Tuesday, December 2, 2008

thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was so much fun for us this year! (I know this is a week late but O well.) As mentioned before Ryan surprised me with a cabin in New Braunfels the night before we were due in Austin. It was a lot of fun and very relaxing! We were just down the road from a little town called Gruene which is also where we got engaged. :) We love this town so much because it is a VERY small town and people are so friendly and polite. There are a few shops that always have people sitting out in front of them and the same goes for all of the cafes and restaurants It is just a darling little town. So we just joined the crowd and poked around town AND took some photos.

Gruene Hall-where Ryan popped the question
gruene water tower
I LOVE Texas
us down on the Guadalupe River
again on the river
the leaves were so beautiful
After our relaxing night in New Braunfels we got ready for a busy day in Austin. We checked in to our hotel and then made our way to the Capitol. The grounds were so beautiful! I have never been to the capitol but it was breathtaking! As we were walking around we saw a lot of Aggies lining up and down Congress Avenue and found out that the Aggie Core/Band were marching in for the "big" game....So we again joined the crowd and waited for the parade of maroon, (after all, we do live in college station). It was pretty fun to watch how serious the core really is. I guess that may be one cool thing the Aggies actually do. haha. After all the hoopla we met up with Ryan's mom and sister and ate our thanksgiving brunch at the hotel then got ready for the big A&M vs. UT game. The game was lots of fun and we had a lot fun. All in all it was a great Thanksgiving filled with lots of new memories and pictures, my favorite. :)
ATX - Capitol Building
my sweet husband
tubas, the band marchin in
waiting for the game to start at the texas EXS building - GO HORNS
Jenny, Shirley, Ryan and I with their cousin Shelley - her last year as a longhorn cheerleader-

GO HORNS!!

Texas Fight

After every game the horns win the tower turns orange

4 comments:

Eric said...

FUN! Those pictures are gorgeous! I love the new pic at the top. Sounds like a fun Thanksgiving!

Brady and Taryn said...

that looks like such a cute little town! the pics are so pretty! i love the one at the top of you and ryan. you look beautiful!

August said...

Your blog with your new pics are so cute!

Carrie said...

wow! what a pretty town. i loved all of the pics. especially your new one in the header.