Road trip!

Saturday we headed out to Liberty Hill, David's paternal grandmother's family was having a birthday party/impromptu reunion out at the lake. We loaded up the truck at 9:30...we got there at 1:30, about an hour longer than it usually takes. Right after we left the house we got swiped by a car that pulled out into us, fortunately there was no discernible damage. After we got onto I-10 we were stuck in traffic because all lanes were closed at Mason Rd. because of an accident. We always try to leave around Sam's nap time so that he'll sleep the majority of the way...that didn't work out, he was up until noon. He sure is cute when he's asleep (well, anytime really); he's developed a love for pillows and I gave him one to snuggle with in the car. When we hit Austin there was another traffic jam so we were all pretty strained by the time we got there.

Sam was a hit at the party that night, though since he only got one nap Saturday he was a basket case by the end. David and I, mostly David, took turns playing with him outside. He especially loved the birthday girl's tiara, silly boy. You can bet this picture will come back to haunt him when he's older.

Sunday I spent the morning making some very yummy gluten-free chocolate cookies and we had a nice relaxing day in the country. Uncle Hal came over to eat lunch with us and we had a good time visiting on the porch and Nonnie and Bubbie always love to see their boy. On our way home we stopped to see our friends the Franks; I miss our wonderful friends in Austin SO much. The trip home was mercifully shorter than the trip out and now we're going to enjoy my last week class-free until December.