Summer Vacation 2014

This summer we did our "Tour of Texas" (driving to Houston to visit Keith's family and then down to the Valley to visit my family). It was our first time all traveling together in the car for hours and I was worried how Keira would do, but she did pretty well. I tried to pack plenty to keep her company in the car and she did a lot better than I expected...success!

Pool time at Grandma's house!

Then we made our drive to South Padre Island to spend some time with my parents...our view from our room :-)

Keira's 1st time in the ocean!

The day before I woke up with pink eye...so mad I had to wear my glasses the entire vacation, and have a pink eye...

We also went to Schlitterbahn while we were in SPI!

 Our last morning there the kids slept in until 8:30am...it was nice...

Dylan took this picture of us...

When we got back to Houston we went to Galveston with Keith's parents and visited Moody Gardens...

The view from our hotel in Galveston...

Enjoying a walk along the seawall!

Then around 8:45pm the power went out at the hotel because of the gusty winds from that evening...after about an hour of waiting to see if it would come back on, we decided to leave the hotel and drive back to Houston. And of course, I couldn't pass up the photo opp!

We had a great time seeing both of our families and the kids had a wonderful time getting spoiled by grandparents (maybe too wonderful). We have 4 weeks left of summer before Keith has to go back to work and we have plenty left on out Summer To-Do List with the kids!

Spring Break 2012

This year for Spring Break we decided to road-trip it to Houston to visit Keith's family and then over to San Antonio to meet my parents. I was hopeful that Dylan would do better in the car this time around since he was older and would "hopefully" tolerate sitting longer (plus I packed a box with his favorite books, toys, his Leap-top, and my iPad loaded with Sesame Street episodes).

Enjoying some Elmo and goldfish!

Once we got to Houston and Dylan enjoyed a quick nap, we decided to venture out and check out Grandma S. and Papa's duckies.

"Got any grapes?" *waddle, waddle, waddle*

These ducks REALLY wanted some bread!

The next day we headed to the Houston Children's Museum. It wasn't too busy and they had a whole floor for toddlers, plus water to play with outside...Dylan had so much fun that he was wet from head to toe when we left.  Grandma S. had to buy him a shirt and shorts to wear back :-)

He loved the ball pit! He yelled at every kid that got near it...

"Gotta get some gas before the prices go up again!"

This was when he was still dry...

...and this was him by the end.

That night we met Keith's grandparents for dinner...they hadn't seen Dylan since last summer, so I was happy they had a chance to visit with him again.

"High-five Grandpa Mitchell!"

"Aunt Zeezee, give me kisses!"

"No! On the lips!!!"

"Yes, much better" :)

The next day we left early to drive to San Antonio to meet my parents. We took Dylan to the zoo then had dinner with them on the Riverwalk. Dylan also had his first visit to the Alamo and his first stay in a hotel room.

Fishing with Grandpa!

Playing in a tent at the Alamo...

"Thanks for driving up to see me, Grandma & Grandpa B!!!"