Posted on Sunday 10 May 2009
Saturday went to both C-woods in one day to celebrate mothers day with our mommas.
Happy Mothers day Mom and Sandy. We love you both very much!
We celebrated on Saturday because our anniversary fell on Mothers Day this year. Six years ago today Ray and I were married on the day before Mothers Day (who plans their wedding on a holiday weekend anyway..ha.. oh wait we did!)
Both our mommas were very understanding and for the 3rd time since we have been married gave up their day with us to give us time to celebrate together.
Typically Ray and I go out of town on our anniversary however since he leaves next week for his Yellowstone adventure we decided to stay here this weekend.
One of my favorite things to do on vacation is crawl out of bed, throw on some clothes and go eat a big breakfast …so this morning that is exactly what we did. We rolled up at IHOP around 10:30. And no I didn’t eat all of this.. I made it about 1/2 way through before I was too stuffed to continue, but it sure was fun trying and yes that is strawberry stuffed french toast.. yum! However true to form Mr. Austin ate every last bite of his and my sausage too!
After stuffing ourselves, we worked it off by walking 9 holes of golf. Ray and I both love to golf (although as with anything he is so much better at it than I am), it was a gorgeous day and neither one of us have dragged our clubs out of storage in about 2 years so we decided to go.
And after 6 years of marriage, he will still do sweet things for me like carry my bag.. even if it was just for one hole!
I decided to take a little break and soak up some sunshine!
After golfing, and after showers of course we had a delicious dinner at Chop House and went for a stroll on the green belt.
Ray saw some rare bird there a few weeks ago. So we stood below the birds nest for about 15 minutes waiting to see if I could catch a glimpse of it too. Of course since I wanted to see it the darn bird never stood up out of the nest. However it was funny to watch people try to figure out what we were looking at. One group of ladies even stopped and asked us what we were waiting on..ha!
On the way home we stopped to get some ice cream.. which was a great ending to a great day. I’m not sure if it was just because today was the first day without rain in a while or because it was mothers day, but every other person in town had the same idea we did and there were lines out the door for ice cream. Marble Slab even had their mascot "slabby" outside the store greating people as they came in. We decided not to wait and went to TCBY where it was also craziness and lines. Apparently they were running some type of special because the girl who rang us up ask if we were there for mothers day while at the same time nodded her head to tell us that we were. We both smiled and said sure we are and got our ice creams 1/2 off!
It’s hard to believe six years have passed since that sunny, crazy, hectic day (see May 10,07 post). With each year we have faced challenges, hardships, blessings and surprises and we have made it through them all by enjoying the good times and working through the bad. Thanks for loving me because of my shortcomings not in spite of them. Happy Anniversary Mr. Austin.
Pics from mothers day & anniversary are posted.
Mrs. Austin
Seriously I never knew that and of course my father-in-law quite enjoyed that conversation. I’m telling you I’ve only ever seen some seriously strutting walking chickens but have NEVER EVER seen one take flight. Gleason says that’s because most of the time people clip their wings to keep them from "flying the coop".. huh.. that kinda makes sense.
On September 11 a group of the Chamber kiddos decided to give blood. It was our way to commerate that tragic day and give something back. As much as I HATE needles I was going to do it. However once I got there they wouldn’t let me because I had been to Mexico in the past year. They said I would be eligable to give in October. However October came and went and I have been meaning to go ever since. 


I just got back from Nashville and what a fun trip it was. Of course Nashvegas is my second home and I always have a great time when I go, but this trip by far ranks as one of my favs. 
The FabFour a Beatles cover band performed and were a huge hit with the crowd. While our Annual Dinner is an amazing event each year and everyone throughly enjoys it you typically don’t see dancing at the event. Well this year the area in front of the stage was so crowded with people dancing to songs of the Beatles you couldnt even squeeze in there. At one point there was even a congo line! We had a record attendance with over 1400 people in attendance this year! 
