A visit from the Austin Family

Last week Whitney and Waller Austin came for a visit.  For those of you who don't know Whitney, she is one of my best friend Megan's big sister.

Here we are at Megan's Bachelorette Party this summer

When Megan and I were in middle school we used to drive Whitney crazy.  We always followed her and her friends around, we wore her clothes and made her drive us around.  But now we can all hang out and fun together, too bad Megan could not be here but she is coming for a visit to celebrate the new year.  

Anyways, Waller is Whitney's husband and he has an amazing talent. He paints these awesome portraits on canvas from photographs.  He was invited to a benefit for the American Folk Art Museum in Manhattan so Waller took the opportunity and made some connections in the art community so he can sell his work and get commissions to create new pieces.

Check him out at: www.walleraustin.com

While they were visiting it was nice to talk with other people who were Republicans especially since the only thing on TV these days is election news.  Whitney was so amazed how much everyone in New York City seems to hate McCain and loves Obama. Everywhere you go there are huge Obama signs and buttons for sale on every street corner.  When we were at one of the street fairs the week prior there were people marching for McCain but the boos were so loud you could not even hear what the marchers were saying.  Whitney was so excited one day when she came home sporting a McCain button.  I said where in the world did you find that? I have been looking for McCain buttons since I saw hers and I have not seen one.  Here is a picture of Whitney wearing her Mac is Back button.