San Antonio, Austin, and Uncle Adam

Landon's brother Adam had a business conference in San Antonio last week and was nice enough to take the rest of the week off to see us! Capri and I drove to San Antonio to pick him up on Wednesday and he took us around the Alamo and the River Walk.  I got Capri to say Alamo.... it sounds a lot like "Elmo."  We turned right back around to Houston and Capri did awesome for 6 or so hours in the car.  We visited one of our favorite BBQ places that night and boy can our little Capri put down BBQ!  

The next day Adam mowed our lawn and fixed our trimmer, how do we luck out with the most helpful guests?! We picked up Landon from work downtown, the boys went to the downtown YMCA to lift while Capri and I went to the Children's Museum.  I think it was a win win.

Adam has been to just about every state and big city in the US, so we decided to check off Austin over the weekend.  We relaxed and swam in our hotel pool when we got there, slept in, and ate a huge breakfast.  I'm sure we would all love Austin much more in some cooler weather.  But since we made the trip, we braved the heat and somehow survived. I do have to say that I'm glad we walked 6th street in the day, I can't imagine what crazies we'd see at night!  The Capitol building is pretty impressive and the boys were nice enough to let me go to the farmer's market while they stayed in the air conditioned car.  Did I mention how HOT it was? Last we visited the Longhorn's stadium and headed home. Quick trip, but we at least got a feel for the city and I'm sure we'll be back soon.

^Capri was a little nervous about this one^

We got home from taking Adam to the airport and the plan was to let Capri nap and then go to Pappasitos for dinner (I couldn't stop thinking about it since we went with Gabe and Abby last weekend!)  Capri woke up from her nap while I was sorting laundry so I brought her downstairs to find Landon asleep on the laundry.   I thought Capri would help wake up her Dad, so I sat her on his back and she laid down and went right back to sleep too!  It looked like I wasn't going to finish the laundry or get Mexican for a while there so I woke them both up and blamed it on a pregnancy craving.

A Weekend for the Body & Soul

The month of July is the heart of summer, and we are loving it so far.  Friday night we had a BBQ with the Samuelsons and Hoopers.  We extended our holiday and wore our patriotic colors, one day Capri won't want to match her mom so I'm soaking it up now.  I should have taken a family photo because Landon's white shirt matched us too. Hayden and Capri were in their yellows so we weren't the only matching family. We of coarse had a great time at the Hoopers and love being entertained by Hayden, four years old is such a fun age!

This Saturday we tried the Los Gatos trail that goes through Santa Clara county for our 11 mile run. I took a few pictures with my iPhone and am getting good and snapping on the go.  It was a great paved trail which was nice for the stroller, but we didn't like sharing the trail with so many runners and bikers.  We should be happy that there were so many people that wanted to get out and exercise and enjoy their Saturday too.  Capri was awesome on the run as always.... that alone should make us want to run more often!  The 7mph sign made me smile, we don't run quite that fast on long runs, but it's funny to think of runners having to reduce their speed.  We were actually supposed to run 13 miles, but I wanted to stop at 11. My excuses weren't very good and I should have just finished, but my feet were killing me and I wanted to have enough time to get ready for our temple trip.  I think my feet grew during pregnancy because my running shoes feel too small now and my feet are showing signs of it.  Next week is only 10 miles so maybe we can run 13 instead to make up for it.  I'm still not sure I'm capable of running a marathon, I'm such a head case, but for now I'm enjoying exploring California with Landon and Capri.   Landon is a champion as usual.

We were able to spend the later half of our Saturday in Oakland.  We met up with the Hoopers and the Samuelsons to attend the temple.  Landon and I watched their kids first and then went in while they watched Capri.  Capri is so high maintenance that I felt better about being the couple to watch all of the kids.  The three other kids combined were still better than Capri, (sigh) good thing we love her like crazy.  I was really worried about leaving Capri because her crying/shrilling is the kind that can only be tolerated by parents that love her very much; meaning- it's really loud and hard on the nerves, especially if you're not used to hearing it multiple times a day.  Calming her down from a melt down can be pretty tricky.  Thankfully Heavenly Father answered my prayer and Capri did great while Landon and I were inside the temple.  The Hoopers and Samuelsons knew how worried I was about leaving Capri and I think they would have told me she did okay even if she did freak out!  We were so grateful for the opportunity to attend the temple and for sweet friends that were willing to watch Capri.  Afterwards we went to Baja Mexican Resturant and then to Fennton's Creamery for dessert.  I hope the Hoopers and Sameulsons aren't tired of us because we sure enjoyed our weekend hanging out with them!