Holiday Fun

Kristen and Matthew traveled to the wonderful Austin, Texas for the holiday season. Our journey started with the food tasting for our wedding. We have selected a lovely meal for everyone attending the wedding and some delicious dessert.

Following the tasting, we went to a rather strange place known as the Armadillo Bazaar--a local collection of artists peddling their wares. From the bazaar we went to the Trail of Lights, which is a park trail that has been greatly embellished by about a million Christmas lights. At the conclusion of the trail is a huge Christmas tree made of lights. Apparently it is really cool to spin around under the tree as both Kristen, her sister, and her sister's finance were spinning around like tops. Matthew laughed and enjoyed the spectacle as they ran into other spinning folks.

Christmas was lovely with good food and cheer. Matthew and Kristen gifted a wonderful game to Kristen's parents called Tailgate Toss. Many heated games were played in the back yard even after the sun went down thanks to some backyard lighting.

Another highlight of the trip was a journey to the Salt Lick--a famous BBQ joint outside of Austin (picture above is from Salt Lick). The food is delicious and you can bring your own beer. Unfortunately, some of Matthew's clothes will always smell like BBQ smoke from now on.

Aside from that there was a lot of board game playing and football watching in the Austin. Overall, it was a lovely time in Austin.