Cody and Madelyn's Adventures in Austin TX: Remember Thanksgiving?

Yes, we are way behind on our blogging duties.... but both of us are in class and at work all the time. Oh yeah, that's another blog topic, our return to studying and classes. I'm sure I'll get around to blogging about that at some point...

Since we're almost at Christmas I better blog about my parents' visit for Thanksgiving! Yes, the Roberts' came down to Austin for Thanksgiving... and we had a great time.

Madelyn was nice enough to cook a Thanksgiving dinner for the whole fam, so as soon as we walked in the door we all got to eat.... and we continued this theme throughout the trip. My dad said that he only wanted BBQ and Mexican food. We all laughed, but three days into the trip we all realized he was completely serious. I gained 5 pounds over the weekend.

Besides eating, we also went to Elgin to cut down a tree, we went to the Alamo Drafthouse (of course), shopped at the Dallas Cowboys store, hung Christmas lights, decorated the house, and my grandparents came down for a day and brought my cousins down with them. It was nice to have the whole family in our new house. We definitely broke it in.

Here we are hanging Christmas lights (more pictures here). Like our friend Jessica said, "I love how hanging Christmas lights in Texas can be done while wearing t-shirts and shorts"

Here we are in Elgin (a beautiful drive) to cut down our Christmas tree.

Jackson really wanted to cut it down, but after one try at the saw he had gotten his fix. It's not easy!

We weren't really prepared for the weather.... it was warm when we left the house, but for some reason Elgin was freezing (not literally)! Oh well, if you aren't cold while cutting down your tree then you aren't truly in the Christmas spirit.

Of course, there is no trip to the Roberts house without playing Rockband. The whole family played... Jackson loved to sing, even if had never heard the song, and my dad seemed content with the bass.

Here's my dad "rocking" out:

After Thanksgiving dishes my parents realized the state of our old dishwasher... so they told us they would help buy us a new one for Christmas! We ran out of time to pick one out together, but Madelyn and I picked one up last weekend and installed it.... ourselves. Besides one minor near electrocution I was able to get it installed. Since my only major home improvement project has been painting or installing a ceiling fan I'm pretty proud that it's installed and working! I can add "dishwasher installation" to my resume.