Good morning!! Reid is out of town again, this time to Houston just til tomorrow so at least it isn't a week this time. (Always look on the bright side). : ) I think tomorrow night we plan on heading to the Vandegrift High School football game. We live RIGHT across the street from the high school and the stadium so we might as well enjoy it, right?? Also, they are playing Lake Travis which is like 6 time state champion in 4A but just moved up to 5A which is a huge deal down here. Okay, you have to at least be a little impressed that I knew all of that.

Anyway, to the point of this blog. Last week my mother-in-law, Jane, who I love to death came to keep me company. It was awesome because when she got here I mentioned maybe going to the Capitol, the Presidential Library or the Texas History Museum. She was like I would love to go to the Capitol, she thought about asking if we could go but thought I would think she was crazy for wanting to do that. Poor Reid sometimes I think he married his mom. : ) (In a good way of course.) Anyway, we went and ate at Oasis (like I have said before it is a must if you come to Austin) and then headed downtown with strict instructions from Reid to leave by 3:30 at the latest just so we didn't get stuck in traffic (always worrying about me).

I must say the capitol is ABSOLUTELY one of the coolest things. We followed a public tour guide that was hilarious. I think she kind of made the tour, but all the history that is in the there is amazing. I couldn't stop taking pictures. So here are some of them.....

 This is the rotunda. Along all of the walls leading up to this are portraits of all the governors of Texas. Once Rick Perry's term is over they will move everything single picture to the left to accommodate his. There are 4 stories of them!!

Congress is not currently in session so we could go in and see where all the legislation happens. This all the names of the Senators outside the Senate chambers. 

 Here is the where the Senate meets. They have tried to make it look just like it did in the 1900s.

 Not sure if you knew this or not but Texans are pretty proud to be from Texas. I mean they made the lights in the chandelier say "Texas". I asked Reid if he wanted to get this for our house when we buy one and of course he does. : )

Everything you could touch or see either had the Texas star on it or said Texas Capitol. These are door hinges! They weigh 8 pounds a piece. Everything is bigger in Texas.....

Sorry my finger is a little over the lens but this is where the House of Representatives meet. 

 Here is a picture of us below ground, they had to build down because they just couldn't pack anymore people into the capitol.

Here it is the Texas Capitol in all it's glory. Pretty cool huh?? 

 I really enjoyed going and seeing a little bit of Texas history. What I really learned is that I needed to get a little caught up on what has gone in this state so I figured with Reid being gone, I will go down and try to educate myself a little more at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum (another blog to come, I promise).

I hope you enjoyed the quick Capitol tour. If you want the real thing, you will have to come down here and see me. I can't just give everything away.

(Hope this was enough pictures for you Dad. : ) )

Love!