The Quinns in Austin

This weekend we were incredibly lucky to have Lauren and Nate come to visit us. We were so thrilled to have visitors and an excuse to explore Austin with them. Since I was toting Molly around, all these pictures are via Lauren's phone (thank you!). Here are some of the highlights of our weekend:

Thursday -
Lauren arrives mid-afternoon. We catch up, eat dinner, watch a Psych (yes, I think we got her hooked!), played with Molly and baked chocolate chip cookies. Close to midnight we picked Nate up from the airport.

Friday -
We woke up for pancakes and smoothies with Bret, then enjoyed a relaxing morning while Bret went to work and Nate worked from our apartment. (Dare I admit? More Psych!) Bret had an interview for a Physical Therapy job (wahoo!) so we got to have him home for lunch. Then Lauren, Nate, Molly and I headed to Austin to see...

University of Texas campus

The Capitol Building

South Congress (complete with food trailers and eclectic vintage stores)

Zilcher Park

Chuy's (our favorite Mexican restaurant, maybe ever.)

Mt. Bonnell

When we got home we were pooped, but we stayed up to play a game of Sequence and chat until our eyelids got droopy.

Saturday -
Our plan was to go out for breakfast at the Monument Cafe in Georgetown before taking Nate to the airport. What we didn't plan on was a 40 minute wait! Since we had a flight to catch we started driving toward the airport, looking for a backup breakfast location. Everywhere seemed to have a wait! But we eventually enjoyed some delicious IHOP and got Nate to the airport with enough time to get on his flight. (Whew!)
After that adventure, Lauren and I left Molly at home with Bret and set out to explore Georgetown Square. It is a fun, old town square with locally owned stores. We had fun window shopping and tasting a couple chocolates from the candy store. Then I introduced her to her first ever HEB shopping experience. (HEB is a grocery store chain in Texas. It has great produce, good off-brands and overall good prices.) We came home and went to work in the kitchen... lasagna roll-ups and cake balls! Mmmmm....

Sunday - 
Lauren's flight was at 8:00 so we woke up early and hit the road. I wish she could have stayed longer, but we're so glad that she made the effort to come out here to see us. We tried our best to convince Nate that this would be a fabulous place to live... we'll see how that goes. I'm determined to make Austinites out of them (mostly for my benefit).

Thank you Lauren and Nate for a wonderful weekend!