Deutschenfest

This past weekend, Pflugerville had their annual Deutschenfest, which we've apparently been erroneously calling "Pfluger-fest" for the last few years. It is your typical crafts fair, with carnival rides and kettle corn and smoked turkey legs, but with a twist--the addition of German heritage and associated beer. We're actually not really beer drinkers, but we go to check out the festival every year. Rod recently bought a ultra-wide-angle camera lens, and these photos were taken with that lens. I don't think I like it as much as a standard lens, but it is kind of a trendy look. Maybe I don't like it because close facial shots make your face very elongated and unnatural-looking (but we're not including those pics here!).

Sunday we went to Zilker park because it was so beautiful outside, and topped the day off with Mangia's pizza. That is a favorite Summer restaurant of ours--they make whole-wheat stuffed personal pizzas. The location we like to go to is next to Deep Eddy, which is spring-fed and "Texas's Oldest Pool" -- that's another topic entirely, but here's a link if you're interested in reading more about it: http://austin.about.com/cs/photogallery/l/blvttldeepeddy.htm

We recently figured out that one of the people that Rod is working with on a recurring project is a former neighbor of mine from Galveston when we were little kids. I think Dana's family moved away when I was about 7 or 8. Anyhow, she brought in an old photo from a birthday party and Becky and I are in it. Yes, that's me with the enormous belly hanging out of the midriff t-shirt. I would have been 3 years old in that picture.