Austin Day 2

Monday, I survived getting everyone fed at a hotel continental breakfast (each day went a little better).

Then we headed to the capital and a museum on the University of Texas campus. 

Somehow my pictures have become all jumbled and I don't want to fight to fix them so I will just give captions. 

 Arabella loved the Agates at the UT museum.

 Lily posing as the Goddess of Liberty which is the name of the statue on top of the capital building.

The Texas capital building is the tallest in the country including the US capital in DC. Yes, apparently everything is bigger and better in Texas.

 Arabella learning all about how the capital and it's statues and grounds are maintained and preserved. 

 A picture of part of the UT football stadium. To say it was huge, seems like an understatement.

 I can not remember the name of this dinosaur but Joseph liked it and so we took a pic.

 I am thinking that one day I may need a skillet this size to cook for our family. 

 The boys staring up in awe at the ceiling in the capital building. 

 It is beautiful!

We found some bugs for Jon to pose by.

The kids were troopers because we walked ton and it was 101 that day. They were rewarded with ice cream at the end of our long walk. If you ask Jon about that day, he will tell you that the best part was eating at the Capital Grill - the cafeteria in the basement of the capital building where we ate lunch. He told me he knew why it was called the Capital Grill - because it was the best! What a funny kid. 

Peter met up with us for dinner at Fazoli's and then we surprised the kids by taking them to a discount theater to see How to Train Your Dragon 2. We all loved that!