I LOVE TEXAS!

My college roommate, Lindsey McCrary, got married this past Friday in Austin, Texas. A bunch of the college gang was able to come into town (or they already lived in town) to play!

I left Tucson on Wednesday morning to make it to Austin via Dallas by 5 pm so I could help begin the celebration with the bachelorette party! Of course that just happened to be the day that weather wanted to blow through the south. We left Tucson on time flying through 80 degree clear skies! Once we got into the metroplex we got to circle over the city and surrounding areas for an hour until the weather had calmed. DFW airport had to shut down completely during that time so no flights were going in or coming out. Once we landed I found that my flight to Austin has been canceled. I scrambled to get on the next flights stand by list but the earliest seat I could be guaranteed was not until 8:30 that night...the bachelorette party was starting at 6:30 pm. Luckily, I was able to get a seat on the early flight! YEAH!!

Well, during this time the weather that had blown through Dallas was over Austin causing high winds and golf ball size hail. Once we were on the plane we taxied to the take off stripe. Then we got to sit on the side lines for about an hour until the weather cleared over Austin.

Wonderful Chez Dishman was able to get me from the airport and then go to Moonshine for dinner and Pete's Piano Bar on 6th street for singing and catching up! Lindsey got to go sit on the piano while they sang a song to her...it was dirty and inappropriate and that is just how those piano guys are.

On Thursday we went to Oasis Day Spa for mani's and pedi's which was just much fun!! We went to the rehearsal at the Lady Bird Wildflower Center. The weather had been yucky all morning so there were a bunch of puddles and we were all nervous for the weather on Friday since the reception was suppose to be outdoors. After the rehearsal we went to a delicious Italian restaurant in Lakeway for the rehearsal dinner.

Melanie Knox Larson, Katrina Kincaid, Aubrey Eyer, Lindsey McCrary (almost Stokes!!!), Catherine Wick, Elizabeth Robinson

**I have to go to work now...I'll continue with Friday through Sunday soon**