest transition of our lives thus far--we are moving to Austin. This is something we have been thinking and praying about for quite sometime, and now everything is falling in to place. Damon and I have both accepted positions in the area, and we will be moving in the next three weeks.

Backyard Fun

One of the most wonderful things (not really) about living in Indiana, is the heat and humidity that can come out of no where. My husband and I took Dozer for a walk last night and holy cow was it humid! I felt so bad for Doz, so I suggested that we let him play in the backyard with the hose for awhile. I'm not really sure what I was thinking--I am not a fan of wet dog smell. Anyway, he had a blast, and that is all that matters!

Check out his latest pictures, he is getting to be such a big boy!