Everything is Bigger in Texas!!

This labor day weekend Sam and I decided to keep our tradition going by going on a vacation out of state and head to San Antonio Texas

We stayed with Sam's sister Rhonda and brother-in-law Joseph and their four beautiful children Chiara, Angelina, Alexander, and little Giovanni

We mostly caught up with them and relaxed but Saturday was our big adventure day. Rhonda and Joseph had been watching Man vs. Food and saw a couple places that we should try out so we headed to Austin. In the morning we went to the first place called Roundrock donuts. They are famous for their "Texas Donut" this donut gives meaning to the saying "Everything is bigger in Texas". This donut is 2 1/2 pounds equal to 1 dozen donuts, they make it by using a 5 gallon bucket. Sam almost finished it.


Then we headed to Cedar Park City where we rode on an old fashion train to Bertram. We sat coach and it took us about an hour and half compared to a 30 minute car ride. We felt like we were back in the early 1900's.




Our train stopped in Bertram population 1100. They were having their annual oatmeal festival. This was the cutest homemade parade I have ever seen. This town reminded me of the movie Sweet Home Alabama where everyone knew each other. We must have stood out like a soar thumb because some folks were saying hi and introducing themselves.




Then the best part of the day came, dinner time!! We went to a place where host of Man vs. Food claimed, "You guys have seen me eat a lot of foods this is the best BBQ I have tried." This BBQ is called The SaltLick where they are using a 150 year old recipe. The BBQ melted in your mouth and fell off the bone!! We really enjoyed our stay and came home Monday. Other things that have been going on were before the trip to Texas my good friend Jenny Leigh who I've known since I was 12 had her baby shower. She is about 3 weeks behind me and is having a little boy, it would be crazy if they grew up and dated, it's a fun thought! There were 4 of us pregnant, another good friend Camie, Jenny Leigh's sister Lyndi, me and Jenny Leigh.


It got me really excited for my own baby shower and even better baby Kamryn's arrival. The pregnancy has been going great so far I actually failed my first glucose test so I had to take a 3 hour one and that was not fun at all. I'm also anemic so besides all the blood tests I've had to take it's been going really well. I've only gained about 13 lbs so far and the baby is actually bigger than the average but then again look at who her father is. I can't believe I'm in the homestretch let's hope the next 12 weeks will be even better.