Tour de Tejas Part 2

Tuesday we packed up and headed to Houston to see Nena and Pops! To say the boys were excited would be a huge understatement! We were excited to spend the rest of the week with them!

When we arrived, the boys immediately headed upstairs (after opening a few goodies Nena had for them) and broke into the toys! They love that they have their own chest of toys upstairs. We decided to go swimming since we had the whole afternoon to play! We went to the club pool and it was closed due to thunder so we went to the LifeTime Fitness pool because it has an indoor pool. Well, we arrived and their power had gone out, so we waited for a while to see if it would come back on, and then decided to head home. Boys were bummed. But, Nena to the rescue! They instead, got dressed and met Pops at Chuck E Cheese. Who loves CEC more than these boys? No one! They played for a couple hours until it was dinner time. They were happy!

That night we had one last birthday celebration. Yes, birthdays around here last a long time and are celebrated many times! Nena and Pops made fried shrimp (Braidy's request) and a cake and presents! He got lots of goodies, but he was especially excited about his racecar set and new EZRoller! 

 The next few days were filled with several trips to the pool, another trip to Chuck E Cheese (Quin is now obsessed!), seeing Turbo at the big movies, a trip to the Dollar Tree, McDonald's, going to the Galleria for some ice skating, and going to see the ASTROS baseball game! We kept our days full for sure. The night Nena and Pops took the boys to the movie, Ryan and I went to his "hometown" to see his house he lived in and visit his favorite restaurant, and saw a couple of his HS friends too! I loved seeing his "roots"! Very cool!

The boys at the baseball game! They didn't win, but everyone had a blast. I think the highlight was the amazing fireworks display after the game! Amazing!

 We had the best time! I know we wore everyone out, but I know these boys will always have the best memories of their grandparents, and I love that! We are blessed! Great Tour de Tejas!

Tour de Tejas: Part 1

This year we decided our summer vacation would be a "Tour de Tejas"....aka a visit to the grandparents!  We left on Friday after Ryan got off work and headed to Poppa and JJ's house! We got there a little after midnight and rested up so we could get started on a fun few days bright and early on Saturday!

Braidy woke up an hour or so before the other boys every morning, so Poppa would take him out on the Gator, feed the deer, and have several things done before the rest of us woke up! I know Braidy loved that time with Poppa! As the other boys woke up, of course they wanted to swim first thing! We had a few things we wanted to do that day, but we thought we'd go ahead and let them swim that morning. They would have stayed out there all weekend if we would have let them! They were in heaven! Braidy did awesome and didn't wear his floatie at all. He's 100% swimmer! Yay! After swimming we went to lunch and then headed to New Braunfels to go to their children's museum. It was awesome! They had a grocery store, hospital, camping site, farm, bank, ambulance, water play, you name it. The boys loved it and had the best time! That night Braidy and JJ made a birthday cake to go along with dinner and we had a mini birthday celebration for Braidy with and Poppa and JJ! After dinner we took a little family Gator ride as the sun was setting. Beautiful and Peaceful. Loved it!

Sunday was SWIM day! The boys swam and swam and swam. It was beautiful outside. Even mom got to spend a little time by herself in the pool while the boys (and Poppa) rested. Heavenly! We ventured into town that afternoon so Poppa and Braidy could do a little birthday shopping. Braidy ate more watermelon than probably healthy, and he had a belly to show for it! That boy loves him some watermelon.

Monday we went to SeaWorld with Poppa! We have never done a big park like that with the boys but they LOVED it! We saw several shows (Shamu and the dolphins being the favorite), rode some rides (the log ride, roaring rapids, and a few kiddi rides while everything else was closed because of rain). Speaking of rain, it rained on and off all day - it was PERFECT weather! If we had gone the day before I think we would have been miserably hot. We totally lucked out with an overcast/rainy day...and the crowds weren't bad at all either!

That night we swam more, had S'mores and Poppa shot off a few fireworks for the boys. We had the best time. Time and Poppa and JJ's is always a blast. The boys are in heaven and busy with tons of things to do. We love spending time with our family. As always, we made some memories that will last a lifetime!