spring break texas style. . .

forgive me for not blogging about our life in forever.

i intended to write about my birthday, valentines day & a

 quick trip to mississippi we took, but obviously that never happened:)

i can assure you however that all of those events were lovely:)

so onto the very exciting & much anticipated event that took

place this past week:

Spring Break!

i honestly love the fact that we both work in schools and

are able to have vacations that align.

it is pretty much amazing:)

we decided to do a little "tour de texas" for our break.

there are honestly few things i love more than road trips, friends, good

food and non-stop time with logan.

it.was.awesome. 

we kicked off our break with breakfast at a place we heard

great things about: the guenther house.

if you are ever in san antonio first come and pick us up

and then head on over to the guenther house.

the biscuits are like heaven.

as a utah gal i think my standard for biscuits are somewhat high

thanks to ruth's diner.

(anyone who has had their famous mile-high biscuits now what 

i'm talking about).

that being said-the guenther biscuits rival the ones at ruth's- 

and that is sayin' something!

the restaurant is in a part of town called the king william district

which has the most gorgeous old homes.

it's right on the river and i'm pretty sure i would live there if the homes

didn't cost like a million dollars.

we walked along the river for a bit after we filled our bellies with biscuits & 

found a cool mural that obviously resulted in a photo shoot.

tuesday was a lazy day for us.

logan had to take a certification test so most of the day 

was spent relaxing & watching movies.

i think we watched like three movies in a row that day-shhh!

wednesday morning we took off for austin!

i was beyond excited to explore there.

we had a bunch of recommendations of what to see & where to eat &

we decided that we probably could have spent an entire week 

there & we still wouldn't have been able to do everything we wanted!

our first stop was torchy's tacos. 

they were pretty dang good-and spicy (hence the name)!

i got a chicken fajita taco & a pork taco.

logan went with a chile relleno & a fried chicken taco.

good thing we got there a little early in the afternoon- it wasn't long

till the line was literally out the door!

after lunch we headed up to the UT Austin campus to check it out.

UT is another school logan is applying to

for his MBA so it was fun to walk around & get

a feel for the campus. 

 i wasn't as in love with the UT campus as Duke's campus-but

i keep having to remind myself that i'm not the one that's

actually going to be attending classes on campus-he is:)

nevertheless it had pretty buildings and even had a little

pond with a bunch of cute turtles!

it was weird walking around the campus though-it made me miss college.

i mean, i think a little part of me misses some aspect of college

life every once in a while, but i was really feeling nostalgic

for some odd reason. 

after our trip through campus we had a hankering for something sweet.

and by "we" i mean me & that happens on a daily basis.

we had heard of donut place on the food network that had crazy

donuts with wacky flavor combinations.

i.love.donuts.

i think i got my love for them from my mom?

when the first krispy kreme opened in utah my mom would drive

all the way from SLC to Provo just to get a box.

we found gourdough's and immediately fell in love.

the donuts are topped with everything from fried chicken to cream cheese.

i went with the "dirty berry"- grilled strawberries and chocolate sauce.

logan went with the "flying pig"- a maple donut covered in bacon.

yes.

bacon.

after our donuts we decided to walk around congress street.

SXSW was going on so there were a LOT of people roaming about.

we had heard that austin was "weird" but after walking around

the streets i can honestly testify that  there truly are some weird

folk that reside there.

we grabbed a slice of pizza at home slice after some 

exploring and walking.

it was getting hot outside so we had just enough time to

take a picture at the famed "i love you so much" wall 

 before sweating to death & then we hit the road for ft. worth!

we made it to ft. worth that evening and logan was beyond excited

to give his BFF a san antonio spurs shirt.

let the record show that chris is perhaps the biggest

anti-spurs fan on planet earth:)

we hadn't seen our friend chris for almost 2 years but since

he is in medical school and he also had spring break this was

the perfect time to visit him and meet his fiance!

we are so excited for chris & suzanne to get married next month!

 thursday morning we started off our tour de ft. worth at the U.S. bureau

of engraving and printing.

a.k.a. one of two places in the U.S. (the other place is

in Washington, D.C.) where they print money!

we took a tour of the HUGE factory and literally saw money being made!

literally billions of dollars are made in the factory-it was super cool to see.

what was super un-cool was the fact that you literally can't bring your phone

inside with you so i have no photos of our adventures there:(

i literally just used the word literally 5 times.

after the money tour we were hungry so chris took us to a 

place to get some BBQ.

more thoughts on BBQ later.

TCU was right up the street so we headed up there so the boys

could check out the football stadium.

i think both of them secretly long to be football players.

after our campus walk we went downtown to check out the water gardens.

once again-it was getting hot so it was nice to be surrounded

by so much water without having to get wet!

next up we went to the botanical gardens. 

we were getting pretty tired at this point so we didn't stay too long.

the flowers were beautiful though and it was fun seeing the first

signs of spring!

friday morning we woke up and started heading back to san antonio.

we stopped in round rock on the way home for lunch.

we had heard about the salt lick restaurant having the 

best BBQ so logan was super excited to try it.

here are my thoughts on BBQ:

i don't understand the concept of eating copious amounts

of meat and white wonder bread.

i know i am probably speaking blasphemy to those of you

who are from the south who love BBQ, but i guess if you

never really grew up eating it you just aren't the biggest fan?

we have eaten at a few BBQ places whilst living in texas & i always

leave feeling large & disgusting & like i am sweating meat.

gross i know.

needless to say i had a few bites & logan ate the rest.

 we went to round rock donuts after we ate our BBQ.

we had heard great things about this place and watched a few clips

about it on the food network.

logan was convinced he was going to get the giant donut featured on 

an episode of "man vs. food", but when we got there he wised up

and went with a chocolate eclair instead:)

i tried an original glazed donut & an apple fritter.

the donuts were good. not great.

i was a little disappointed & wished we had chosen

to go to gourdough's again.

we made it back to san antonio & are enjoying our last

couple of days of spring break before reality sets back in

& we have to return to work monday morning.

our quest to find the best donut in texas continues but for now

gourdough's in austin is hands down the winner.

you need to go there.

 now!