2 Wheeler Adventures

Well, this past weekend my folks visited, which was great to see them. We took them to the Alamo Drafthouse
to see Pirate of the Caribbean (ugh - definite thumbs down), visited the Blanton Museum of Art, saw a Round Rock Express game (vs. Nashville's own Sounds) which Kyle's entire family came in for as well, and hopped on some Segways for a tour of Austin (more for the benefit of trying out the Segways). The Segways were quite fun to play with - a bit off-balancing at first, but towards the end we were all speeding up as fast as we could, and then coming to a sudden halt. A thoroughly enjoyable weekend!
(And yes, you do need to take breaks when riding Segways - you'd be surprised how tiring it is standing in one position for 3 hours!)

Off to Omaha

Go Owls
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Last week John informed us that he did indeed rock and got tickets for the Rice/A&M games before they sold out. So, we piled the dogs in the car and headed out to Houston this past weekend. Saturday was of course ridiculously hot (it is Houston), but a tailgate starting at noon certainly helps. By 5 we were ready for the game. Rice won, beating the Aggies and clinching their spot at Omaha. Oh, and Dog the Bounty Hunter was there too - *many* Aggies were going up to him to get autographs.
Rice fans? Not so much....

So, that's Dave, Me, Khoa, Kyle, Betty and John, photo courtesy of Betty (cause we were stupid and forgot the camera).

Kyle is my Hero

This weekend we loaded up the dogs in the car to head out to the Leander Park and Ride Grand Opening. Unfortunately, we never made it - the car got a flat tire about half way there (and its a long way to Leander). Pulled over, and Kyle proceeded on his heroic task of changing the tire, despite my absolute idiocy in parking on a slight incline - oops. But, we made it back to Austin, the dogs didn't have quite the adventure we thought they would, and now I've seen a tire changed, I think I could probably do it myself. But, just in case