Monica surprised me with a trip to the Yurtopian for our anniversary this year! It's a little glamping location just outside Austin where you get to stay in a ger! I haven't slept in a ger since my mission, and even back then it was only a few times with my family at the very end when they came to pick me up. It was a lot of fun, and, very importantly, it was air conditioned! There's more to say about our weekend trip, but that's not till way at the end of this post! Happy Anniversary Monica!
Earlier in the week Monica took the kids to Target to spend some of that lemonade stand money. Brooke ordered a Lego set online as soon as the stand closed, but Winry and Grayson had been itching to go spend some money! Winry got an elephant pet, and Grayson got a dragon hot wheel car launcher.
The start of school got delayed a little bit as the new Valor building hadn't gotten all of it's inspections signed off yet, but school is set to start next week. We had a meet the teacher night and went to both schools to meet the girls new teachers. We're excited for the new school year, though there are still hurdles to get over, such as the school isn't hooked up to sewage yet, so they have portable bathrooms rolled up behind the school. It'll be an adventure year, but I'm sure it'll be great.
In training indeed. These little carts for kids are extremely appropriate I found out, as Grayson managed to tip his cart and spill it not once but twice, rolling a melon across the store. I don't think anything was damaged. I'm assuming those little carts must be easier to tip, because when I push a cart it feels very sturdy. It's a good thing we've started Grayson's training.
Winry and Monica made some bears in bed. Filled with chocolate no less, yum!
Last Sunday I was going through a box I hadn't unpacked of some special items I've collected from various places throughout life. I wanted to put them up on display on the top of my shelves in the office, and I found the chicken I mummified in 6th grade! YES!!! I thought I tossed it in the move, but I did not, and so I did the natural thing and designed and 3d printed a casket for it! It could use a little paint, and then I'm so excited to show off the final product!
And the logical thing to follow my 25 year old mummy is Monica's and my anniversary trip! We made a few stops along the way at a wheat mill bakery place, and an artisan olive oil place, and for lunch. Here we are after eating lunch. I don't remember what the place was called, but it was delicious and I would definitely go again!
When we got to the Yurtopian, we went to check out the creek, which was pretty dried up while we were there. Not much to do, so it was a brief peek. There were a lot of bugs, and it was hot, and we saw a snake. Also, the stream looks much nicer in this picture than it was, that water was a stagnant pool at our time being there.
At our ger, there was a grill and a hot tub, hammocks, etc. It was a nice little setup. We cooked dinner and had a fun time hanging out together. We came out to do a little stargazing in the middle of the night, and I like this picture of us coming out of the ger.
Here's the sky. It's hard to see, but it was a great view of the night sky as it was much darker out there than closer to the city.
In the morning, it felt much nicer in the hot tub (we never turned on the heat) and we enjoyed playing some Mario Kart. Good times.
And here we are before checking out. We were getting ready to head to church, and got a picture of the supports in the ger. I will say that this is very standard from my experience. Ger supports and poles are usually painted with patterns like this. It's very pretty.
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