Burns' Supper

So, Boyd and Lorraine came over for Burns' Night - it was just the four of us, but we insisted the boys wear their kilts!
Boyd also brought his chanter, so far he has only learnt scales, but we forced him to play them for us anyway!
We are struggling a bit with some of the food over here - for example, their double cream just wouldn't stiffen up - possibly I should have started whipping it much earlier in the day, and definitely before Boyd and Lorraine turned up - it became a joint effort by everyone!


We finished the night with some Pictionary - boys v girls. I don't think we need to discuss which team won :-(

Lorraine's 30th

Last weekend we went out for Lorraine's birthday - and had a great night out in town.
This was an amazing sunset we saw the other day while shopping at Westgate. I love the donkey too - no idea what that is about!

Biking in the cold

So the first weekend back to Austin, we were keen to get some exercise in after large quantities of food and drink while back in Scotland. Suprisingly to us, it was below freezing for the first week or so, but nice, sunny skies, so we headed out to Nails Creek State Park, which is about an hour and a half east of Austin, for some gentle bike riding to get back into the swing of things. It was flat though!

On the way, we drove through Gidding - a classic small-town in Texas, with one of the best water towers we have seen!

Back in the Saddle!

So, as you can see, I sucked at keeping the blog updated past August - oops ! But, new year, new resolve, so let's see how many months I can last this year!
The most exciting thing that happened last year was our Thanksgiving trip to Big Bend - which was awesome. Cold, but great fun. There are too many pics to put up - the best are on facebook if you want to see them.

I was back in Scotland for all of December, and had the small matter of a hen night to organise for Lindsey. It went . . . well! I can't show you all the pics, but here are a couple of the earlier parts of the day:



It was cold and snowy at home - just what I was looking for after the heat of Texas.
I was getting a bit bored of it by the end of the month, though, as I guess were most Scots!

I met the beautiful Georgia:
And unfortunately missed Benjamin by just a week! Hopefully we will get home soon to see him, though.

And then there was Lindsey and Mark's wedding - a fab couple of days, and a great ceremony.
It was just as well we were staying at the castle - it was a late night, as is evidenced by the 'gangsta' moves in the library!
And as usual, Lindsey's leg was being used as an air guitar. My camera tells me this was taken at 9,10pm, but I reckon it must have been on Texas time!