Cooper's BBQ in Llano

Last weekend, we planned another BBQ trip. This time, we were heading to Cooper's in Llano.

But just a thirty minutes before we were planning to leave, we realized Caden had a fever and was not feeling well! Amy decided to take him to the doctor instead of Cooper's. (He had an ear infection but is doing better now.) Thankfully, Amy let me go to Cooper's without her. It ended up being a guys trip (Matt, Russell, Chris, and Braden) plus Caroline. We all piled into Chris's car and made the one hour trip to Cooper's.
Here are the pits at Cooper's. When your order your meat, you walk right up to the pit and tell the guy what you want and about how much of it. You take it inside where they weight it, package it, and bill you.
Here is my "plate." I had pork ribs, beef ribs, sausage, brisket, turkey, and pork. believe it or not, there was more food there than you see in the picture--a lot of it was stacked on itself. :)
As you can see, Caroline hated every minute of it. :)The ribs, both pork and beef, were my favorite thing at Cooper's. I thought Cooper's was really good (better than everywhere I've been in Austin) but I liked both places we went to in Lockhart more. Cooper's was also a little bit expensive...but part of that was because I ordered almost everything. :)

Caroline and I had a lot of fun together! We can't wait for the next BBQ trip. Hopefully, Mommy and Caden will come on that one.

Dad Life Video

I'm probably one of the last people to see this video, but I thought this video was great. It was made by "Church on the Move" for Father's Day.



They also made one for Mothers Day.

Seersucker Suit

I promised a few of you a picture of Jason in his seersucker suit from Angela's wedding. He looked great in his blue and white stripes! If I can do enough bribing, you may even see Jason and Caden in matching suits next Easter! :)

The Twins Loves the Computer

Caden loves sitting at the computer with Daddy looking at pictures of himself and Caroline. He gets very excited whenever I open a new picture. He will bang on the desk (and the keyboard if it is within reach) and will squeal or laugh enthusiastically.
Caroline also loves playing at the computer but does not get as excited at the pictures. If I'm at the computer, she will stop whatever she was doing, crawl over, and insist on sitting on my lap. A few days ago, I worked from home for a couple hours and had Caroline sitting on my lap much of the time.

Some of Caden's Faces

Our little man has become very expressive. I took three quick pictures of him and this is what I found. You can see how little time elapsed between pictures by watching his hand move up to grab his ear.

A Bunch of Random Pictures

Don't they look like the happiest babies here? They sure do have a lot of fun together.
I think it is impressive how well Caroline pulls of bald and drooling.A deer caught in headlights.Caden enjoys relaxing in the bath.Caroline likes crawling around in the bath tub and trying to stand up. She also enjoys stealing brothers toys.Caroline trying to decide what to order from her favorite restaurant--Pappasittos.Caroline likes pulling up on things to look over the other side. This time, she found dad with a camera on the other side of the couch.
Here is Caden playing with Dapper Dan. Dapper Dan was my favorite when I was a little guy. He still has a hospital tag on his arm when I took him with me to get my tonsils taken out. Okay, Caden...that's enough...give Dapper Dan back to Daddy before you drool on him... :)
Caroline loves smiling. These next two pictures are so similar but I could not figure out which one I liked better so I decided to share both.Caden loves being pushed around on his Lightning McQueen car. I think he just had an accident with Caroline."Caroline, Get out of the way so I can drive!!!"Carline being all cute and stuff.

Angela and Allen's Wedding

My sister got married two months ago on May 15th. Everything went very well. And most importantly, they had some of the best wedding food ever which included an omelet bar. :)

Here are the pink and blue decorations complete with these cool wheat grass table center pieces.
I only snapped one picture of the happy couple and it was of them cutting the cake. The cake was made by Bronwen Webber. Amy and I (mostly Amy), have seen Bronwen compete in multiple cake competitions on the Food Network. Funny story, when my sister met with Bronwen to pick out the cake, Angela told her that she doesn't like cake. :) But I bet she liked this cake--it was good.Angela and our dad.Our mom.
Kids were not really invited to the wedding but our twins crashed it for a little while. They posed for a few pictures and then left with Grammie and Poppa.Here is a picture of bridesmaid Amy. I was a groomsman and wore a seersucker suit. However, we didn't get home with any pics of me in the suit.