Aaaaand We're Back!

We are back home in Austin after a great visit to Virginia. You've probably already looked at the extensive slide show, so you have a pretty good idea of what we were up to. I'll elaborate a little more.

On Tuesday night I told Andrew I had a surprise for him after work on Wednesday and I needed to see if he could get off a little early. He thought it wouldn't be a problem, and confirmed on Wednesday morning that he could leave by 4:30. During the day he tried to guess at what it was we would be doing. He checked concert schedules here in Austin, looked at movie theaters, etc. to try and figure out what the surprise was, but he couldn't come up with anything. I left work early on Wednesday afternoon, ran home, packed our bags, and waited for him to arrive. As you saw in the pictures, the dogs helped deliver the surprise (super cheesy, I know but it was the best I could come up with). Unfortunately when Andrew pulled in the driveway and the dogs ran to the door to greet him (as planned) the envelope got ripped off Macy's collar and fell on the ground. Andrew saw Beamer's note which said "Open Me Last" and was confused about what was going on until he saw the other note lying on the ground, "Open Me First". It took a few minutes for him to process it all when he opened the football tickets and plane tickets, so I said, "We're going to Virginia!!" To which he replied, "GREAT! When??" Me, "RIGHT NOW!!"

Since our bags were packed and we had about an hour and a half till our flight was leaving, we skidaddled out of the house pretty quick to get to the airport. All of our travel went very smoothly, for which we are thankful for. We got in late Wednesday night and spent that night with Andrew's parents in Arlington. Thursday morning we drove to Blacksburg, VA where Virginia Tech is located, about a 4 hour drive from Arlington. We had a great time in Blacksburg and loved watching the Hokies' win against Maryland. Friday morning we headed back up to Arlington and spent the rest of the weekend visiting friends. All in all it was a great trip, but as always, too short. We got back to the house tonight a little before 9 and were very glad to see the puppies, who were equally glad to see us.


Below are two short videos from the Tech game:






Touchdown Hokies!!!! Unfortunately the lady standing in front of me jumped up in excitement, but the video still came out pretty good.






Tech just made it over the line for a touchdown in this video, then the play was reviewed, but thankfully the call remained. The refereeing in this game was interesting for sure, but it ended up ok in the end.


What a great weekend!